USC Fertility held its biannual baby reunion picnic at the Lacy Park in San Marino on May 3, celebrating the recent arrivals of new family members made possible by USC expertise. More than 300 guests attended the event which featured … Read More »
The Health Sciences Campus celebrated Cinco de Mayo with with live music and traditional Mexican food at Harry and Celesta Pappas Quad on May 5. The event, sponsored by the Latino Medical Student Association of Keck School of Medicine, featured … Read More »
Senior Emily Zolfaghari found her passion for health at age 15 when she had to face devastating information.
“My sophomore year of high school, my mom was diagnosed with cervical cancer,” she recalled. “Through the process, I … Read More »
Whirring drills may frighten even the most stoic dental patient, but for children with autism, the noises, bright lights and strong scents of a dental office visit can be a profound, if not traumatic, experience.
Now research by … Read More »
Local rock climbers will converge at the newly opened Stronghold Climbing Gym in Los Angeles on April 30 for professional advice from USC physical therapists on how to keep their bodies in climbing shape for years to come.
The USC Trojan Marching Band, football players, song girls and spirit leaders led a lunchtime rally on April 25 at Harry and Celesta Pappas Quad for an enthusiastic crowd.
Song girls, spirit … Read More »
The Reproductive Endocrine Research Laboratory, part of the Keck School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, recently gained international recognition for its expertise in measurements of steroid hormones in blood and tissues.
The lab was chosen by the International Breast … Read More »
Celebrating “Kids’ Day” on April 4, students from the USC School of Pharmacy Skull and Mortar Society welcomed 125 students from El Sereno Middle School for a day on campus. The annual event gives the youngsters an opportunity to learn … Read More »
The Rancho Los Amigos Foundation honored Lucinda Baker, associate professor of biokinesiology and physical therapy at the Ostrow School of Dentistry, with the Amistad Award during the 28th annual Amistad Gala at the Westin Hotel in Long Beach on March 8, … Read More »
The USC Norris Cancer Hospital thanked and honored its volunteers at its 27th annual Recognition Ceremony on April 12. The event took place during National Volunteer Week, which ran April 6-12.
Burning coal for domestic heating may contribute to early fetal death according to a new study by experts from The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the coldest capital city in the world.
In a recent paper in … Read More »
Wednesday, May 14
Keck School of Medicine – MS, PhD, & MPH
4 p.m. at the Norris Medical Library Quad on the Health Sciences Campus. Keynote speaker: Helen M. Blau, Ph.D., Director, Baxter Laboratory in Stem Cell Biology, Stanford University School of … Read More »
The cover story of the April 2014 edition of the Hearing Journal featured interviews with John K. Niparko, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery; Carolina Abdala, PhD, professor of otolaryngology research; Laurie Eisenberg, PhD, professor of otolaryngology … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC named Paul Craig, RN, JD, a seasoned medical and human resources professional, as the new chief administrative officer of USC Health, effective May 5, 2014.
Craig comes to Keck Medicine from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where he … Read More »
“It was absolute luck.”
Jode Lebeda said he was in the right place at the right time when he collapsed during the ASICS Los Angeles Marathon on March 9.
The 28-year-old, running in his first — and as he said, “almost my … Read More »
Scott Evans, PharmD, MHA, CEO of Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, was named Hospital CEO of the year at the Los Angeles Business Journal’s annual Healthcare Leadership Awards event held at the Millenium Biltmore Hotel on … Read More »
“America has never been ‘drug-free,'” stated Sarah W. Tracy, PhD, to begin her lecture titled, “Altering American Consciousness: Alcohol, Drug Use and American Medicine,” held on April 3 at Mayer Auditorium.
Tracy’s presentation, part of Visions and Voices, the USC arts … Read More »
Berislav Zlokovic, MD, PhD, director of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, will co-lead a multicenter Phase 2 clinical trial of an experimental drug developed in his lab to treat patients suffering from acute … Read More »
A researcher at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has shown that a previously unsuspected but common protein in the human body can help skin injuries heal, contradicting decades of conventional wisdom about the biology of tissue … Read More »
For Senta Georgia, PhD, stem cell research offers a window into much more than the biology of pancreatic cells and diabetes.
“Molecular biology is elegant,” said Georgia, principal investigator at the Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles … Read More »