A new clinical trial from Keck Medicine of USC is investigating whether an anti-inflammatory nutrition plan could ease the effects of long COVID.
Inflammation is a normal part of the immune system’s response to infection and injury, but … Read More »
Preventive Pros, produced by the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, premiered its second season of podcasts on Tuesday, Oct. 10.
Each concise, weekly episode features an expert from the department … Read More »
The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation (RLCF) has awarded a grant to USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC, in order to establish a Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention, slated to open in the spring.
This award … Read More »
USC Premier Care, a free service that helps provide coordinated, personalized care to USC Trojan Care EPO and PPO patients, celebrates its fifth anniversary at Keck Medicine of USC in 2023.
The program’s team coordinates with patients’ physicians and clinical staff … Read More »
Director of USC’s Doctor of Physical Therapy Program Julie Tilson, PT, DPT, MS, is set to be named USC’s 11th Catherine Worthingham Fellow by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), the association’s highest membership category. … Read More »
Amy S. Gottlieb, MD, a seasoned faculty affairs leader and nationally known expert on gender equity in medicine, has joined the Keck School of Medicine of USC in the newly created position of vice dean for faculty affairs, advancement, and … Read More »
The California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has bestowed $2 million upon the Keck School of Medicine of USC to support advanced operational and technological capabilities at the new USC/CHLA cGMP Laboratory.
The cGMP Lab is a state-of-the-art … Read More »
Come Read with Me at USC, a three-week summer program geared to providing literacy services to children from bilingual (English-Spanish) households who are deaf and hard of hearing, celebrated its 10-year anniversary this July.
The innovative program, part of the USC … Read More »
Ceonne Houston-Raasikh, DNP, MSN, RN, has been named the new chief nursing officer (CNO) for Keck Hospital of USC. She is currently the associate chief nursing officer for the hospital — a position she has held for over a year … Read More »
For the eighth year in a row, Keck Medicine of USC is sponsoring the American Heart Association’s Greater Los Angeles Heart and Stroke Walk. To contribute to the fundraising effort, employees throughout the organization are registering to … Read More »
An international research team led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Center for Genetic Epidemiology and the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center discovered an association between aggressive prostate cancer and mutations in … Read More »
Five faculty members from the Keck School of Medicine of USC were among nine recipients of the prestigious awards, as well as two faculty members of the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
The awards support translational … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC is proud to share that 179 physicians associated with the health care system were included in Pasadena Magazine’s Sept.-Oct. 2023 roster of “Top Doctors.”
The physicians represent 46 different specialties and have each developed unmatched expertise in … Read More »
Inspirational stories of empowerment and shared laughter and wisdom marked the Keck Medicine Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) Speakers Forum, “Leadership Luminaries,” held Sept. 11 at Keck Medical Center of USC.
The event, attended by some 100 Keck … Read More »
A far-reaching survey co-led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the University of California, San Francisco and the University of Michigan discovered new associations between forever chemicals (PFAs) and phenols with hormone-related cancers in women. The findings have … Read More »
The USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy has shared an announcement from the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) that the association’s former president, Mary Foto, OT, CCM, died last week at her home in Colorado. Foto was … Read More »
Robert A. Day, the longtime leader of the W.M. Keck Foundation whose vision was instrumental to the growth of USC and the well-being of Los Angeles, passed away Sept. 14 at age 79.
A businessman, investor and philanthropist, Day profoundly changed … Read More »
On August 24, experts at Keck Medicine of USC answered common questions about updated protective measures for staying healthy and safe during the respiratory virus season. Since then, more information has become available on BA.2.86, the … Read More »
USC has proposed a new, seven-story, 202,000 square foot building set on the Health Sciences Campus, citing its potential to unite interdisciplinary research teams and accelerate medical breakthroughs. The resulting advanced therapies would then be offered to medically underserved patients … Read More »
In a recent interview, Dean Carolyn Meltzer, MD, of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and Steven D. Shapiro, MD, USC’s senior vice president of health affairs, discussed the advantages that artificial intelligence … Read More »