A new study published in Cell Stem Cell provides the first cellular evidence that making new brain cells in adults supports verbal learning and memory, which enables people to have conversations and to remember what they hear. This discovery … Read More »
Rod Hanners, CEO of Keck Medicine of USC, and Carolyn Meltzer, MD, Dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, have released a video reflecting on the growth of their respective institutions over the past year, thanking the faculty, … Read More »
The USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has released its 2024 list of grant-funded research projects for the past year.
Cited studies included investigations on possible treatments for cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia and … Read More »
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) — a federal funding agency that supports high-impact research capable of driving biomedical and health breakthroughs — has awarded up to $47 million for a project aimed at moving eye transplants to … Read More »
USC Norris Cancer Hospital was named a Top Teaching Hospital by The Leapfrog Group, a leading national patient safety watchdog organization, for the fourth consecutive year.
To qualify for the distinction, hospitals must rank top among peers on the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, … Read More »
In keeping with tradition, USC President Carol L. Folt treated faculty and staff of the Health Sciences Campus to a holiday breakfast reception complete with a photo booth, candy buffet and popular Christmas music.
Held on the Broad … Read More »
Marlena Fejzo, PhD, the USC geneticist behind the groundbreaking discovery of the role the hormone known as GDF15 plays in pregnancy sickness, delivered a speech at the first-ever White House Conference on Women’s Health … Read More »
Jonathan Sum, DPT, associate professor of clinical physical therapy with the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, has received this year’s Lynn Wallace Excellence in Clinical Education and Professional Development Award, which recognizes extraordinary … Read More »
Two recent studies from the USC Head and Neck Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC and the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, examined public knowledge of the link between HPV and … Read More »
A new study funded by more than $5.5 million from the National Institutes of Health will test whether a sensory-adapted dental environment — a novel intervention that provides soothing visual, auditory and tactile input within the dental … Read More »
New research published in JAMA Network Open from USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC, suggests that among all cancer survivors, male adolescents and young adults (AYA) have the highest rate of death by … Read More »
Keck Medical Center of USC recently welcomed Lourdes “Lou” Leon Guerrero, MPH, governor of the U.S. territory of Guam, and her staff, who had flown in to meet with executives, tour the facilities and look in on a patient from … Read More »
Genes aren’t the sole driver instructing cells to build multicellular structures, tissues, and organs.
In a new paper published in Nature Communications, USC Stem Cell scientist Leonardo Morsut, PhD, and Caltech computational biologist … Read More »
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state’s stem cell agency, has awarded a two-year, $6 million grant to a team at the USC Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics and the … Read More »
Keck Hospital of USC earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety.
This is the ninth “A” grade the hospital has received since 2019.
“An ‘A’ grade once again puts … Read More »
On Nov. 11, Keck Medicine of USC celebrated Veterans Day with three events organized by the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
At Keck Medical Center, some 40 veterans and medical center leaders gathered together for a catered lunch. Veterans shared … Read More »
Twelve alumni and faculty members of the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy have been named recipients of annual awards presented by the Occupational Therapy Association of California, a non-profit professional society that represents … Read More »
In one of the largest-ever studies of DNA and brain volume, researchers have identified 254 genetic variants that shape key structures in the “deep brain,” including those that control memory, motor skills, addictive behaviors and more. The findings were just … Read More »
Alcohol use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated even after the pandemic ended, according to a large nationally representative Keck Medicine of USC study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
From pre-pandemic (2018) to the height of … Read More »
Jeannine Taylor, deputy general counsel for Keck Medicine of USC, was named corporate counsel of the year in the non-profit/government/municipal category by the Los Angeles Business Journal at the publication’s recent 2024 Corporate Counsel … Read More »