Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, was honored at the 2017 Los Angeles Champions of Health Awards, held June 20. The awards are presented by the National Medical Fellowships (NMF), which recognized Varma … Read More »
The price of progress is not only the energy and talent of stem cell scientists, but also the research dollars that support their discoveries. In recent months, faculty members have secured numerous grants to support stem cell-based approaches to study … Read More »
Former colleagues, friends and family gathered recently to remember Sol Bernstein, MD, Class of 1956, who died April 7. Bernstein, professor of medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, was the longest-serving medical director of Los Angeles County … Read More »
If he wasn’t in health care, there’s a good chance Rod Hanners would be working up in Alaska, where he spent summers as a kid visiting his father, who worked for the University of Alaska.
“I wanted to live in Alaska … Read More »
Here’s another reason to start the day with a cup of joe: Scientists have found that people who drink coffee appear to live longer.
Drinking coffee was associated with a lower risk of death due to heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, … Read More »
What’s the cure for a broken heart? Ask Michaela Patterson, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar — fellowship trainee in the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Henry Sucov, PhD, professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the Keck School of Medicine … Read More »
Kim Staats, PhD, found her calling when a childhood neighbor was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a paralyzing and fatal neurodegenerative disease. At the time, Staats, who is now a postdoctoral scholar — research associate at the Keck School … Read More »
What happens to the stem cells in our brains as we age? Albina Ibrayeva, a PhD student from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology who works in the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Michael Bonaguidi, PhD, assistant professor of … Read More »
Megan McCain, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, has been honored with the Chonette Early Career Chair at USC Viterbi. McCain has a secondary appointment in the Department of Stem Cell Biology and … Read More »
Older adults with elevated levels of brain-clogging plaques — but otherwise normal cognition — experience faster mental decline suggestive of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC that looked at 10 … Read More »
Get regular checkups, keep in touch with your doctor and be aware of opportunities in biotech. Those are doctor’s orders from René Sotelo, MD, professor of clinical urology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, who spoke with community … Read More »
At the 2017 American Urologic Association Annual Meeting on May 13, Boston Scientific awarded Stuart Boyd, MD, professor of urology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the F. Brantley Scott Award of Excellence. This is a lifetime achievement … Read More »
New research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC shows new promise in the fight against one of the most lethal forms of cancer. Studies in mice with a mutation present in 90 percent of pancreatic cancer patients (the … Read More »
Rod Hanners, chief operating officer of Keck Medicine of USC and CEO of Keck Medical Center of USC, recently joined several top health system executives to discuss the future of health care facilities at Bisnow’s National Healthcare Expansion and Innovation … Read More »
The American Statistical Association named Kiros Berhane, PhD, professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, among its 62 fellows in 2017, recognizing his biostatistics research, teaching and service to the scientific community at USC and … Read More »
The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center is actively recruiting for a clinical trial that is researching the effectiveness of a breath test for breast cancer diagnostics. The BreathLink™ device, manufactured by Menssana Research, Inc., captures a two-minute sample of a … Read More »
Two promising cancer research projects led by investigators at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center recently received generous funding from the Tower Cancer Research Foundation.
Tower Cancer Research awarded five-year, $500,000 grants to … Read More »
The USC Institute of Urology at Keck Medicine of USC is pioneering a new treatment option for men with intermediate risk prostate cancer that is minimally invasive, requires no radiation and entails minimal recovery time.
The procedure uses targeted high-intensity focused … Read More »
When Gary Lieskovsky, MD, joined the faculty of the Keck School of Medicine of USC in 1980, he and then-chairman Donald G. Skinner, MD, were the only two full-time faculty members in the Catherine and Joseph Aresty Department of Urology.
After … Read More »
Brad Spellberg, MD, professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, joined 14 other leading infectious disease specialists in Washington, D.C., from June 12-16 as part of the 2017-18 American Association for the Advancement of Science … Read More »