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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Cyber attacks against health care systems are on the rise, putting sensitive patient data at risk and law enforcement authorities on alert.
Hackers penetrating networks and then demanding money for encrypted information is a growing trend. In February, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical … Read More »
By the time you finish reading this article — about four minutes — someone in America will have had a stroke.
In fact, nearly 800,000 people have strokes in the United States every year. It’s the fifth leading cause of death … Read More »
USC Capital Construction and Development (CCD) recently modified traffic lanes on Alcazar Street as part of the ongoing HSC Beautification Project. The modifications will be in place through May to accommodate sidewalk and street construction on the south side of … Read More »