Next year, Rocco Cavaleri, PhD, head of the Brain Stimulation and Rehabilitation Lab at West Sydney University, will spend four to six months at the Applied Movement and Pain Laboratory — … Read More »
The Simms/Mann Family Foundation has awarded 10 Keck Medicine of USC nurses with a surprise gift of $10,000 each as part of the foundation’s inaugural Off the Chart: Rewarding Nursing Greatness campaign. The award … Read More »
The Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Steven Gazal, PhD, working with researchers from around the world, is part of the first scientific team to precisely identify segments of the human genome that have remained consistent, or … Read More »
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the four-year grant to fund a new study led by Zhipeng Lu, PhD, of the Zhipeng Lu Lab, part of the USC Alfred … Read More »
In a recent episode of the video series “Conversations with Rod” — part of Keck Medicine of USC’s Leadership Forum — CEO Rod Hanners sat down with Inderbir Gill, MD, the founding executive director of … Read More »
Kim Carli, MSHS, has been named chief of the office of performance and transformation for Keck Medical Center of USC. She will assume her role on June 6. The announcement was made on May 23 by Keck … Read More »
As the newest member of the USC Health System Board, Paul B. Rothman, MD, will help to provide strategic oversight and governance for Keck Medicine of USC and university clinical services.
Rothman, former CEO of … Read More »
Title IX — the landmark legislation that prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions that receive federal funding — was signed into law on June 23, 1972. In recognition of this anniversary, the University of California is presenting … Read More »
Biosimilars provide the same therapeutic benefits at much less cost than biologic medications, but a first-of-its-kind survey led by USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics shows that commercial insurers either exclude or limit … Read More »
On Friday, May 12 and Saturday, May 13, the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s graduating students — surrounded by faculty, family and friends — gathered to celebrate the completion of a vital phase in their health care careers.
The momentous … Read More »
New research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC has revealed a biological process that may be the link air pollution and lung disease, which would provide new insights on better ways to treat or prevent diseases … Read More »
In late April, students and educators from the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences provided free health screenings at the 2023 L.A. Times Festival of Books at the USC University … Read More »
Throughout the week of Mother’s Day, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center’s infusion teams distributed roses to patients visiting USC Norris Cancer Hospital, the Treatment Center and the Women’s Specialty Care Clinic at the nearby USC Norris Healthcare Center, … Read More »
In a hearing on how to balance incentives for medical innovation with patient access, USC Schaeffer Center Director of Research Darius Lakdawalla, PhD, shared findings demonstrating that “expanding prescription drug coverage is worth the cost … Read More »
The USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences’ 2023 commencement ceremony will feature keynote speaker Janet S. Wright, MD, director of the CDC Chronic Disease Center’s Division for Heart Disease and … Read More »
The core mission of the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) is to answer urgent questions about the human brain. Part of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and led by Director … Read More »
Los Angeles County Medical Center (LAC+USC) will now be known as Los Angeles General Medical Center (LA General), hospital and city leaders announced today.
The 600-bed hospital in Boyle Heights is a Level 1 trauma center and an academic teaching hospital … Read More »
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) has earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, for achieving the highest national standards in patient safety. This achievement places USC-VHH among top tier … Read More »
Four years ago, Josh Neman, PhD, scientific director of the USC Brain Tumor Center, gave a talk in Santa Monica for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.
There, he met Nohea Avery, the mother of Kalea … Read More »
Urologists with Keck Medicine of USC have launched a clinical trial to perform the world’s first bladder transplant. The transplant would be a major step toward a potential new surgical option for hundreds of millions of people worldwide who experience … Read More »