After 50 years of distinguished service to the University, Fred Weissman, PharmD, JD, retired at the end of June. As professor of clinical pharmacy at the USC School of Pharmacy, he has made countless contributions to the school, the university … Read More »
Megan McCain has always liked using her hands to create things, ranging from art projects to human heart cells that grow on silicon chips.
“I’ve always loved building things and doing crafts, which drew me to engineering,” said McCain, … Read More »
After more than 40 years of distinguished service to the University, Melvin Baron, PharmD, MPA, professor of clinical pharmacy at the USC School of Pharmacy, has retired at the end of June. Baron has made significant contributions to the profession … Read More »
It seems like it was a given that Ali Sahimi would pursue a degree in health sciences at USC. His mother is a physician who works at the H. Claude Hudson Comprehensive Health Center in Los Angeles. His father is … Read More »
In a continued commitment to meet the needs of its health care workers, Keck Medicine of USC announces the expansion of its employee wellness Care for the Caregiver program. The program was launched in March 2020 to ease the stress … Read More »
With advances in medical science driving progress against childhood brain tumors, today three out of four young patients survive at least five years beyond diagnosis. However, the outcomes look grim when malignant cells spread, or metastasize.
Such is the case with … Read More »
Steven Shapiro, MD, will serve as interim dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC beginning July 1, USC President Carol L. Folt, PhD, announced in a memo. Shapiro currently serves as USC’s senior vice president … Read More »
Mark and Marilou Hamill took to social media for a simple mission: encourage as many people as possible within the USC community to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Hamills are part of a wave of USC alumni, supporters, students and faculty … Read More »
The United States has administered 321 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, with about 67% of adults expected to be partly vaccinated by July 4.
But vaccine distribution and access are a different story in other parts of the … Read More »
One of the overarching goals of the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery is to improve the lives of all people who are deaf or hard of hearing. With that goal in mind, clinicians at the … Read More »
During the week of April 15 – 21, 2021, five mobile dental clinics, containing 15 dental operatories, took over the parking lot of the Leo Baeck Temple near the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center (WLA VA) to provide … Read More »
Acontroversial new drug for Alzheimer’s disease is raising tough questions: Who should take it? Who will pay for it? And how will we know how well it works? But that’s not the only Alzheimer’s news during Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness … Read More »
The Department of Preventive Medicine will become the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC on July 1.
The name change signals a new era for the department, which has undergone tremendous growth … Read More »
For over 60 years, the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation has supported innovative biomedical research at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, each year granting $100,000 awards to two faculty members. This year, the Baxter … Read More »
Increased risk of cancer due to a genetic predisposition in first- and second-degree relatives is long-established but has previously only been studied in white or European populations.
Now, a new study published in eLife is the first to demonstrate that the … Read More »
Three years ago, an outside clinic diagnosed Maria Contreras with keratoconus, a degenerative eye disease that causes thinning and bulging of the cornea. Though the clinic followed her for years, Maria saw no improvement in her vision and continued to … Read More »
Houda Alachkar, assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at the USC School of Pharmacy, was awarded a five-year, $1.79 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to fund a study that could lead to advancements in the development of … Read More »
The USC Stem Cell laboratory of Andy McMahon has identified a type of injured cell that might contribute to the transition from an acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease, as described in a new study published … Read More »
Like amyloid plaque, the genetic variant APOE4 has long been associated with Alzheimer’s disease, but still little is known about the role the gene plays in the disease process.
Now, a new study published in Nature Aging not only sheds … Read More »
Joyce Richey never needed to learn about Juneteenth from stories in books. She first heard about the holiday through her own family history.
Each generation shares stories about her great-grandmother, who was born into slavery in Georgia and … Read More »