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 »
The Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has been awarded more than $2.5 million to support scholarships for disadvantaged students, one of only three PA programs nationally to receive this award.
The Health Resources and … Read More »
Keck School of Medicine of USC scientists have mapped an uncharted portion of the mouse brain to explain which circuit disruptions might occur in disorders such as Huntington’s disease and autism.
Hong-Wei Dong, MD, PhD, an associate professor of neurology at the … Read More »
Union Pacific will be installing a third track on the rail line along Valley Boulevard, which will impact access to the USC Health Sciences Campus from Valley Boulevard to San Pablo Street.
Work is expected to be completed … Read More »
A new study debunks the popular belief that electronic cigarettes are merely a substitute for cigarettes among teens, instead, suggesting that some teens who never would have smoked cigarettes are now vaping.
A Keck School of Medicine of USC study of … Read More »
Taking the next step as a national thought leader in digital health innovation among university-based medical centers, the USC Center for Body Computing (CBC) announced the first Digital Health Fellowship in the U.S. The inaugural 12-month fellowship will provide exposure, … Read More »
Studies have shown that the families we grow up in, the places we work, and the friends we keep play a large role in influencing behavior. However, not much is known about how one’s outdoor environment — such as the … Read More »
After years of planning and two months of living on the mountain, physician assistant student Vanessa Blasic completed a feat that few people can boast: summiting Mount Everest. More impressively, the accomplishment meant that she and her father Greg Blasic … Read More »
Lead investigators from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda are collaborating with USC and Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa University to establish the Eastern Africa Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEOHealth) Hub — one of only seven in the world. Housed in Ethiopia, … Read More »
Steven Asch, MD, MPD, professor of medicine at Stanford University, was the featured speaker on July 5 at the inaugural Gehr Family Center for Implementation Science Guest Speaker Series.
Asch’s lecture, “The New Science of Implementation” examined implementation research and outcomes.
“Implementation … Read More »
Local philanthropist Elaine Sarkaria, EdD, on behalf of herself and her late husband Daljit Sarkaria, MD, has designated a charitable remainder trust gift to the Humanities, Ethics, Arts, and the Law (HEAL) program at the Keck School of Medicine of … Read More »
Nearly 30 investigators from across the country, with expertise in biomedical and data science, gathered at Lake Arrowhead beginning June 15 for the second annual Data Science Innovation Lab. Organized by the Big Data 2 Knowledge Training Coordination Center (BD2K … Read More »
Protecting the elderly is an issue close to Judith Tamkin’s heart.
The noted philanthropist has made it a top priority to tackle elder abuse, an increasingly important issue as America’s older adult population grows.
“I want to make sure others have a … Read More »
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has named Qi-Long Ying, MD, PhD, as one of the winners of the 2016 McEwen Award for Innovation, the highest honor bestowed for stem cell research. Supported by the McEwen Centre for Regenerative … Read More »
The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center recently hosted a satellite Cancer Moonshot Summit in conjunction with the Washington, D.C., summit hosted June 29 by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. The event was one of many held nationwide that day, as … Read More »
Leslie P. Weiner
One of the transformative leaders of neuroscience at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has taken his last bow. Leslie Weiner, MD, retired June 30 after … Read More »