Erin Jones, MD, USC Student Health’s new adolescent and young adult physician, has been on campus less than a month, but she already feels at home.
After earning her MD from Boston University School of Medicine, Jones completed her … Read More »
Soot and dust in smoggy cities alters thyroid development in fetuses, raising concern about health impacts later in life, new USC research shows.
It means that before a doctor cuts the umbilical cord or a parent hugs a baby, the caress … Read More »
The 2018 Meira and Shaul G. Massry Prize has been awarded to William G. Kaelin Jr., MD, of Harvard Medical School; Sir Peter Ratcliffe, FMedSci, FRS, of Oxford University, the Francis Crick Institute London and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research; … Read More »
“We all want to aspire to say that we are global citizens, but it’s not until you step into a different country and different land and live with people and talk with people who can teach you about new experiences … Read More »
George Benton, 88, lived for his wife, Norma. Theirs was a 63-year love affair.
Thanks to exceptional care at Keck Hospital of USC, he now remembers his late spouse fondly following a string of harrowing physical hurdles he had to overcome.
After … Read More »
The Keck School of Medicine of USC has received a generous $100,000 donation from PUMA for the Selena Gomez Fund for Lupus Research, two years after the singer/actress established the fund. The … Read More »
Physicians of Keck Medicine of USC and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have been recognized by Pasadena Magazine in its annual Top Doctors issue.
Pasadena Magazine’s Top Doctors issue lists practicing physicians in Pasadena and surrounding cities in … Read More »
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are looking to technology to help deconstruct expert surgeons’ robotic surgery skills so they can create an objective, standardized way to train the next generation of surgeons. Using a data … Read More »
Anyone with arthritis can appreciate how useful it would be if scientists could grow cartilage in the lab. To this end, Keck School of Medicine of USC scientists in the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Denis Evseenko, … Read More »
Remember the suspenseful scene in a Mission: Impossible movie when Tom Cruise sneaks into a vault? He had to make all sorts of moves to avoid detection. That’s what it’s like to sneak a targeted drug into a kidney and keep it … Read More »
A research team led by USC scientists has developed a new way to identify molecular markers of breast cancer tumors, a potentially life-saving breakthrough that could lead to better treatment for millions of women.
Aided by machine learning, the researchers taught … Read More »
Since joining USC Student Health as executive director and division chief for counseling and mental health last fall, Robert Mendola, MD, has worked to expand students’ access to mental health services on the University Park and Health Sciences campuses.
Mendola, a board … Read More »
Deirdre Logan, MD, MMM, a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist and alumna, will join USC Student Health in October as the second full-time physician devoted to the care of female students at USC.
Logan returns to her alma mater after 14 years at … Read More »
In recent years, Virtual Reality (VR) technology has begun proving its worth outside the world of gaming, with applications in education, health care, military training and beyond. Now researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute … Read More »
From the brain to the bile, the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation is supporting innovative medical research by granting $100,000 awards to two assistant professors at the Keck School of Medicine of USC: Michael Bonaguidi, PhD, in … Read More »
Chickenpox and shingles generally won’t kill you, but for some adults, they could result in a trip to the hospital. So with a new shingles vaccine now available, should you consider vaccination to avoid chickenpox and shingles as an adult?
Physician … Read More »
An air of renewal charged the proceedings as Laura Mosqueda, MD, was formally installed as dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC before a standing-room only audience. The ceremony took place Aug. 23 on the Health Sciences Campus.
Mosqueda, … Read More »
An estimated 5.4 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer’s disease, a number that is expected to triple by 2050. One of the most promising methods for defining the disease’s causes and progression is to identify biomarkers, or … Read More »
Laura Mosqueda, MD, wants the Keck School of Medicine of USC to get back to basics.
As the medical school’s new dean, she is emphatically calling on physicians, researchers, staff members and students to re-embrace the values and purpose in research, … Read More »
Following disturbing revelations about past conduct by a former physician, USC’s student health services team is focused on moving forward with new leadership, new resources and a renewed commitment to the highest standards of care.
Many of these efforts have been … Read More »