It’s one of those unfortunate ironies in health care: Often, those at greatest risk for serious illness are also least likely to have access to treatment or diagnosis options.
That’s especially true when it comes to lung cancer, which disproportionately affects … Read More »
A group of researchers has found that three siblings each born with cleft lip and palate share a common gene mutation associated with the birth defect.
The gene, intraflagellar transport 88 (IFT88), ensures transportation antennae (cilia) on embryonic cells travel to … Read More »
An international network of neurologists, geneticists and researchers led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC is cracking the human genetic code so that one day people could check their “brain health” in the same way they screen their … Read More »
Surveyors from the Joint Commission visited USC Norris Cancer Hospital in April, reviewing policies and procedures to ensure the highest level of safe patient care is being delivered.
Joint Commission surveys are data-driven, patient-centered and focused on evaluating care processes. Surveyors … Read More »
As a sponsor of the 2017 Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon, the Keck School of Medicine of USC provided more than 220 volunteer physicians, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and medical students from throughout Keck Medicine of USC and Los … Read More »
Several dozen students presented some of their latest research projects recently as part of the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s annual Medical Student Research Forum and Poster Day.
The April 4 event included oral presentations from the Dean’s Research Scholars … Read More »
Students, faculty and staff were treated to a lunchtime recital hosted by the Keck Music Society recently. The March 20 event at Mayer Auditorium featured medical students and faculty members performing a variety of musical pieces for the audience.
The recital … Read More »
Roz Chast hadn’t planned on drawing her mother after she died. The longtime New Yorker cartoonist had spent the past decade chronicling her parents’ final years, writing down their conversations and animating her parents’ everyday life. But by the time … Read More »
A new book by Steven Sussman, PhD, professor of preventive medicine, psychology and social work, takes a broad, multidisciplinary look at addiction.
“Substance and Behavioral Addictions: Concepts, Causes, and Cures” focuses on two categories of addiction, substance (tobacco, alcohol, other drugs … Read More »
Earlier this year, newborns at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital were gifted with red caps hand-knitted by American Heart Association volunteers across the country to raise awareness for congenital heart defects.
Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect in the … Read More »
Grace Baranek, PhD, is the newly appointed associate dean and chair of the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. She had previously been at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was associate chair … Read More »
Zea Borok, MD, professor of medicine, chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and director of the Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, will be tackling ambitious research on … Read More »
A surgical team at Keck Medicine of USC pushed the boundaries of clinical care by performing the first-ever robotic, minimally invasive surgical removal of a stage IV tumor thrombus — a kidney cancer tumor that extends into the heart.
The nearly … Read More »
USC honored Trustee Rick J. Caruso, ’80, with its most distinguished alumni honor, the Asa V. Call Award, at its 83rd annual Alumni Awards on April 22.
The Asa V. Call Award is given to alumni who have shown exceptional commitment … Read More »
USC students with a startup idea or invention are encouraged to enter the USC Stevens Student Innovator Showcase business competition and win thousands of dollars in funding.
The USC Stevens Center for Innovation currently is seeking applications from undergraduate and graduate students … Read More »
“Through your support, you allow young people to achieve their dreams,” said Dean Vassilios Papadopoulos as he welcomed guests to the USC School of Pharmacy Annual Scholarship Luncheon on Thursday, March 30. The event enables students to meet and thank … Read More »
Recognizing the most influential people around the globe in ophthalmology, The Ophthalmologist named Amir H. Kashani, MD, PhD, of the USC Gayle and Edward Roski Eye Institute to its annual Power List 2017 announced April 12.
The Power List, which publishes … Read More »
The best of the best gathered at Town and Gown on the University Park Campus recently to celebrate notable achievements among both faculty and students. The Academic Honors Convocation was held April 17 and recognized several faculty members from the … Read More »
The USC Health Sciences Campus Beautification Project, a multiyear effort to give the campus a more pedestrian-friendly, park-like feel, continues to move forward.
As part of the project, sidewalks are being widened, new signage and new lighting is being installed, trees are … Read More »
A standing-room-only audience filled the Herklotz Seminar Room to hear Bin He, PhD, Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, the most recent speaker in the Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer … Read More »