Mark S. Humayun, MD, PhD, co-director of the USC Gayle and Edward Roski Eye Institute and director of the USC Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics, has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2016 Fellows Program, the highest professional … Read More »
Linda and Stephen Gill recently donated $250,000 to provide continuing education and training for the medical staff in the USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Emergency Department, enabling the department to maintain the highest standards of patient care.
Joining the Gills … Read More »
Keith Hobbs, CEO of USC Verdugo Hills High School, went back to alma mater recently — this time, as principal.
Hobbs served a stint as Principal for a Day of Crescenta Valley High School, spending time with the students and even playing … Read More »
In a sold-out event, USC Digital Health Lab’s (D-Health) Fall Innovation Series brought together thought leaders in health and technology to discuss the future of health care and how academia and entrepreneurs can work together to create that future.
More than … Read More »
The USC Institute of Urology, recently ranked in the top 15 Best Hospitals nationwide for urology by U.S. News and World Report, has received two grants from the National Institutes of Health to advance the field of prostate cancer diagnostics.
A … Read More »
Few researchers have studied how hematopoietic stem cells respond to infection — even though these are the stem cells that give rise to the full battery of specialized immune cells, such as T cells and B cells. Adnan Chowdhury, PhD, … Read More »
The Tournament of Roses 2017 Royal Court visited the USC Norris Cancer Hospital for the 22nd year on Nov. 22. The Rose Queen and princesses spread cheer and hand out rose stickers to patients and employees, as well as learn … Read More »
René Sotelo, MD, professor of clinical urology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, had the opportunity to meet Pope Francis, leader of the Roman Catholic Church, during a recent trip to Italy.
A dancer performs at the 26th annual Mariachi Festival, held Nov. 20 in Boyle Heights. (Photo/Don … Read More »
In recognition of his contributions to the field of neuroscience and understanding the workings of the human brain, Arthur Toga, PhD, has been established as the inaugural holder of the Ghada Irani Chair in Neuroscience.
Toga, Provost Professor of Ophthalmology and … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC recently hired 41 registered nurses, one of the largest groups in a number of years.
“This will assist us in meeting our goals of safe staffing for our patients during the holidays and winter months,” said Annette … Read More »
The Tournament of Roses 2017 Royal Court visited the USC Norris Cancer Hospital for the 22nd year on Nov. 22. The Rose Queen and princesses spread cheer and hand out rose stickers to patients and employees, as well as learn … Read More »
Five USC scientists have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their academic peers.
AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science, began the … Read More »
A retrospective analysis of data from the CALGB/SWOG 80405 clinical trial revealed that in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, the location of the primary tumor predicts the patient’s response to various treatment strategies for the disease.
Patients with left-sided primary tumors … Read More »
Tom Jackiewicz, MPH, senior vice president and CEO of Keck Medicine of USC, and Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and director of the USC Gayle and Edward Roski Eye Institute, participated in … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC held a Veterans Day Breakfast to honor employees who served in the armed forces. Veterans Day is a public holiday marked on Nov. 11 annually, in honor of U.S. veterans.
A physician renowned for delivering compassionate, skilled care to the homeless living on the streets of Boston spoke about his work and the role of health care for the underprivileged during a recent discussion at McKibbon Lecture Hall on the … Read More »
A team of students from the Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC made a major comeback to defeat four other California physician assistant student teams at the annual California Academy of Physician Assistant … Read More »
Ten minutes a day.
That’s the mantra for Andy Puddicombe and the nearly 10 million users of Headspace, the digital meditation platform he co-founded in 2010 with Rich Pierson.
Headspace offers users guided meditation resources online. Many sessions are in 10-minute intervals. … Read More »
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