Event offers closer look at Eye Institute facility in Beverly Hills
The USC Eye Institute held an open house at its Beverly Hills facility on Sept. 9 for USC Associates and other invited guests.
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USC’s Ichida receives $300,000 Muscular Dystrophy Association grant
A mutation in the same gene is found in 10 percent of patients with two neurodegenerative diseases — frontotemperal dementia (FTD) and amyolateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Determining how this mutated gene contributes to ALS will … Read More »
In USC program, students get firsthand experience in global medicine
It was March 2015, and about a dozen students enrolled in USC’s global medicine program were gathering some typical spring break memories — drenching thunderstorms, rickety boats, flesh-biting flies, relentless mosquitos and long treks through knee-deep mud.
The USC students welcomed … Read More »
USC Norris cancer researcher receives donation
The cutting-edge cancer research being done by Si-Yi Chen, MD, PhD, of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center recently received a generous donation and pledge totaling $1.45 million from Yi-Lin Zhu and his family, who live in China.
The gift will … Read More »
USC surgeons save a little girl beset by a big tumor
For Adrianna Bowman, a vibrant 5-year-old preparing to start kindergarten, what seemed to be a routine health screening turned out to be a potentially life-saving event.
As part of their preparations for school, Adrianna’s mother, Alona, took her to a well-child … Read More »
USC Norris receives donation for breast cancer outreach program
The V Foundation and Hooters of Orange County recently presented a check for $65,000 to support the clinical trials outreach and enrollment program in breast cancer at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Jaime Valvano, daughter of the late basketball coach Jim … Read More »
Researcher from USC wins Young Investigator Award
USC kidney researcher Janos Peti-Peterdi with his mother … Read More »
Researchers mimic viral infection in colon cancer stem cells
Researchers targeting colorectal cancer stem cells — the root cause of disease, resistance to treatment and relapse — have discovered a mechanism to mimic a virus and potentially trigger an immune response to fight the cancer like an infection.
The discovery, … Read More »
USC Institute of Urology begins international relationship with India’s newest hospital
The USC Institute of Urology has established a formal relationship with India’s newest multispecialty hospital, the Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Center located in Mumbai.
Leading the effort on USC’s behalf is Inderbir S. Gill, MD, … Read More »
Kast Lab wins top prize in rare disease science challenge
Martin Kast, PhD, of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and his students Joseph Skeate and Andrew Woodham, PhD, earned top prize in the 2015 BeHEARD Rare Disease Science Challenge from the Rare Genomics Institute.
The prize, provided by … Read More »
Code Lavender helps staff cope with compassion fatigue
Those on the front lines of patient care are often vulnerable to common afflictions in the medical field — burnout and stress.
A new program at Keck Medical Center of USC will provide caregivers suffering from the side effects that … Read More »
USC/UKRO Kidney Research Center opening is held
Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers recently joined board members from the University Kidney Research Organization (UKRO) to celebrate the opening of the USC/UKRO Kidney Research Center in the Mudd Memorial Research Building.
An initial $3.5 million pledge from … Read More »
Surgeons pioneer robotic procedure
Keck Medicine of USC vascular surgeons Sung Wan Ham, MD, and Sukgu Han, MD, recently completed the first procedure of its kind in the United States with a newly available robotic catheter.
The device, known as the Magellan Robotic … Read More »
USC surgeons describe groundbreaking robotic procedure in urology journal
A new article published by the Journal of Urology details a pioneering robotic surgical procedure developed at the USC Institute of Urology for treatment of a particularly challenging type of kidney cancer.
The new surgical method was first performed in 2014 … Read More »
USC Norris earns best-ever rating from National Cancer Institute
The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center has received an elite score from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as part of its five-year core grant renewal process.
The June site review produced the best result ever for the prestigious medical facility situated … Read More »
USC Center for Body Computing partners with innovation lab on wearable tech research
The USC Center for Body Computing (CBC), part of Keck Medicine of USC, is collaborating with a technology developer to further the digital health and wearable tech revolution.
The center will be working with the SHOP, an innovation lab … Read More »
Department of Family Medicine awarded $2.5 million grant for team-based approach to elderly care
The Keck School of Medicine of USC Department of Family Medicine has been awarded a $2.5 million Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant to create a primary care workforce with interdisciplinary competency in treating health issues faced by elderly … Read More »
New course follows human development from stem cells to sternum
What don’t we know about human development and how it can go wrong? By focusing on these questions, a new two-unit fall course is allowing USC undergraduates to go beyond standard developmental biology coursework.
In MEDS 335 — Human Development: From … Read More »
Research center seeks to untangle causes of childhood obesity in urban minority populations
USC has been awarded a federally funded research center to explore why childhood obesity affects some populations more than others.
The Maternal and Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES) Center will study pregnant women and their infants over time … Read More »
Faculty teaching awards
As the new academic year gets underway, the Keck School of Medicine of USC has announced its annual winners in various teaching and mentoring categories:
Year I Faculty Awards: Raquel Arias, MD, MPH, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Thomas McNeill, PhD, Cell and … Read More »