Hundreds learn about women’s, children’s health at symposium
Attendees listen to a speaker during the Women and Children’s Health Symposium, held … Read More »
USC Norris to mark second anniversary of Survivor Art Series
For two years, cancer survivors have been able to showcase their artwork in a rotating show at the Jennifer Diamond Cancer Resource Library in the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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USC’s Arthur Toga joined by Still Alice author Lisa Genova for Visions & Voices event
Alzheimer’s disease not only takes a profound physical toll but has a huge emotional and financial impact on society as well, two experts on the disease told a USC crowd.
“Today in the United States, we spend $250 billion to $260 … Read More »
Stroke patient recovers from severe brain aneurysm to run LA Marathon alongside treatment team
A former patient at the University of Southern California (USC) Comprehensive Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center at Keck Medicine of USC ran the Los Angeles Marathon on Feb. 14, accompanied by the treatment team that saved her life.
Prior to her stroke, … Read More »
Dentistry school unveils world’s largest mobile dental clinic
At 48 feet long —just five feet shy of a standard semi trailer — and 22 feet wide, it’s the largest mobile dental clinic in the world.
And the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC celebrated the opening of the … Read More »
Keck Medicine volunteers lend a hand during 2016 LA Marathon
Volunteers from Keck Medical Center of USC and Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center provided support for the more than 25,000 runners on Feb. 14 during the 2016 Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon.
Approximately 200 volunteer physicians, nurses and assistants … Read More »
USC Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute hosts leading neuroscientists for two-day meeting
Top researchers from across the U.S. gathered in San Diego recently to commemorate a renewed commitment to understand and fight the leading fatal neurodegenerative disease affecting the aging population.
The USC Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) Partnership Meeting was held in … Read More »
UKRO benefit dinner to honor USC leaders
University Kidney Research Organization (UKRO) will honor a stellar group of USC academic and scientific leaders at its sixth gala dinner on March 18 at The Beverly Hilton. This group of vocal champions of kidney disease research includes Provost and Senior Vice President … Read More »
New technology revolutionizes educational experience for both faculty and students
Lessons at the Keck School of Medicine just got more engaging. Using open-source plans from Northwestern University, a team of Keck School of Medicine faculty and staff built a user-friendly Lightboard studio to record or live-stream lectures.
A Lightboard is a … Read More »
Scientist to build translational genomics department, institute
USC has hired John David Carpten, PhD, to lead a new department and institute that will translate the molecular study of genes into individual treatment plans.
Carmen A. Puliafito, MD, MBA, dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, praised … Read More »
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital to offer robotic prostate cancer treatment
The USC Verdugo Hills Hospital has acquired a da Vinci Surgical System Robot for minimally invasive, robotic-assisted prostatectomies. Mike Nguyen, MD, MPH, associate professor of clinical urology, and Rene Sotelo, MD, professor of clinical urology at Keck Medicine of USC, … Read More »
USC Center for Body Computing announces partners for its Virtual Care Clinic
The USC Center for Body Computing (CBC) has announced its foundation partners for the Virtual Care Clinic (VCC), a program that can connect anyone who owns a smartphone with Keck Medicine of USC experts by using cutting-edge technologies developed at … Read More »
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital reaches tentative agreement with Service Employees International Union
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital has reached a tentative agreement on a three-year contract with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). USC Verdugo Hills Hospital employees represented by SEIU include certified nursing assistants and lab technicians.
“The collaborative efforts of all our … Read More »
New USC Care Medical Group president announced
Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, has been elected president of the clinical chairs of the Keck School of Medicine, a position that also serves as president of USC Care Medical Group, Keck Medicine of USC leaders announced recently.
“The role of the … Read More »
Common genetic variation safeguards children from asthma, study finds
Too much residential traffic removes the protective effect a specific gene has on lowering asthma risk, according to a new USC study.
Children could have zero, one or two copies of a common gene variant.
“Environmental exposures such as traffic-related air pollution … Read More »
Study: Gene protects women from heart disease
USC researchers have identified a gene variant that decreases the risk of heart disease — but only among women.
Hooman Allayee, PhD, senior author of the study and associate professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, … Read More »
2016 Scholarship Gala to honor Keck School faculty member and alumni
Alumni, current scholarship recipients, parents and other friends of the Keck School of Medicine of USC will gather to honor two very notable alumni and a beloved faculty member on March 12 at the 2016 Keck Scholarship Gala.
This year’s honorees … Read More »
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center co-signs HPV vaccination statement
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center has joined 68 of the nation’s top cancer centers in a joint statement urging parents and physicians to vaccinate young people against Human Papillomavirus (HPV).
“The HPV vaccination is a safe, effective way to prevent cancers … Read More »
USC stem cell researcher Gabriel R. Linares receives Broad Fellowship
For this year’s Broad Fellow, Gabriel R. Linares, PhD, science is personal.
“I have to say the turning point that spiked my interest in science was when I was in high school and my grandfather suffered a stroke,” he said. “I … Read More »
James Wilson Mosley, Aug. 8, 1929 – Nov. 26, 2015
An emeritus professor of medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC who was an expert in the epidemiology of blood-borne infections, James Wilson Mosley, MD, died after a long illness in November in Los Angeles. He is survived … Read More »