Keck Medicine of USC scientists have discovered new clues about a drug instrumental in treating a certain blood cancer that may provide important targets for researchers searching for cures.
The team investigated whether demethylation of gene bodies induced by the drug … Read More »
A multi-institutional team of researchers studying schizophrenia and bipolar disorder has been awarded a $16 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to create the most extensive genetic resource to date for these two devastating psychiatric disorders, … Read More »
Researchers at the Vision Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), together with colleagues at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, have answered the long-standing question of why mutations to a particular gene primarily cause tumors of the retina and not of … Read More »
Keck School of Medicine of USC researcher Heather Volk, PhD, MPH, has received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue her research on the relationship between prenatal air pollution exposure and the risk of developing … Read More »
Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD, director of the Trauma Program and Pediatric Disaster Resource and Training Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and associate professor of pediatric surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been selected to serve … Read More »
The Wu Jieping Medical Foundation has made a gift of $100,000 to support research by Si-Yi Chen, MD, PhD, at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
The gift will fund a pilot translational research project … Read More »
Unlike salamanders, mammals can’t regenerate lost limbs, but they can repair large sections of their ribs.
In a new study in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, a team directed by USC Stem Cell researcher Francesca Mariani, PhD, takes a … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC is now hosting physician on-boarding sessions to help new physicians better transition to working in the organization. The first physician on-boarding day (above) was held on July 21 with 37 physicians participating. Keck leaders spoke to … Read More »
USC Trustee Ronnie C. Chan, MBA, and his wife, Barbara, have dedicated $20 million to USC’s pioneering occupational science and occupational therapy program. Given in honor of Chan’s mother, the gift endows and names the division, which will be known … Read More »
A trio of students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC recently received awards for excellence in research and academics.
Fourth-year student Mariya Kalashnikova received a $10,000 Physicians of Tomorrow scholarship from the American Medical Association Foundation. The scholarship recognizes … Read More »
The family and friends of Derek Seehausen, a Keck School of Medicine of USC student who has been missing since Aug. 5, gathered on the Health Sciences Campus for a press conference on Sept. 12 to publicize the search and … Read More »
Zea Borok, MD, professor of medicine and of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been elected to membership in the American Association of Physicians (AAP). The AAP is a professional organization that promotes … Read More »
Keck Medical Center USC is the first medical center in the world to use new robotic technology in an outpatient procedure for a kidney cancer patient.
Urologic surgeons at the USC Institute of Urology, part of Keck … Read More »
Xavier Becerra, representative for California’s 34th congressional district since 1993, addressed a capacity crowd at the Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer Series on Sept. 3.
He provided a behind-the-scenes look at the Affordable Care Act, discussed national security concerns and responded to difficult … Read More »
The American Academy of Family Physicians has named the Keck School of Medicine Family Medicine Interest Group among the winners of its 2013 Program of Excellence Awards.
The Keck School group was among 10 recipients nationally that were honored for outstanding … Read More »
Five Keck School researchers have been named by Thomson Reuters as having “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds” for 2014. The New York City-based multinational media and information firm assessed papers indexed between 2002 and 2012 in 21 fields of … Read More »
For generations, Phil Manning, MD, has taught and inspired Keck School of Medicine of USC students. He graduated from the Keck School in 1948 and later spent nearly 50 years on the faculty.
Now retired, Manning focuses his time and attention … Read More »
Eight Health Sciences Campus graduate students have been awarded Albert Schweitzer Fellowships, for their service projects to improve the health of underserved populations.
The following USC students awarded Schweitzer Fellowships for 2014-2015 were:
Gail Victor Anderson, MD, founding faculty member of the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Department of Emergency Medicine and a pioneer in the field, died of complications from pneumonia on Sept. 6 in Pasadena, Calif. He was 88.
“The world … Read More »
University Kidney Research Organization (UKRO) will honor University of Southern California (USC) Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Elizabeth Garrett, businessman and cancer research advocate Barry Hoeven, and philanthropist Lynda Oschin at its fifth gala dinner on Friday, … Read More »