On Friday, Aug. 26, at the Health Sciences Campus, 233 Trojan occupational therapy graduate students — who hail from 19 states and 13 nations and who collectively hold undergraduate degrees in more than 70 majors — pledged their commitment to … Read More »
The USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy recently announced the appointment of Grace Baranek, PhD, as associate dean and chair of the division.
Grace Baranek
Baranek comes … Read More »
USC leaders celebrated in August the opening of a new, resort-style residence hall on the Health Sciences Campus.
The Malcolm and Barbara Currie Residence Hall can house up to 456 students in a modern, spacious complex with 178 apartments, a fitness … Read More »
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has named Kevin Kelly, MD, PhD, associate professor of clinical medicine in the Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology and Center for the Study of Blood Diseases, one of 13 recipients of the 2016 Cancer … Read More »
Steve Kay, PhD, has been appointed to lead the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience and named the Provost Professor of Neurology, Biomedical Engineering and Biological Sciences.
Kay took a leave last year to serve as the president of The Scripps … Read More »
“Come read with me.”
Those can be some of the most powerful words in the development of any child’s ability to read and write. For children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing and living in bilingual homes, the “come read with me” … Read More »
Building on its reputation as a major player in genome science, the Keck School of Medicine of USC has established the Center for Genetic Epidemiology under the leadership of Christopher A. Haiman, ScD, professor of preventive medicine.
Genetic epidemiology identifies the … Read More »
Eric Chang, MD, professor and chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology for the Keck School of Medicine of USC and medical director of Radiation Oncology Services at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center helped pioneer the use of Gamma Knife … Read More »
Lilyana Amezcua, MD, assistant professor of clinical neurology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and her colleagues recently won an award at the 2016 Annual Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers for a platform presentation of their short film … Read More »
A renowned neurologist and expert in neuroprotection visited the Roxanna Todd Hodges (RTH) Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Program of USC recently, delivering a grand rounds lecture and discussing his work.
David C. Hess, MD, chairman, professor and distinguished presidential … Read More »
The Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Training Coordinating Center (TCC) based at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute has launched a new program called the Data Science Rotations for Advancing Discovery (RoAD-Trip) program, with the intention … Read More »
Rod Hanners, COO of Keck Medicine of USC and CEO of Keck Medical Center of USC, recently hosted an R3 Innovation Challenge Appreciation Luncheon to thank more than 100 employees who submitted ideas for the first R3 Innovation Challenge.
The challenge … Read More »
Taking their first steps in the journey to become Doctors of Pharmacy, the 188 members of the Class of 2020 strode into the annual USC School of Pharmacy White Coat Ceremony on the Harry and Celesta Pappas Quad.
The first-year pharmacy … Read More »
Keck Hospital of USC nurses and physicians were honored recently for their commitment to compassion and exceptional patient care at a special dinner and ceremony marking the inaugural USC Choi Family Awards for Excellence in Patient-Centered Care.
Due to a generous … Read More »
It was a hot afternoon Aug. 12, but spirits were high when a procession of first-year Keck School of Medicine of USC students entered an enormous white tent on the Broad Lawn. They were there to receive some words of … Read More »
The following awards were presented at the 2016 White Coat Ceremony:
Year I Faculty Awards
Joseph Hacia, PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Paul Holtom, MD, Internal Medicine
Kristi Lewton, PhD, Cell and Neurobiology
Kevin Nash, PhD, Pathology
Michelle Winfield, MD, DDS, Cell and Neurobiology
Year II … Read More »
For the first time in Los Angeles County history, more Latino than white men are being diagnosed with testicular cancer, a malady once regarded as a white man’s disease.
There were 931 Latino men diagnosed with testicular cancer between 2006 and … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC has created two new Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFAC) that will serve USC-Verdugo Hills Hospital and USC Care Ambulatory Services. The goal of the councils, which meet monthly, is to focus on patient and family … Read More »
In the past four decades, liver cancer rates have more than doubled among non-Asians living in Los Angeles County, according to a recently released report card administered by USC.
The increase is also reflected among the county’s Asian-Americans.
For some perspective, in … Read More »
The melanoma rate among white women living in Los Angeles is declining for the first time in 37 years, according to a new cancer report card administered by USC.
Between 2005 and 2012, white women experienced a 4 percent decrease in … Read More »