Tracy C. Grikscheit awarded $7.1 million by CIRM

Tracy C. Grikscheit, MD, a principal investigator with USC Stem Cell and The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, has received a $7.1 million grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Translational Research program to develop Read More »

March 24th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medical Center of USC to celebrate National Doctors’ Day

The physicians of Keck Medical Center of USC will take center stage on March 30.

The National Doctors’ Day Celebration Breakfast will be held at Keck Medical Center of USC on Wednesday, March 30 from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. All Read More »

March 24th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Four honored at UKRO benefit gala

University Kidney Research Organization (UKRO) honored USC academic and scientific leaders at its sixth gala dinner March 18 at The Beverly Hilton, with 300 attendees. This group of vocal champions of kidney disease research included Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Michael Read More »

March 23rd, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Stem Cell mini-symposium introduces next-generation researchers

The next generation of scientists is turning to stem cells to advance our understanding of systems ranging from the blood to the brain, from the liver to the lungs. Six of these scientists presented their research at the Junior Faculty Read More »

March 23rd, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC maintains prestige among nation’s health sciences schools

Recently released rankings from U.S. News & World Report show USC’s health sciences graduate schools remain among the best in the nation, improving or maintaining their prestige in the annual lists.

The Keck School of Medicine of USC, the USC Chan Read More »

March 22nd, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Match Day 2016 brings excitement, tears of joy for Keck School students, families

Loud cheering echoed through the Harry and Celesta Pappas Quad at 9:01 a.m. March 18 as 163 Keck School of Medicine of USC seniors simultaneously ripped open envelopes that told them where they are spending the next few years of Read More »

March 21st, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Students to run summer public health workshop in Uganda

Students will be putting their public health knowledge to the test nearly 10,000 miles from Los Angeles this summer — in the rural Ugandan district of Mpigi.

Students from all degree programs are eligible to participate in Read More »

March 21st, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medicine recognized for electronic medical records adoption

Keck Medicine of USC has reached a new level of completion with its electronic medical record (EMR) system, as HIMSS Analytics recently announced the medical group achieved Stage 6 on the EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM).

The model is a methodology for Read More »

March 16th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC partners with Vietnamese Political Academy

A delegation of officials from Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, the primary institution for training the country’s civil service elite, signed a partnership agreement with three USC schools March 2 to facilitate research, student exchanges Read More »

March 16th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Shuttle stop moving at Health Sciences Campus

All USC Transportation shuttles, including Circuit Tram, Soto, Alhambra, Union Station, and Intercampus Shuttle, will now be picking up and dropping off passengers at a designated “Bus Zone” on Eastlake Avenue southwest of Biggy Street starting Monday, March, 21.

This Read More »

March 16th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Mylan CEO Heather Bresch to present first lecture in USC John Biles Speaker Series on Leadership

Heather Bresch will be the inaugural speaker in the USC John Biles Speaker Series on Leadership at USC School of Pharmacy at 5 p.m. March 31.

Bresch is the chief executive officer of Mylan, one of the world’s leading Read More »

March 15th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Valentine’s Day fundraiser raises $2,000 for local community centers

Keck Medicine of USC showed its heart on Valentine’s Day.

Physicians, nurses and staff members across the health system purchased more than 2,000 Valentine’s Day grams for $1 each, showing appreciation for their colleagues while generating money to support the local Read More »

March 14th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Neurosurgeon leads first national exoscopic subcortical surgery resident training session 

The Keck School of Medicine USC recently hosted an inaugural one-day resident and fellow training on the comprehensive management of subcortical lesions using the NICO BrainPath Approach, a tool developed by the NICO Corporation for removing deep-seated brain tumors using Read More »

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

Researchers find uninsured children most at risk for insufficient health care experiences

While medical home care may be improving primary care for children, these youngest patients may be disadvantaged by this team-based health care approach in other ways, according to a new study.

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC examined Read More »

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

New USC Eye Institute location open at University Park Campus

A new location of the USC Eye Institute is now open at the University Park Campus, offering faculty, staff and their dependents, as well as USC students, a convenient location for their eye care and optical needs.

The office, at 3335 Read More »

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

USC Westside Center for Diabetes wins $1.25 million grant to educate Type 1 diabetes patients

The USC Westside Center for Diabetes, under the direction of Anne Peters, MD, CDE, professor of medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been awarded a $1.25 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Read More »

March 7th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Eye Institute director releases new book

Advanced Glaucoma Surgery, co-edited by Rohit Varma Advanced Glaucoma Surgery, co-edited by Rohit Varma

Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, has released a new educational book, Advanced Glaucoma Surgery.

Varma, the director of the USC Eye Read More »

March 6th, 2016|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medicine and CHLA doctors perform rare fetal cardiac procedure for first time in Southern California

Last August, the Davila family was given devastating news: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) cardiologists confirmed that their 27-week-old fetus suffered from hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) with restrictive atrial septum, which prevented blood returning from the fetus’s lungs from Read More »

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

Processed meat may increase the risk of breast cancer for Latinas

Latinas who eat processed meats such as bacon and sausage may have an increased risk for breast cancer, according to a new study that did not find the same association among white women.

The study, published Feb. 22 in Read More »

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

Study: Antidepressants may fight brain cancer

Antidepressants can shrink and stunt cancerous brain tumors that are otherwise difficult to treat, an international team of researchers has found.

USC School of Pharmacy researchers who led the study on mice found that the drugs stifle the growth of brain Read More »

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