Three Trojans on the ballot in American Occupational Therapy Association’s 2024 elections

USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy faculty members Arameh Anvarizadeh, OTD, OTR/L and Sarah Bream, OTD/OTR/L, and alumnus Bryant Edwards, OTD, MA (both from USC Chan), OTR/L, BCP, MPH, are running for volunteer Read More »

January 31st, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Study shows how gene activity enhances immune cell production in mice

A study from USC Stem Cell’s Rong Lu Lab has discovered 40 genes that play different roles in building and maintaining the body’s various immune cells.

The findings, published in Science Advances, could serve as Read More »

January 30th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Dementia diagnoses increased after Medicare risk adjustment

A new study from the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics confirms that dementia diagnoses increased across the United States after Medicare Advantage (MA) began calculating plan payments to account for Read More »

January 30th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Panel recommends financially sound ways for hospitals to evolve

A new white paper released by the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics and the Aspen Institute’s Health Medicine & Society Program offers recommendations for how hospitals can evolve to meet Read More »

January 24th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Artificial intelligence could assist in earlier autism detection, therapeutic interventions

In a recent study from the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, three groups of children — neurotypical children, those with developmental coordination disorder and others diagnosed as autistic — colored and played games Read More »

January 23rd, 2024|Announcements|