Medicare coverage of weight loss drugs could significantly reduce costs

A new white paper from the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics has found that Medicare coverage for new classes of weight loss drugs would result in $1 trillion saved by Medicare and Read More »

April 18th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Female administrators, clinicians honored in LABJ’s 2023 Women of Influence

The Los Angeles Business Journal has announced five Keck Medicine of USC administrators and clinicians as honorees in its “2023 Women of Influence: Health Care” special section.

The 2023 honorees include:

April 17th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Erna Blanche to keynote USC Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy commencement

Erna Imperatore Blanche, PhD, has been selected as the keynote speaker at the USC Chan Division’s 2023 commencement ceremony. She earned her PhD from the division and has served there as a professor of Read More »

April 17th, 2023|Announcements, Commencement 2023, Keck Net Intranet|

Improving maternal health care access in southern Africa

Jeffrey Klausner, MD, MPH, a clinical professor of population and public health sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has conducted research in southern Africa since 2009 with a focus on sexually transmitted diseases.

His current Read More »

April 14th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

International study shows link between brain age and stroke outcomes

A new study lead by a team of researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has shown that younger brain age — a neuroimaging-based assessment of brain health — is associated with better post-stroke outcomes. The findings could Read More »

April 10th, 2023|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|