
USC Viterbi team develops ‘heart attack on a chip’
Associate Professor Megan McCain and postdoc Megan Rexius-Hall’s creation could one day serve as a testbed for personalized heart drugs.
Associate Professor Megan McCain and postdoc Megan Rexius-Hall’s creation could one day serve as a testbed for personalized heart drugs.
Another big industry is being targeted for disruption. USC experts discuss the significance of Mark Cuban and Jeff Bezos launching online pharmacies as Americans pay high costs for prescription drugs.
The Research Program Project Grant will enable researchers to develop statistical methods aimed at uncovering new risk factors associated with cancer by drawing upon datasets of several cancer studies.
The Leapfrog Top Teaching Hospital national designation recognizes the institution for outstanding quality and safety.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the Keck School of Medicine of USC team up on dozens of important research programs.
More than 9.3 million Americans take insulin; it’s a lifesaver for millions of people. And yet, the drug’s list price more than doubled between 2012 and 2019.
Lab-made antibodies are increasingly important in the fight against Alzheimer’s, COVID and other diseases
Researchers at USC’s Center for Economic and Social Research documented worsening mental health since 2013 among both boys and girls.
A study by USC scientists and colleagues shows a potential new way to make the nation’s deadliest painkiller, fentanyl, safer.
With the recent USC Arcadia Hospital affiliation, Keck Medicine of USC continues its tradition of innovation, growth and community partnership.
TITLE IX: For almost five decades at USC, Jean Chen Shih has excelled at research and in teaching. She says the groundbreaking legislation is as important now as it was 50 years ago.
The substantial gift from innovator and physicist Alfred E. Mann will expand USC’s activities at the intersection of health sciences and engineering.
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the Cleveland Clinic Florida have published studies of a protein implicated in both COVID-19 and multiple types of cancer, and a new drug that interferes with its effects.
Rating places the hospital once again among the safest in the country.
Katrina Manrique’s interest in policies that better serve people in need of counseling and mental health resources was one of the reasons she applied for the 2022 David C. Bohnett Leadership Fellowship.
USC scientists are the first to identify patterns of white matter connectivity exclusive to core autistic symptoms, pointing out a potential flaw in previous autism neuroscience research.
Michele Harper shared stories of compassion from her book, The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir.
The study, done by a team of researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, underscores the need to boost research on men and boys with eating disorders.
Tom Bates will serve as the health system’s first chief quality officer, and Mary Virgallito is the first chief quality officer at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital.
Charles Stafford found a brotherhood in the U.S. Marines, but also a major interruption to his sobriety. Today, the USC social work graduate is helping others find their way to recovery.
The strategy developed by USC Viterbi researchers might reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in classrooms and other indoor spaces by as much as tenfold.
Clinical Fellow Eugene Lin finds dialysis facilities owned by nephrologists may provide better care. A second study evaluates the timing of dialysis and elective surgeries, finding days can make a big difference in post-surgery outcomes.
USC research led by Andrei Irimia shows how traumatic injuries increase the brain’s “biological age” and highlights the need for early monitoring.
Joining forces with existing chapters at UCLA and UCI, the USC chapter focuses on student outreach to older adults, including those living in senior communities.