USC Bovard Scholars gain hands-on health care training at USC Verdugo Hills...
On July 30, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH), part of Keck Medicine of USC, welcomed 16 high school students from across the nation to the hospital’s Healthcare Day of Discovery. Students get...
View ArticleHSC News moves to Office of Health Affairs and expands its coverage
News about health sciences at USC is entering a new phase. Originally created to cover the Health Sciences Campus 34 years ago, the publication HSC News will move from the purview of the Keck Medicine...
View ArticleUSC Mann pharmacy student wins national Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy...
Luis Larios, PharmD ’25, MS ’25, has received the Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award from the U.S. Public Health Service. The national award recognizes pharmacy students who make significant...
View ArticleNew study reveals how the brain forms, stores and recalls visual memories
A new study led by USC Viterbi and Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers used human brain recordings and machine learning to pinpoint how hippocampal neurons encode complex visual information. The...
View ArticleKeck Medicine hospitals receive top recognition from American Heart...
Keck Hospital of USC, USC Arcadia Hospital (USC-AH) and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) received three 2025 American Heart Association (AHA) Get With The Guidelines® awards for high-quality...
View ArticleKeck Medicine’s community hospitals recognized for excellence and leadership
Becker’s Hospital Review has recognized USC Verdugo Hills Hospital and USC Arcadia Hospital for their excellence and leadership. Both hospitals have been named 2025 “Great Community Hospitals” due to...
View ArticleDonor gift to fund ovarian cancer research at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer...
Donors Norman Pattiz and Mary Turner Pattiz have made a $3 million gift to the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center to establish the Norman and Mary Pattiz Endowed Chair in Cancer Research, whose...
View ArticleUSC Chan professor starts term as American Occupational Therapy Association...
In July, Arameh Anvarizadeh, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA, professor of clinical occupational therapy at the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, began her three-year term as...
View ArticleUSC Roski Eye Institute hosts international surgical skills course
The USC Roski Eye Institute welcomed surgeons, fellows and residents from around the world on June 6-7 for its popular oculoplastics surgery training program, now in its seventh iteration since 2015....
View ArticleKeck Hospital of USC attains national verification from the American College...
Keck Hospital of USC announced that it has become a Verified Comprehensive Inpatient Vascular Center by the Vascular Verification Program (Vascular-VP), a Quality Program developed by the American...
View ArticleAlzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute marks 10-year anniversary
Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI), a San Diego–based center established by Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers, is predicting how...
View ArticleHerman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC names Yang Chai its new chair
Yang Chai, DMD, PhD, DDS, associate dean of research at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, has been named dean of the school, effective July 1. Dr. Chai, a USC University Professor of...
View ArticleCancer-fighting herpes virus shown to be an effective treatment for some...
The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which affects almost two-thirds of the world’s population and is generally associated with oral herpes, may cause painful cold sores or fever blisters around...
View ArticleStudy: Common medication for lung cancer symptoms found to limit...
A new study led by Keck Medicine of USC researchers found that corticosteroids, a commonly prescribed medication to alleviate cancer-related symptoms for non-small cell lung cancer patients treated...
View ArticleBeong-Soo Kim’s visit to campus is music to our ears
USC Interim President Beong-Soo Kim shares his music at USC Norris Cancer Hospital. (Photo/Ricardo Carrasco III) The ethereal sounds of Bach’s first cello suite drifted through the halls of USC Norris...
View ArticleStudy: Hearing devices significantly improve social lives of those with...
A new study from the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, part of Keck Medicine of USC, published today in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, is the first to...
View ArticleKeck Medicine receives award for excellence in pharmacy practices
Keck Medicine of USC has received accreditation/certification as a Center of Excellence for Safe Medication-Use and Pharmacy Practice from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP),...
View ArticleMeltzer names new chair of the Department of Population and Public Health...
On June 30, Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD, dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, announced the appointment of Ricky N. Bluthenthal, PhD, as chair of the Department of Population and Public Health...
View ArticleLeading innovator in physical therapy earns APTA Practice Award
The American Physical Therapy Association has bestowed Stephanie Woelfel, PT, DPT, CWS, director of the USC Wound Management Physical Therapy Residency, with the Henry O. and Florence P. Kendall...
View ArticleKeck Medicine of USC celebrates Juneteenth, 2025
Keck Medicine of USC staff watch the ceremonial raising of the Juneteenth flag on June 19, 2025. On June 19, the Black Leaders and Colleagues at Keck Medicine of USC (B.L.A.C.K. Med), the...
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