Study shows that deaf children with learning delays benefit from cochlear implants

Up to three out of every 1,000 infants in the United States are born with profound hearing loss.

Typically, infants with hearing loss are first treated with hearing aids, and if these fail to help them develop early language and speech Read More »

May 24th, 2022|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Research award accelerates research on CAR T-cell therapy for prostate cancer

According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight men will receive a prostate cancer diagnosis in his lifetime and about one in 40 will die as a result. A Keck Medicine of USC research team has Read More »

May 19th, 2022|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Schaeffer Center economic model contributes to National Academy Report on diversity in clinical trials

Populations underrepresented in clinical trials face worse health outcomes that will cost the United States trillions of dollars over the next three decades, according to a new report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.

The committee relied Read More »

May 19th, 2022|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Pharmacy’s 115th commencement honors the graduating class of 2022

On March 13, the USC School of Pharmacy marked its 115th commencement before an audience of more than 2,000 family, friends, faculty and staff.

Dean Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, presided over the event in the Read More »

May 18th, 2022|Announcements, Commencement, Keck Net Intranet|

How an eye exam saved a patient’s life

When Anne Crile began to experience sudden changes to her vision, she never imagined that her symptoms would lead to the diagnosis of a life-threatening brain tumor.

She shared her symptoms with her optometrist at the USC Roski Eye Institute, Read More »

May 18th, 2022|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|