Overweight children have more unreciprocated friendships and frenemies than their thinner counterparts, a Keck School of Medicine of USC study finds.
In a survey of 504 preteens in the Netherlands, researchers found that overweight children are excluded from friendships, call classmates … Read More »
The Keck School of Medicine of USC will host Marta Stevanovic, a third-year student and Robert W. Woodruff Fellow at Emory University School of Medicine, who has been selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) as one of this … Read More »
David Aaron Goldstein, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, vice chair for Clinical Affairs, and former chief of the division of geriatric, hospital, palliative and general internal medicine (GHPGIM) at Keck Medicine … Read More »
USC employees were honored in May for their service to Keck Medicine of USC at the annual Years of Service Breakfast, part of Hospital Week celebrations.
More than 449 staff members who achieved a milestone of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, … Read More »
As part of its efforts to serve an even greater segment of the Southern California community, Keck Medicine of USC is expanding its surgical offerings at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital. Patients in the area previously had been able to undergo … Read More »
Celebrations rang out in May across Keck Medical Center of USC in honor of nurses and staff members.
Among the celebrations during Nurses Week and Hospital Week was the annual nursing awards ceremony, held in Hoffman Café at Keck Hospital of … Read More »
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation Healthcare Equality Index recently named Keck Medicine of USC as a “Top Performer in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.” The index recognizes health care organizations that provide equitable and inclusive care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and … Read More »
Berislav V. Zlokovic, MD, PhD, the pioneering researcher whose work has transformed modern understanding of degenerative neurological diseases, was installed as the inaugural holder of the Mary Hayley and Selim Zilkha Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease Research at a ceremony held … Read More »
Though passports were not required, students, faculty, and guests of the Master of Science in Global Medicine program gained a taste of world travel at this spring’s Global Citizenship Roundtable.
Held April 21, the biannual program featured the insights and perspectives … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC nurses and physicians were honored recently for their commitment to exceptional care at a special dinner and ceremony marking the second annual USC Choi Family Awards for Excellence in Patient-Centered Care.
The prestigious awards honor physicians, residents, … Read More »
A new study has found brain abnormalities in people with bipolar disorder.
In the largest MRI study to date on patients with bipolar disorder, a global consortium published new research showing that people with the condition have differences in the brain … Read More »
What happens when you pair 14 artists with 14 USC biomedical researchers? The answer is currently on display at the Hoyt Gallery on the Health Sciences Campus.
The exhibition “Artist & Researcher” showcases the results of these creative collaborations. Barbara Kolo’s … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC is the first medical center in the western United States to perform a liver transplant as part of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption study testing the safety and effectiveness of a new … Read More »
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Vice President and Surgeon-in-Chief Henri R. Ford is CHLA’s first-ever honorary fellow admitted by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. (Photo/Business Wire)
Henri Ford, MD, MHA Keck … Read More »
On May 12, 106 new graduates of the Keck School of Medicine of USC celebrated with family, friends and fellow graduates in Town and Gown at USC’s University Park campus.
Having earned bachelor’s degrees in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention or … Read More »
Friends and family of the 132nd class to graduate as doctors of medicine from the Keck School of Medicine of USC gathered at the Galen Center on USC’s University Park Campus on May 13 to offer their congratulations and cheer … Read More »
An excited crowd of family and friends gathered at the Galen Center on the University Park Campus May 13 to celebrate the commencement of nearly 400 PhD and master’s degree candidates from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
The ceremony … Read More »
The USC School of Pharmacy marked its 110th Commencement on May 12 before an audience of more than 1,500 family, friends, faculty and staff.
Dean Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, presided over the event at Pappas Quad, advising graduates — the new … Read More »
On May 12, the Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC held a satellite commencement ceremony on the southwest lawn of the Allan Hancock Foundation Building on University Park Campus. There were 58 graduates … Read More »
Amy Lamb OTD, OT/L, delivered the keynote address during the USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy’s 75th annual commencement ceremony on May 12.
Lamb is the president of the American Occupational Therapy Association and an expert … Read More »