New counseling chief increases student access to mental health care

Since joining USC Student Health as executive director and division chief for counseling and mental health last fall, Robert Mendola, MD, has worked to expand students’ access to mental health services on the University Park and Health Sciences campuses.

Mendola, a board Read More »

September 5th, 2018|Announcements, Back to School, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Student Health services for women grow as alumna joins staff

Deirdre Logan, MD, MMM, a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist and alumna, will join USC Student Health in October as the second full-time physician devoted to the care of female students at USC.

Logan returns to her alma mater after 14 years at Read More »

September 5th, 2018|Announcements, Back to School, Keck Net Intranet|

New Doctor of Physical Therapy students don white coats

The USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Class of 2021 donned their white coats for the first time at the 2018 White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 23. The ceremony, held on the Broad Lawn Read More »

August 30th, 2018|Announcements, Back to School|

USC Chan Division welcomes newest class of students

On Friday, Aug. 24, at the USC Health Sciences Campus, 238 Trojan occupational therapy graduate students — hailing from 22 states and 18 nations — pledged their commitment to the values of the health and wellness profession during the USC Read More »

August 30th, 2018|Announcements, Back to School|

Pharmacy White Coat Ceremony is a family affair

Taking their first steps in the journey to become Doctors of Pharmacy, the 198 members of the Class of 2022 walked into the annual USC School of Pharmacy White Coat Ceremony, held Aug. 16 on the Harry and Celesta Pappas Read More »

August 23rd, 2018|Announcements, Back to School|

New medical students initiate career at White Coat Ceremony

The 186 first-year medical students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Class of 2022 walked out into warm sunshine, ready to engage in a tradition that would signify the beginning of their lives as medical professionals. At a Read More »

August 13th, 2018|Announcements, Back to School, Keck Net Intranet|

Students share travels at Global Citizenship Roundtable

“Public health is a relay. I have done my race, so I would like to pass my baton onto you, because there is a lot of unfinished business,” Robert Kezaala, MD, MPH, told a rapt audience at the Global Citizenship Read More »

September 11th, 2017|Announcements, Back to School, Keck Net Intranet|

Neighbors get a helping hand with school supplies

Thousands of families from neighboring schools received back-to-school supplies at the USC Health Sciences Campus on Aug. 26. Students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the USC School of Pharmacy and the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of Read More »

September 8th, 2017|Announcements, Back to School, Keck Net Intranet|

Department introduces master’s degree program in translational biomedical informatics

Given his education and work experience, Peleg Winer, a former medic who worked in a research lab at Keck Medicine of USC after obtaining his undergraduate degree in neuroscience, thought that the natural next step for him would be to Read More »

September 8th, 2017|Back to School, Keck Net Intranet|

USC School of Pharmacy’s Class of 2021 begins their journey

Taking the first steps in their journey to become Doctors of Pharmacy, the 192 members of the Class of 2021 entered the annual USC School of Pharmacy White Coat Ceremony on the Harry and Celesta Pappas Quad on Aug. 18.

Dean Read More »

August 29th, 2017|Announcements, Back to School|

Trojan Natasha Natarajan looks to the future of stem cells

“Everyone in this audience right now, you all started out as a stem cell,” said Natasha Natarajan at the 2017 TEDxUSC conference. “And then your DNA came in, did all the work, and differentiated each group of Read More »

August 29th, 2017|Announcements, Back to School, Keck Net Intranet|

Incoming medical students don white coats for the first time

One of medicine’s hallowed traditions was celebrated on a warm August afternoon at the Health Sciences Campus, as the Keck School of Medicine of USC incoming class of medical students donned their white coats for the first time.

“Your white coat Read More »

August 7th, 2017|Announcements, Back to School, Keck Net Intranet|