How your senses can help you better enjoy the holidays

Tessa Milman, OTD, OTR/L, assistant professor of occupational therapy in the Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, offers tips to HSC News readers for a happy and healthy holiday season.

 

Wondering how to manage stress this holiday season? Running Read More »

December 21st, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

2018: Leaders look at a year in review

Keck Medicine of USC CEO Tom Jackiewicz, MPH, and Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Laura Mosqueda, MD, look back at the last year with a sense of pride and gratitude. Click on the image below to see photos Read More »

December 20th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Pharmacy students step up for seniors

In November 2018, 70 USC School of Pharmacy students held a free four-day workshop on the Health Sciences Campus to help dozens of university retirees and their spouses enroll in the Medicare Part D plan that’s right for them. Through Read More »

December 20th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medicine employees mark holiday season with luncheon

Keck Medicine of USC employees celebrated the holidays this year during the medical system’s annual luncheon. Held Dec. 12 on the Broad Lawn, employees enjoyed a catered lunch, dessert and entertainment. The event also included a toy drive to collect Read More »

December 20th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Expert panel shares tips to avoid common grant application mistakes

When it comes to completing grant applications for the National Institutes of Health, clarity, knowing your audience and the “wow” factor are just some of things to consider. Several experts from the Keck School of Medicine of USC talked extensively Read More »

December 20th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Jeffrey Tolstad appointed to new leadership role

Jeffrey Tolstad, MD, MMM, has been appointed to the new role of senior associate dean for organizational development at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, effective Nov. 1. He also has an appointment in the Department of Medical Education Read More »

December 18th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Cage Johnson recognized for promoting diversity

Cage Johnson, MD, professor emeritus of medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been awarded the American Society of Hematology’s ASH Award for Leadership in Promoting Diversity.

The award, now in its second year, honors hematologists who have Read More »

December 18th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck School professor honored by president of Tanzania

Brandy Hattendorf, MD, clinical associate professor of pediatrics (clinician educator) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, not only treats patients at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, but also is dedicated to ensuring children in countries across the world receive Read More »

December 18th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Medical student tapped for selective AAMC scholarship

Lawrence K. Rolle, a medical student in the class of 2020, was presented the Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship Award on Nov. 5 at the Association of American Medical Colleges annual meeting in Austin, Texas. The award is given Read More »

December 17th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Study: Disease risk seen in disrupted biological clock

USC scientists report that a novel time-keeping mechanism within liver cells that helps sustain key organ tasks can contribute to diseases when its natural rhythm is disrupted.

This dual function of the nuclear receptor protein HNF4A offers a potential explanation for diseases Read More »

December 13th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Holiday breakfast brings cheer to Keck School faculty and staff

After torrential rain the day before, bright morning sun shone on Keck School faculty and staff who attended the annual holiday breakfast. The Dec. 7 event, hosted at Pappas Quad on the Health Sciences Campus by the office of the Read More »

December 11th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Minority health disparities underlined at Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer series

Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Laura Mosqueda, MD, welcomed Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD, as guest speaker for the 2018 Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer series. Pérez-Stable, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), delivered an eye-opening lecture entitled, “The Science Read More »

December 11th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

E-scooter companies should consider safety on social media, USC study finds

Are electric scooters promoted on social media with safety in mind? A USC study of one company’s Instagram feed suggests not.

Posts to the Instagram account of Bird, a leader in the e-scooter market, rarely show e-scooter users with helmets or Read More »

December 10th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

In Memoriam: Michael Z. Wincor, PharmD

Michael Z. Wincor, PharmD, associate professor of clinical pharmacy, psychiatry and the behavioral sciences at the USC School of Pharmacy and the Keck School of Medicine of USC, died Nov. 30 in Long Beach. He was 72. He was an Read More »

December 7th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Nurses attend national Magnet conference

On Oct. 24, 27 nurses from Keck Hospital of USC attended the annual American Nurses Credentialing Center National Magnet Conference in Denver. This is the first time Keck Medicine of USC has participated in the event since Keck Hospital achieved Read More »

December 6th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2018: Ciara Mimms, Keck School of Medicine of USC

“November-Two-Five, you’re clear for takeoff. Clear for takeoff, November-Two-Five. Good day!”

From directing jets in the sky in the United States Air Force Reserve to delving into stem cell biology, Ciara Mimms, who is graduating with her master’s degree in stem Read More »

December 6th, 2018|Announcements, Commencement 2018, Keck Net Intranet|

Student-led USC group aims for diversity among physical therapists

The physical therapy profession has a bit of a diversity problem, one might say.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5 percent of all practicing physical therapists are African-American. And only 3 percent of all physical therapy students this Read More »

December 5th, 2018|Announcements|

Jehni Robinson tapped for family medicine chair

Jehni Robinson, MD, has been appointed as chair of the Department of Family Medicine of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, effective Nov. 1. Robinson has served as interim chair of the department for the past year and previously Read More »

December 4th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet, Press Page|

Joint celebration to honor 70 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Global dignitaries, activists and leaders will speak at USC’s University Park Campus for a free, public symposium, followed by a youth summit at Los Angeles City Hall, on Human Rights Day, Dec. 10.

In celebration of the 70th anniversary Read More »

December 4th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Better drug to save mothers’ lives during childbirth may be on the way

Postpartum bleeding is the world’s leading cause of death for women during and after childbirth, and the third-leading cause in the United States alone. Many doctors in developing countries have turned to the drug misoprostol to save more women from deadly hemorrhaging.

Misoprostol, Read More »

December 4th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|