USC Africa Hub promotes global health through collaboration

Jose Gutierrez comes from the San Fernando Valley, but the USC junior spent his summer researching COVID-19’s impact on the health system 9,653 miles away — in Kenya.

The Keck School of Medicine of USC global health student analyzed ways Read More »

September 13th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC institute launches worldwide study of Parkinson’s disease

The USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (USC Stevens INI), part of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has launched a $3 million study that will unite researchers and data from 20 countries to answer Read More »

September 13th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC study identifies new risk factor for most common childhood cancer

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), a cancer involving white blood cells known as lymphocytes, is the most common childhood cancer, representing 25% of all cancer diagnoses. It’s also one of the leading causes of childhood cancer deaths. While cure rates have Read More »

September 10th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medicine physicians recognized by Pasadena Magazine for 2021 Top Doctors issue

The physicians of Keck Medicine of USC once again have been recognized by Pasadena Magazine in its 2021 Top Doctors issue.

Pasadena Magazine’s Top Doctors issue honors practicing physicians in Pasadena and surrounding cities within the San Gabriel Valley who are Read More »

September 3rd, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Kids and cannabis: California dispensaries lack adequate screening to keep out minors

California bars kids from cannabis dispensaries and shields them from cannabis marketing, but those statewide restrictions aren’t working as well as policymakers had hoped.

That’s according to a new study in JAMA Pediatrics that evaluates how these regulations designed to protect minors Read More »

September 2nd, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|