CIRM provides grant to Linda Sher, MD, for ambitious liver transplant research

Funded by $2.7 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Linda Sher, MD, is collaborating with Renovate Biosciences to develop a new source of organs for transplantation — immunologically modified Read More »

March 20th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Chan Division faculty member named next AOTA executive director

The American Occupational Physical Therapy Association (AOTA) has announced that Katie Jordan, OTD, OTR/L, a key leader at the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, will become the Read More »

March 20th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

On Match Day, medical students celebrate the next steps on their journeys

On Match Day 2024, Keck School of Medicine of USC’s graduating medical students discovered where their careers would take them next. Friends and family members looked on as the students opened personalized envelops at exactly 9 a.m., PDT — in Read More »

March 20th, 2024|Announcements, featured, Keck Net Intranet|

Upcoming clinical trial may expand pancreatic cancer treatment options

clinical trial from Keck Medicine of USC aims to provide a surgical solution for patients with a form of advanced pancreatic cancer previously considered inoperable.

Until now, pancreatic cancer treatment has been limited to chemotherapy and radiation because the pancreas is Read More »

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

Medicare Part D plans have increased restrictions on drug coverage

According to a multidisciplinary study from USC, Medicare Part D plans have significantly increased restrictions on prescription drugs, excluding more compounds from coverage or subjecting more of them to review before patients could access the treatments.

The results, Read More »

March 13th, 2024|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|