After decades of punishing schedules and high-pressure exams, medical schools across the nation are awakening to the need for major changes in how doctors are trained — and USC is leading this charge on physician wellness.
Because medical students are expected … Read More »
Young Americans with cancer have a far better prognosis than once thought due to a surprising new discovery about the role of HIV/AIDS, fundamentally altering a long-standing narrative about their cancer mortality, according to new findings by USC scientists.
For decades, … Read More »
It didn’t require plane tickets to bring together scientists from USC Stem Cell in Los Angeles and BCRegMed in Vancouver. During October’s Virtual Symposium, videoconferencing technology enabled these scientists to share ideas as if they were sitting in the same … Read More »
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC Associate Dean of Research Yang Chai, PhD, DDS, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), a membership which is considered one of the highest honors in the … Read More »
Martha Garcia lives with Type 2 diabetes, a preventable and manageable disease that for many feels like a social death sentence. The myths surrounding the disease made Garcia believe she had two choices — continue with the habits that … Read More »
For Bradley Williams, a certified geriatric pharmacist with an interest in photography, there was only one way to retire: with a gallery showing of his photographic portraits of older adults.
Williams, professor of clinical pharmacy and clinical gerontology, combined … Read More »
Ilisa Juried never imagined her heart stopping at age 18.
“I was in New York City’s Grand Central Station singing and dancing, when suddenly I gripped my mother’s shoulder and collapsed,” Juried said.
Suffering from cardiac arrest, she fell to the ground … Read More »
To counteract burnout among medical students, the Keck School of Medicine of USC has established a new wellness curriculum featuring mindfulness, anxiety management and stress prevention.
Medical students now receive support and training in areas from physical and mental health to … Read More »
The USC Thornton School of Music and USC Voice Center partnered to offer its annual vocal screening clinic on Sept. 28 to voice students at the USC Voice Center’s downtown Los Angeles location. The free event included perceptual voice evaluation and laryngeal … Read More »
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, or CIRM, is the state’s stem cell agency with a mission to accelerate stem cell treatments to patients with unmet medical needs. To further spread information about potential careers in stem … Read More »
Gia Jones remembers the moment she was given her cancer diagnosis. So does Brian Lobel. The moment — and many after — was filled with worry, fear and anxiety. So when a physician-to-be asked what the cancer survivors would prefer … Read More »
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC students Eumi Choi and Thomas Nguyen will graduate from USC without any dental school debt, thanks to a prestigious scholarship that aims to put primary care health providers in underserved communities.
The National Health … Read More »
Toddlers with asthma are more likely to become obese children, according to an international study led by USC scientists.
The finding is a turnabout for children’s health as obesity has often been seen as a precursor to asthma in children, not … Read More »
Vladimir Zelman, MD, PhD, clinical professor of anesthesiology (part-time) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and Charles Liu, MD, PhD, professor of clinical neurological surgery and neurology at the Keck School and director of the USC Neurorestoration Center, … Read More »
Win May, MD, PhD, professor of clinical medical education (educational scholar) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, recently was admitted as an honorary fellow to the Royal College of Physicians of London (RCP London). Of the five honorary … Read More »
USC scientists have created the most detailed atlas yet of the hippocampus, the brain’s memory bank.
Using fluorescent tracers and 3D animation, the scientists show structures, nerve connections and functions in vivid detail. The study appeared Oct. 8 in the journal … Read More »
They have already endured so much, having fought breast cancer and won.
But the way breast cancer is treated can lead to a host of other issues, including high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity, all of which can further threaten a … Read More »
For approximately 8 million Americans, visiting a doctor regularly is the key to managing their psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by itchy or painful red patches that can appear anywhere on the body. But for some people, seeing … Read More »
When Armand Amini arrived on the USC campus to start his freshman year, the first friend he made was experiencing a mental health crisis.
The student, who eventually took a leave of absence, suffered from depression and insomnia. Amini, now a … Read More »
When Kenji Inaba isn’t wearing standard-issue hospital scrubs as a trauma surgeon, you might find him sporting a different look — the dark-blue uniform of a Los Angeles police officer.
The Keck Medicine of USC doctor performs complex emergency surgeries and … Read More »