Qato receives USC Collaborative Research Planning Award

Dima Qato, PharmD, MPH, PhD, Hygeia Centennial Chair at the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has received a $50,000 Collaborative Research Planning Award from the USC Office of Research Read More »

October 16th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Severe COVID-19 increases heart attack and stroke risk as much as a history of heart disease

A new study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, in collaboration with UCLA and Cleveland Clinic, shows that patients who were hospitalized for severe COVID-19 in 2020 face an increased risk of major cardiac events similar to the Read More »

October 15th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Dry Eye Center marks five years of progress in research and treatment

The USC Roski Eye Institute’s Dry Eye Center of Excellence is celebrating its fifth anniversary, having collected approximately 800 tear samples from 400 patients since its inception in 2019.

The center aims to provide personalized treatment for dry eye, a Read More »

October 14th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC’s Rong Lu and research partner win NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award

The National Institutes of Health has awarded its Director’s Transformative Research Award to Rong Lu, PhD, of USC Stem Cell and Michael Elowitz, PhD, of the California Technical Institute (Caltech). The award, worth $8.1 Read More »

October 14th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck School names new chief operations and finance officer

On Jan. 1, Greg Kharabadze, MHA, FACHE will become senior associate dean, chief operations and finance officer for the Keck School of Medicine of USC. In an announcement released on Oct. 8, Dean Carolyn C. Meltzer stated Read More »

October 9th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Forever chemicals linked to poor sleep among young adults

Research led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC has shown that levels of “forever chemicals” in the blood are linked with disruptions to a fundamental pillar of health — sleep.

In the first study to examine that relationship in young adults, Read More »

October 8th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC launches collaboration with StemCardia to advance heart regeneration therapies

The Keck School of Medicine of USC has launched a strategic collaboration with StemCardia to develop cellular and genetic therapies for heart failure.

StemCardia was founded by Charles (Chuck) Murry, MD, PhD in 2023, before he joined the Read More »

October 8th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Honorees announced for the 2025 USC Mann Alumni Awards Gala

The USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has named nine honorees for its 2025 Alumni Awards Gala, which will take place on Feb. 23. The recipients have been chosen for their leadership and Read More »

October 1st, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Wnt happens in kidney development

USC Stem Cell scientists from the McMahon Lab have undertaken a pair of complementary studies, published in the journal Development, that provide new insight into the critical role of Wnt signaling in initiating the development of the Read More »

October 1st, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC-Caltech team tests new noninvasive tool to predict stroke risk

A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a device that could potentially measure a person’s stroke risk in a cost-effective and noninvasive way, akin to a cardiac Read More »

September 30th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Collaboration between engineers and doctors provides hope for mental health patients

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are partnering with the USC Center for Neurotechnology, part of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, to utilize neural imaging, brain-computer interfaces and medical knowledge to develop game-changing Read More »

September 26th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Rural men are living shorter, less healthy lives than their urban counterparts

Rural men are dying earlier than their urban counterparts, and they’re spending fewer of their later years in good health, according to new research from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics.

Higher rates of smoking, obesity and cardiovascular Read More »

September 25th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Examining drivers of stress among African American breast cancer survivors

In an effort to improve breast cancer treatment and recovery for Black women, a Keck School of Medicine of USC study examined possible links between social and clinical drivers of stress, along with resulting cortisol levels, and the higher breast Read More »

September 25th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

NIH-funded exposomics coordinating center to advance precision environmental health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $7,722,583 to the new Network for Exposomics in the US (NEXUS) Coordinating Center, which is co-led by experts from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Columbia University Mailman Read More »

September 23rd, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Damon Clark, MD, wins volunteerism award for humanitarian efforts

The American College of Surgeons has named Damon H. Clark, MD, an emergency, trauma and critical care surgeon with Keck Medicine of USC, as the winner of its annual Surgical Volunteerism Award. The award is Read More »

September 23rd, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC launches large-scale nationwide study of type 1 diabetes and brain development

A new large-scale longitudinal study, led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC, will unite 12 research centers across the United States to explore how type 1 diabetes affects children during a window of time known to be critical Read More »

September 18th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Hospital of USC named a 2024 top performer by Vizient, Inc.

Keck Hospital of USC has been named a top performer in the 2024 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership award by Vizient, Inc., a leading health care performance improvement company.

The top performer designation acknowledges the hospital’s excellence in delivering high-quality care Read More »

September 18th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

USC COMPASS undergraduate program prepares juniors and seniors for stem cell careers

For 20 undergraduate students at USC, stem cell research is more than the topic of a lecture or an article in a textbook. It’s the focus of a comprehensive two-year program designed to prepare juniors and seniors for careers in Read More »

September 17th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy increases postpartum depression risk

According to a new study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, women exposed to higher levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) or inhalable particulate matter (PM10) during the second trimester of pregnancy face an almost fourfold increased risk of Read More »

September 16th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Generous gift from Jerre and Mary Joy Stead boosts neurosurgery at USC

Jerre and Mary Joy Stead have gifted $12.5 million to the Department of Neurological Surgery to support transformative clinical and research innovation and entrepreneurship. Their gift establishes the Stead Family Neurological Surgery Innovation Fund, the Jerre and Mary Read More »

September 12th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|