COVID-19 screening tents: a product of system-wide collaboration

Keck Medicine of USC employees are working extremely hard to respond to today’s rapidly changing circumstances. This ongoing series shares the experiences of faculty and staff and their responses to the crisis. This story will focus on the Read More »

May 14th, 2020|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

Valedictorian Isabella Hauptman focuses on health in ways big and small

Before deciding to come to USC, Isabella Hauptman found herself in a predicament. The Los Angeles native knew she wanted to become an epidemiologist but didn’t quite know which specific degree path — or even which specific university Read More »

May 14th, 2020|Announcements, Commencement, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

Countdown to commencement: USC Stem Cell master’s student Kalya Stanten follows the science

By following her love of science, Kalya Stanten has found herself in some very interesting places — including a virology lab at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I’m in Paula Cannon’s lab,” said Stanten, Read More »

May 14th, 2020|Announcements, Commencement, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

Meet the team maintaining the Keck School of Medicine of USC during COVID-19

By late March, the Health Sciences Campus had emptied out as students, staff and faculty sheltered at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, it was simply not possible to halt all research, construction and case-by-case campus Read More »

May 13th, 2020|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|

During pandemic, Street Medicine is first line of defense for people living on the streets

With social distancing now part of the new normal in the United States, there is a team of health care providers on the streets making contact with some of the people most vulnerable to COVID-19 — the more Read More »

May 12th, 2020|Announcements, COVID-19, Keck Net Intranet|