Keck Hospital of USC 7 West Surgical ICU has earned the Beacon of Excellence Award.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurse’s Beacon Award for Excellence provides a road map and tools to assist hospital units on their path to excellence, honoring … Read More »
Prostate and lung cancer have been the No. 1 and 2 cancers among men. Stomach cancer, the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, has been on a steady decline among Koreans and Japanese. Black men had the highest overall … Read More »
We all know someone affected by arthritis — as well as that old dog down the block. But according to a new study in eLife, arthritis is much more widespread in the animal kingdom than previously suspected.
In the study, Amjad … Read More »
A new initiative to strengthen Keck Medicine of USC’s pledge to provide exceptional customer service has been launched.
A new customer service division for patient financial services will be based at the Health Sciences Campus, bringing crucial services that were once … Read More »
Researchers have tracked down two Zika proteins potentially responsible for thousands of microcephaly cases in Brazil and elsewhere — taking one small step toward preventing Zika-infected mothers from birthing babies with abnormally small heads.
The Zika virus contains 10 proteins, but … Read More »
An ongoing alliance between the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hoag Family Cancer Institute at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach has expanded to include a joint Phase I/early therapeutics clinical trial program. The program recently activated its … Read More »
A veteran Keck Medical Center of USC staff member has been selected as this year’s recipient of a prestigious award honoring an unwavering commitment to compassion and personalized health care.
Diane Lapa, director of patient relations in the Patient and Family … Read More »
Are you a USC student with a startup idea or invention? Enter the USC Stevens Student Innovator Showcase business competition to win funding to take your concept further.
The USC Stevens Center for Innovation is currently seeking applications from students … Read More »
Currie Hall, the newly constructed student residence hall on the Health Sciences Campus, welcomed its first student residents on July 30.
The hall is made of 178 residential units with 456 beds and features a fitness center, swimming pool, barbecues and … Read More »
Peter Van Arsdale Lee joined the Keck School of Medicine of USC in 1955 as an assistant professor of pharmacology and assistant dean.
Professor Emeritus Peter V. Lee, MD, … Read More »
The Hasting Foundation’s board of directors met on the Health Sciences Campus recently, joined by Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, interim dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and director of the USC Gayle and Edward Roski Eye Institute; … Read More »
Years ago, Lindsey Barske, PhD, pulled on a pair of tall rubber boots and began a journey that led from her college research experience on the muddy Alaskan tundra to her current postdoctoral studies in … Read More »
In a memo sent to Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty and staff on Aug. 3, Interim Dean Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, announced two funding programs that support the investigation of new research areas.
The Pilot Funding Program targets junior … Read More »
Senta Georgia, PhD, principal investigator at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), and assistant professor of pediatrics, and stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has a creative idea for helping children with a … Read More »
The USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute has recruited Danny JJ Wang, PhD, MSCE, to be the director of Imaging Technology Innovation.
Danny JJ Wang
Wang, a professor … Read More »
An ongoing alliance between the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hoag Family Cancer Institute at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach has expanded to include a joint Phase I/early therapeutics clinical trial program. The program recently activated its … Read More »
A new initiative to strengthen Keck Medicine of USC’s pledge to provide exceptional customer service has been launched.
A new customer service division for patient financial services will be based at the Health Sciences Campus, bringing crucial services that were once … Read More »
USC Life Trustee Harlyne Norris, whose family foundation made possible USC’s influential research and treatment efforts to fight cancer, died July 30 in her beloved South Bay. She was 83.
A civic-minded volunteer and philanthropist, Norris devoted herself to her family … Read More »
Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, executive director and chief scientific officer of the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, has been named dean of the USC School of Pharmacy, effective Oct. 1.
Papadopoulos, who also … Read More »
Keck Hospital of USC
For the eighth consecutive year, the hospitals of Keck Medicine of USC have been named among the best in the country by U.S. News & … Read More »