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Simms/Mann Family Foundation honors Keck Medicine of USC nurses
Thursday, June 1, 2023
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 celebrates the bold leadership of Los Angeles nurses and their continued innovation and resilience in the... Read More »

Researchers use mammal DNA to uncover secrets about human genetic mutation
Thursday, June 1, 2023
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 fixed, over millions of years — and how they, compared to similar segments... Read More »

Zhipeng Lu, PhD, awarded $2.2 million grant
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
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 E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. The project, titled, “Decoding Global RNP Topologies in Splicing Regulation,” will... Read More »

Inderbir Gill, MD, discusses USC Urology’s latest advancements
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
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 USC Urology, to discuss Gill's latest achievement, founding USC Urology's AI Center. They also delved... Read More »

Charles Flowers Jr., MD: Revolutionizing vision care in Guam
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Charles W. Flowers, Jr., MD, of the USC Roski Eye Institute, is recognized as one of the United States’ top eye surgeons. He specializes in laser vision correction, particularly laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), and shares his knowledge with the next generation of eye specialists as the resident program director... Read More »

Kim Carli, MSHS, named to transformational role at Keck Medical Center of USC
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
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 Medical Center CEO Marty Sargeant. Carli’s responsibilities will include developing the medical center’s... Read More »

USC Health System Board appoints new member: Paul B. Rothman, MD
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
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 Johns Hopkins Medicine and retired dean of medical faculty for the Johns Hopkins University School of... Read More »

A Title IX trailblazer: How Dean Carolyn Meltzer, MD, conquered imposter syndrome
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
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 a series of profiles on Trojan Title IX trailblazers. In honor of the... Read More »

USC Mann’s 116th commencement honors a new generation of pharmacists
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Only weeks after international, national and local agencies officially declared the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as a health emergency, the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences' Class of 2023 celebrated their commencement together on the University Park Campus. Keynote speaker Janet S. Wright, MD, director... Read More »