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    USC Oncology Physical Therapy Residency Program director earns award
    Tuesday, February 11, 2025
    Kimiko Yamada, DPT, director of the Oncology Physical Therapy Residency Program at the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, is receiving national recognition for her efforts to promote and advance physical therapy as a critical resource for cancer survivors. Yamada will receive an APTA Clinical Excellence in Oncologic Physical... Read More »
    Why some heavy drinkers develop advanced liver disease, while others do not
    Tuesday, February 11, 2025
    A new study from Keck Medicine of USC has found that heavy drinkers with either diabetes, high blood pressure or a high waist circumference are as much as 2.4 times more likely to develop advanced liver disease.  The findings were published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Diabetes, high blood pressure and... Read More »
    After a dozen failed eye surgeries, a patient finds hope and healing
    Wednesday, February 5, 2025
    Stephen Singer had endured more than a dozen eye surgeries, and he was still facing the prospect of complete vision loss. He was eventually referred to the USC Roski Eye Institute, where Sun Young Lee, MD, PhD, an ophthalmologist specializing in retinal disease, would discover the root cause of his... Read More »
    Early intervention can change the lives of infants with cerebral palsy
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025
    For the past three years, Stacey Dusing, PhD, PT, Sykes Family Chair in Pediatric Physical Therapy and director of the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy's Motor Development Lab, and Christiana Butera, PhD, EdM, an assistant professor of research for the division, have been hard at work spreading the word... Read More »
    $6 million grant funds novel gene therapy for aggressive brain cancer
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025
    The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded $6 million to Keck Medicine of USC investigators pioneering a new first-of-its-kind genetic therapy for glioblastoma, a highly aggressive form of brain cancer. The treatment would be the first gene therapy for glioblastoma to use a more precise delivery system that... Read More »
    Keck Medicine of USC physicians named among top Los Angeles doctors
    Tuesday, February 4, 2025
    Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Leaders of Influence: Top LA Doctors” issue for 2025 has named 10 Keck Medicine of USC doctors among its 63 honorees. "Doctors were selected based on their good standing, reputation, thought leadership and success here in Los Angeles," the magazine's website stated. The publication posted a... Read More »
    New global study aims to map brain signatures of bipolar disorder
    Wednesday, January 29, 2025
    A new study led by USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) will explore structural alterations in the brains of people with bipolar disorder (BD), a chronic mental illness with one of the highest rates of attempted suicide — and for which no biological tools currently... Read More »
    Music, hearing science and resilience
    Tuesday, January 28, 2025
    While cochlear implants have changed the lives of many in the Deaf community, they still have their shortcomings — for example, they do not process music well. Raymond Goldsworthy, PhD, an associate professor of research with the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, is a cochlear... Read More »