Permanent brain damage from a stroke may be reversible thanks to a developing therapeutic technique, a new study has found.
The novel approach combines transplanted human stem cells with a special protein that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration already approved … Read More »
A research team led by investigators at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has generated functional human and mouse tissue-engineered liver from adult stem and progenitor cells. Tissue-engineered Liver (TELi) was found to contain normal structural components … Read More »
“So…Cabo next break?” jokes a global medicine student in the elevator. His classmates laugh and roll their eyes. Last spring break they donned scrubs, not bathing suits, while taking a course in a remote area of Panama only reachable by … Read More »
The USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy is launching a new online program aimed at busy practicing occupational therapists who want to enhance their clinical competencies and advance their career development.
Beginning in January, the USC Online Post-Professional … Read More »
Glen L. Stimmel, PharmD, who served as interim dean of the USC School of Pharmacy since June 2015, was surprised by more than 100 faculty and staff members who gathered at a breakfast reception in his honor at … Read More »
A trip to the physical therapist could soon feel a bit more like a trip to the arcade, thanks to a new multidisciplinary study being conducted at USC.
James Finley, PhD, and Beth Fisher, PhD, MS, of the USC Division of … Read More »
Steven Chen, PharmD, chair of the Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics & Policy, received the 2016 Pinnacle Award from the American Pharmacy Association (APhA) at a ceremony Sept. 19 at the APhA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Chen … Read More »
To many, the term “clowning” may not invoke more than an image of childhood birthday party entertainment. However, recent studies show that there is more to clowning than what initially meets the eye. Over the past three decades, a new … Read More »
The Keck School of Medicine of USC has named Holly A. Muir, MD, as the new chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, effective Jan. 1.
Muir specializes in obstetric anesthesia, with expertise in the effects of interventions on obstetric outcome, both … Read More »
Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers have received a two-year, $6 million National Institutes of Health grant to examine health issues related to asthma and obesity.
Part of the funding will go toward the USC Children’s Health Study, the nation’s … Read More »
Without collaboration between universities and pharmaceutical companies, scientists might never have developed essential medicines ranging from the antibiotic streptomycin in the 1950s to HIV medications in the 1990s. In recognition of the ever-increasing importance of these academia-industry partnerships, USC and … Read More »
Volunteers from Keck Medicine of USC joined together to give back to the community at the Keck Advancement Service Day recently.
For the second annual service day, volunteers went to the Union Rescue Mission and Downtown Women’s Center on Aug. 31, … Read More »
The USC Department of Public Safety (DPS) is hoping to build a relationship with children and youth in the Boyle Heights community one book at a time.
DPS and Keck Medicine of USC collaborated to bring a Little Free Library to … Read More »
USC Correctional Health, a Keck School of Medicine of USC program, won the 2016 Best in Category Achievement Award for Health from the National Association of Counties (NaCo). This is the second prestigious award for the program, which was recognized last … Read More »
On March 6, just shy of his 21st birthday, Kristopher (Kris) Boesen of Bakersfield suffered a traumatic injury to his cervical spine when his car fishtailed on a wet road, hit a tree and slammed into a telephone pole.
His parents … Read More »
As a third-generation Hawaiian, USC Stem Cell researcher Justin Ichida, PhD, is equally comfortable with lu’aus and lead guitars as with laboratories.
Justin Ichida performs at UCLA … Read More »
Flu vaccines will be available to all faculty, nurses and Keck Medicine of USC staff starting Sept. 12 at Employee Health Services Monday through Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the Evaluation & Treatment Clinic, Monday through Friday from … Read More »
A new fellowship will allow physicians to study innovative methods to care for high-cost, high-need patients, as the Gehr Family Center for Implementation Science at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and CareMore Health System announced a collaboration to … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC is a sponsor of the 2016 Los Angeles Heart Walk on Oct. 8 at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. With a fundraising goal of $125,000, Keck Medicine is hoping to engage 1,000 employees to participate in its … Read More »
Timothy James (TJ) Malseed has been appointed as chief health information officer for Keck Medicine of USC and associate dean for information sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, administrators announced recently.
Malseed will lead growth and oversee operations … Read More »