Keck School physician assistant program marks 2021 white coat ceremony

On December 5, the Primary Care Physician Assistant Class of 2023 held their White Coat Ceremony. Different from medical students, the PA Program coats students between their didactic and clinical phases to signal the transition from the classroom into the Read More »

December 9th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Street Medicine team launches pilot program as part of DPS Community Advisory Board implementation efforts

The USC Street Medicine program has launched a pilot project with the USC Department of Public Safety to be the “first responders” delivering care to the unhoused population around the University Park Campus.

The partnership will be a template Read More »

December 8th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Norris Cancer Hospital earns national 2021 Leapfrog Top Teaching Hospital award

USC Norris Cancer Hospital, part of USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, was named a Top Teaching Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization.

“This is a tremendous honor, and recognizes USC Norris Hospital Read More »

December 7th, 2021|featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Boosting the body’s response to infections with a bio-inspired peptide

Somewhere along the long and winding road of evolution, our ancestors lost the ability to produce a small but mighty group of molecules called theta-defensins that help fight bacterial infections.

More than seven million years later, researchers at the Keck School Read More »

December 6th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Medicaid expansion linked to reductions in mortality, according to USC research

In 2010, the newly passed Affordable Care Act — also known as Obamacare — mandated that states expand Medicaid eligibility to cover millions of uninsured Americans. But when the Supreme Court made Medicaid expansion optional for states, close to half Read More »

December 6th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|