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Study led by the Keck School links wildfire smoke exposure and heat stress to adverse birth outcomes
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Exposure to wildfire smoke and heat stress can negatively affect birth outcomes for women, especially in climate-vulnerable neighborhoods, according to a recent study led by postdoctoral researcher Roxana Khalili, PhD, of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, part of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The investigation, just... Read More »

Study reveals complex genetics behind the survival and growth of brain tumors
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
A research team from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and City of Hope has uncovered details about gliomas, including glioblastomas, that may ultimately inform personalized therapies. The preclinical study, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, used DNA and RNA sequencing, as well a cutting-edge method... Read More »

Leveraging tax rates, rather than credits or tariffs, is key to supporting U.S. biomedical innovation
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Amid increasing concern about how new federal policies could undermine drug development, a new white paper from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics examines how tax policies could support America’s leadership in biomedical innovation. The researchers found that lowering corporate income tax rates may be more effective in... Read More »

Keck Medicine of USC corporate communications team recognized for national public relations excellence
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
The Keck Medicine of USC corporate communications team was awarded a Silver Anvil during the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) 2025 Anvil Awards. PRSA is the nation’s leading communications professional organization, and Silver Anvil awards acknowledge the best strategic public relations campaigns of the year. The awards ceremony was... Read More »

Solving the silent crisis of alcohol-related liver disease in a post-pandemic world
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, another crisis has been unfolding — one that isn’t making headlines but is claiming thousands of lives. Alcohol-related liver disease has quietly surged to become the leading cause of alcohol-related deaths, surpassing even motor vehicle fatalities. At Keck Medicine of USC, doctors like... Read More »

Could electric fields supercharge immune attack on the deadliest form of brain cancer?
Monday, June 9, 2025
A new study led by Keck Medicine of USC researchers may have uncovered an effective combination therapy for glioblastoma, a brain tumor diagnosis with few available effective treatments. According to the National Brain Tumor Society, the average survival for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma is eight months. The study finds that using Tumor Treating Fields... Read More »

Study shows hospitals have steadily boosted stipend pay to contracted providers for 20 years
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
A new study led by the USC Schaeffer Center shows that California hospital spending on supplemental payments to contracted medical groups has steadily grown in key specialties over the past two decades. The findings were published in the journal Health Affairs. Hospitals across the country use these stipends to help... Read More »

USC Brain Tumor Center advocacy leads to official proclamations for May 2025
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
The City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County and the State of California have proclaimed May 2025 as Brain Tumor Awareness Month. The decision was a result of longstanding advocacy and outreach efforts from the USC Brain Tumor Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC. On May 1, Assemblymember Mike... Read More »

Keck School’s Kidney Research Center receives new name and new director
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
We are pleased to share that the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Kidney Research Center was recently named the Vito M. Campese, MD/UKRO Kidney Research Center of USC. Campese, the center's new namesake, is an international leader in nephrology and a lifelong Trojan, having worked with USC for nearly... Read More »