Innovator showcase seeks student startups, inventions

Are you a USC student with a startup idea or invention? Enter the USC Stevens Student Innovator Showcase business competition to win funding to take your concept further.

The USC Stevens Center for Innovation is currently seeking applications from students Read More »

August 10th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Students get first glimpse of new home as Currie Hall opens

Currie Hall, the newly constructed student residence hall on the Health Sciences Campus, welcomed its first student residents on July 30.

The hall is made of 178 residential units with 456 beds and features a fitness center, swimming pool, barbecues and Read More »

August 10th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

In Memoriam: Peter V. Lee, 93, inaugural Department of Family Medicine chair

Peter Van Arsdale Lee Peter Van Arsdale Lee joined the Keck School of Medicine of USC in 1955 as an assistant professor of pharmacology and assistant dean.

Professor Emeritus Peter V. Lee, MD, Read More »

August 9th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Hastings Foundation board of directors meet

The Hasting Foundation’s board of directors met on the Health Sciences Campus recently, joined by Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, interim dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and director of the USC Gayle and Edward Roski Eye Institute; Read More »

August 9th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Stem Cell scientist Lindsey Barske wins NIH Pathway to Independence Award

Years ago, Lindsey Barske, PhD, pulled on a pair of tall rubber boots and began a journey that led from her college research experience on the muddy Alaskan tundra to her current postdoctoral studies in Read More »

August 8th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Research funding programs available for investigators

In a memo sent to Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty and staff on Aug. 3, Interim Dean Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, announced two funding programs that support the investigation of new research areas.

The Pilot Funding Program targets junior Read More »

August 8th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Stem Cell researcher Senta Georgia wins CIRM Discovery Inception award

Senta Georgia, PhD, principal investigator at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), and assistant professor of pediatrics, and stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has a creative idea for helping children with a Read More »

August 5th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Leader in brain imaging joins USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute

The USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute has recruited Danny JJ Wang, PhD, MSCE, to be the director of Imaging Technology Innovation.

Danny JJ Wang Danny JJ Wang

Wang, a professor Read More »

August 4th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Norris and Hoag begin joint Phase I clinical trial program

An ongoing alliance between the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hoag Family Cancer Institute at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach has expanded to include a joint Phase I/early therapeutics clinical trial program. The program recently activated its Read More »

August 3rd, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medicine initiative aimed at boosting customer service

A new initiative to strengthen Keck Medicine of USC’s pledge to provide exceptional customer service has been launched.

A new customer service division for patient financial services will be based at the Health Sciences Campus, bringing crucial services that were once Read More »

August 3rd, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

In Memoriam: Harlyne Norris, 83, USC trustee and benefactor

USC Life Trustee Harlyne Norris, whose family foundation made possible USC’s influential research and treatment efforts to fight cancer, died July 30 in her beloved South Bay. She was 83.

A civic-minded volunteer and philanthropist, Norris devoted herself to her family Read More »

August 2nd, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Noted scientist Vassilios Papadopoulos to lead USC School of Pharmacy

Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, executive director and chief scientific officer of the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, has been named dean of the USC School of Pharmacy, effective Oct. 1.

Papadopoulos, who also Read More »

August 2nd, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medicine of USC hospitals rise in rankings among nation’s best

Keck Medicine of USC Keck Hospital of USC

For the eighth consecutive year, the hospitals of Keck Medicine of USC have been named among the best in the country by U.S. News & Read More »

August 2nd, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Primary Care Physician Assistant Program receives $2.5 million for scholarships

The Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has been awarded more than $2.5 million to support scholarships for disadvantaged students, one of only three PA programs nationally to receive this award.

The Health Resources and Read More »

August 1st, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

New brain map could enable novel therapies for autism and Huntington’s disease

Keck School of Medicine of USC scientists have mapped an uncharted portion of the mouse brain to explain which circuit disruptions might occur in disorders such as Huntington’s disease and autism.

Hong-Wei Dong, MD, PhD, an associate professor of neurology at the Read More »

July 27th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

San Pablo Street closed for rail work

Union Pacific will be installing a third track on the rail line along Valley Boulevard, which will impact access to the USC Health Sciences Campus from Valley Boulevard to San Pablo Street.

Work is expected to be completed Read More »

July 26th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Teen vaping could reverse progress in the control of tobacco

A new study debunks the popular belief that electronic cigarettes are merely a substitute for cigarettes among teens, instead, suggesting that some teens who never would have smoked cigarettes are now vaping.

A Keck School of Medicine of USC study of Read More »

July 26th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Nation’s first Digital Health Fellowship created at USC Center for Body Computing

Taking the next step as a national thought leader in digital health innovation among university-based medical centers, the USC Center for Body Computing (CBC) announced the first Digital Health Fellowship in the U.S. The inaugural 12-month fellowship will provide exposure, Read More »

July 26th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Study: Neighborhood parks can ease youth aggression

Studies have shown that the families we grow up in, the places we work, and the friends we keep play a large role in influencing behavior. However, not much is known about how one’s outdoor environment — such as the Read More »

July 25th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Student reaches highest goal in climbing Mt. Everest

After years of planning and two months of living on the mountain, physician assistant student Vanessa Blasic completed a feat that few people can boast: summiting Mount Everest. More impressively, the accomplishment meant that she and her father Greg Blasic Read More »

July 25th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|