Recent News
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Honorees announced for the 2025 USC Mann Alumni Awards Gala
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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 outstanding contributions to the field. To view the list of recipients, click here.... Read More »
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Wnt happens in kidney development
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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 mammalian kidney. The Wnt pathway is a group of essential signaling molecules that... Read More »
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USC-Caltech team tests new noninvasive tool to predict stroke risk
Monday, September 30, 2024
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 stress test. If validated through further tests, the device could... Read More »
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Collaboration between engineers and doctors provides hope for mental health patients
Thursday, September 26, 2024
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 therapies for neuropsychiatric disorders such as major depression. The team is currently working... Read More »
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Rural men are living shorter, less healthy lives than their urban counterparts
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
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 conditions among rural men are helping to fuel an... Read More »
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Examining drivers of stress among African American breast cancer survivors
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
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 cancer mortality rate that this population faces. The findings from... Read More »
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NIH-funded exposomics coordinating center to advance precision environmental health
Monday, September 23, 2024
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 School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School. The award is dedicated to... Read More »
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Damon Clark, MD, wins volunteerism award for humanitarian efforts
Monday, September 23, 2024
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 intended to honor surgeons who go above and beyond their surgical practices with exceptional contributions to... Read More »
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USC launches large-scale nationwide study of type 1 diabetes and brain development
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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 for healthy brain development. Ultimately, the findings could help refine... Read More »