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D. Brent Polk to Lead Pediatrics Programs

D. Brent Polk has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and chair of pediatrics and vice president of academic affairs [read more]

Richard Bergman Honored by Columbia University

USC professor Richard Bergman has been honored with the Naomi Berrie Award from Columbia University Medical Center for his achievements in research on type 2 diabetes. Designed to promote and [read more]

Ault Named Associate Dean for Clinical Administration

Reflecting the importance of the partnership between the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center (LAC+USC), Glenn Ault has been appointed to the new position [read more]

Agency Grants $16M for Stem Cell Research

Physician-researchers at USC received a nearly $16 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to fund the development of a stem cell-based treatment for age-related macular degeneration, the [read more]

New Cancer Research Center to be Based at USC

USC has been selected to establish a $16 million cancer research center as part of a new strategy against the disease by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and its [read more]

Keck School Wins $34 Million in Stimulus Funds

Faculty researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have won a total of $34 million in grants as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The act, [read more]

Two Elected to the Institute of Medicine

USC professors Mark Humayun and Dana Goldman have been named to the Institute of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. The institute made [read more]

Exploring Ways to Improve Cancer Knowledge

What caused Pinocchio’s nose to grow longer? What was the name of your second grade teacher? If the first question seemed much easier to answer, you’re not alone, which is [read more]

Information Technology Chief Joins USC

Mark D. Amey has joined USC as chief information officer for several units. Amey will lead development and implementation of information technology strategic plans and procedures for USC University Hospital [read more]

USC Launches Health Care Reporting Project

The USC Annenberg School for Communication has announced a partnership with the California HealthCare Foundation to do in-depth reporting on health policy issues throughout the state. Funded by a three-year, [read more]

Leaving No Scars Behind

For the first time in Southern California, urologic surgeons at the Keck School of Medicine of the USC Institute of Urology and USC-affiliated Childrens Hospital Los Angeles performed “belly-button” single-port [read more]

Aggressive Hiring Planned at Hospitals

Matthew F. McElrath, the new chief human resources officer at the USC hospitals, faces a tough challenge. One of his immediate priorities will be heading recruitment efforts to fill some [read more]

USC Studies Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases have discovered high concentrations of a specific mutator protein in [read more]

Renowned Breast Surgeon Joins USC Faculty

Stephen Sener has been named professor of clinical surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The renowned breast surgeon will serve as chief of the Division of Surgical [read more]

USC Awarded $2.4M Grant to Study Autism

Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have been awarded a $2.4 million grant to conduct research on the effects of gene mutation and pollution [read more]

USC Braces for Tough Flu Season

Health officials around the world are expecting the 2009-10 flu season to be more intense than usual, with the possibility of significant rates of infection because of a new strain [read more]

Safe Sleep Through Anesthesia

Some students may complain about professors making them drowsy, but in one Keck School of Medicine of USC program, the students are learning how to put others to sleep. The [read more]

There Is a Doctor in the House

For some Los Angeles seniors, it may not be a salesperson ringing the doorbell — it just might be their doctor. The USC Home Visit Program, led by Wayne Chen [read more]

Doheny Eye Institute Wins R&D 100 Award

The Doheny Eye Institute at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has won a prestigious 2009 R&D 100 Award for its U.S. Department of Energy-funded artificial retina project designed [read more]

Jae Jung to Lead Virus Control Study

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Jae Jung, professor and chair of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has received [read more]

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