There are two challenges with clinical trial diversity: training and hiring a more diverse group of clinical professionals, and enrolling more racially and ethnically diverse participants.
A new class of small molecule drugs, now in phase 1 clinical trials, is the first to target circadian clock proteins, which play a key role in the recurrence and spread of the deadly cancer.
From a modest start, the university marks its 142nd birthday as one of the nation’s leading research institutions.
USC Dornsife history Professor Wolf Gruner has helped launch an effort — the #LastSeen Project — to recover photos of the Nazis’ mass deportations, identify victims and tell their stories.
GREEN WEEK: Zero waste efforts had a separation issue during home game revelry. Now an electric cart and trailer are making the rounds during game day tailgates. The objective is education, cleaner recycling and a maybe a selfie or two.
In an op-ed, USC’s Sid Mohasseb argues that the anti-work phenomenon of “quiet quitting” is encouraging people to withdraw privately and silently, which could create a tendency for self-destruction.
USC researchers followed more than 5,000 entrepreneurs for 14 years. They found that startups were 33% more likely to survive if their founders didn’t quit their jobs right away.
L.A.’s transit chief aims to hit that milestone by mid-2023, while New York’s MTA may not restore its ridership until 2035. USC transportation expert James Moore notes one reason: Many L.A. transit riders don’t have any other option.
Voters were turned off by the tenor of the 2020 debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, says USC Annenberg’s Tom Hollihan — who also notes that debates still matter.
LAUSD is an attractive target for cybercriminals because of the large number of people affected when district systems become unavailable, USC Viterbi’s Clifford Neuman says. “This makes the impacted organization potentially more willing to pay a ransom to recover their systems,” he says, “and encourages criminals to seek larger payments.”
“On a scorching Saturday afternoon at a Coliseum rollicking with a rebirth, with players bouncing on the sideline and fans pumping fists through the sweat, an old friend returned with a roar,” writes columnist Bill Plaschke. “USC football feels like USC football again.”
When the wildly popular TV show wrapped up its final season this year, it did so with a storyline that showed one of the lead characters dealing with Alzheimer’s as her adult children disagreed over the type of care she should receive. The storyline was developed in close collaboration with the Hollywood, Health & Society program at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center.
High heat and air pollution are each problematic for human health, particularly for vulnerable populations such as older adults. But when they hit at the same time, death rates spike, USC researchers found.
As prison populations ballooned, policymakers questioned how to pay for incarceration costs, says USC Dornsife’s Brittany Friedman: “So, instead of raising taxes, the solution was to shift the cost burden from the state and the taxpayers onto the incarcerated.”
USC sociologist Ann Owens notes that income segregation is growing: Rich families have become richer and more isolated from middle-class and low-income families.
The study is noteworthy for several reasons: its large size, the level of comfort with technology reported by participants, and representation of Black and Hispanic people, says USC internal medicine specialist Matthew Jung.
An analysis by Crosstown, USC’s nonprofit data-driven news outlet, found that hate crimes against Black, transgender and LGBTQ Angelenos this year were all up significantly compared with the first six months of 2021.
USC leaders join elected officials to celebrate the affiliation between university and the San Gabriel Valley medical center.
The production, which featured a nearly all-Black cast of students from the USC School of Dramatic Arts, celebrated the work of playwright Zulu Sofola.
GREEN WEEK: Some native plants are shady characters; others worship the sun. Some look dead, but they’re just sleeping in the summer heat. It takes a knowledgeable landscaper to sort things out and keep them alive
Grandmas featured in documentary Abuelita’s Kitchen discuss their journey and connection to native foods at a USC Fisher Museum of Art screening.
Olivas, a member of the NASA Advisory Council, will serve as co-director of AI Initiatives in Space within USC’s Information Sciences Institute.
GREEN WEEK: The funds support sustainability-focused research projects on alternative energies and pollution reduction, as well as efforts to help shade L.A. neighborhoods to improve quality of life
GREEN WEEK: The university has made tremendous strides since announcing its all-encompassing sustainability framework five months ago.
New research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC reveals mind-body practices are highly effective at reducing blood sugar levels in people with Type 2 diabetes.
Researchers from USC and Kaiser Permanente conducted the first individual-level study of air pollution exposure and COVID-19 vaccination.
Research by USC Marshall professor Kalinda Ukanwa suggests an unintended consequence of open school choice.
USC Dornsife’s Sarah Portnoy provides a guide to L.A.’s culinary history, its cultural shifts and its transformation.
Hospital receives a five-star ranking from Vizient Inc. for excellence in delivering high-quality care.
A USC international security expert explains and assesses what they mean for the war in Ukraine.
Psychologist Darby Saxbe discusses why studying these changes in parents is important and what she hopes to tackle next.
USC Kaufman student dancers are put to the test with just four days between auditions and the final show.
Series of in-person events planned throughout October for USC students, faculty and staff.
A USC-led team of researchers finds remarkable results with the blood test in a small group of patients.
Scientists using lab models find that eating FDA-approved levels of saccharin, ACE-K and stevia early in life may result in several changes to the body, including in brain regions involved in memory and reward-motivated behavior.
USC won the Pac-12 Zero Waste Challenge in 2021-22 in both football (USC’s third win) and men’s basketball.
With a strong showing by first generation college students, USC’s newest class is off and running. Academic achievement and diversity are key characteristics of the USC freshman class.
Short cycles of a low-calorie diet that replicates fasting appeared to reduce inflammation and delay cognitive decline in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease.
As Healthy Aging Month winds down, research from USC Price’s Emma Aguila documents the varied work pathways of America’s increasingly diverse older workforce.
Researchers at USC’s Information Sciences Institute used artificial intelligence to study gender disparities in science.
Events include an academic examination of the phenomenon as well as a concert featuring Korean musical artists Sejeong Kim and Kingdom.