USC mobile dental clinics provide free treatment to South L.A. students
Community service initiative will provide dental treatment to underserved children over the next two years.
Balancing family and medical school? It shouldn’t make headlines, USC student says
While in medical school, Margarita Ivanova got married, had a son and encouraged countless Los Angeles high schoolers to pursue health professions and work in the sciences.
Future doctor aims to advocate for patients, not just treat them
Alexa Manrriquez gains a broader understanding of what patients and their families face outside the hospital.
Digital Tools Connect USC Patients to Clinical Trials That Make a Difference
Clinical trials need patients to advance medical knowledge, but it’s tough to recruit volunteers. Technology may have answers.
Outreach mission takes Trojans to Nicaragua to provide desperately needed dental care
Fifty students and 16 faculty members travel to a school where patients will receive oral surgery and more.
Keck Medicine of USC helps neighborhood kids learn value of good eating with Teaching Garden
Hollenbeck Middle School students dig in for a program that allows them to harvest produce with their own hands.
Las Vegas begins to heal after mass shooting with help from USC social work experts
David Schonfeld and Marleen Wong offer school officials training and guidance as they begin to develop counseling and support programs for children and community members.
How to stay healthy, and maybe find a career, in the age of biotech
Pioneering USC surgeon shares wellness tips and talks about biotech opportunities at East L.A. College health fair.
Future dentists, hygienists hit the road with mobile dental clinic
Listen in as students and faculty from the Herman Ostrow School serve more than 100 kids in Pasadena. For many of the kids, it was their first time in a dentist’s chair.
Fit Families program has healthy focus, from exercise routines to eating right
For participants in the free, USC-sponsored weekly sessions, payoffs include a positive outlook and some impressive weight loss.
USC Puts Dental Care Within Reach for Underserved Families
Dentists travel to patients thanks to the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC’s mobile clinics.
One Doctor’s Dedication to Keeping Kids’ Eyes Healthy
USC and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles receive nearly $37 million grant
The National Institutes of Health award allows scientists to continue work in patient and community health.
Fifteen percent of Medicare patients go home with pain-relieving prescriptions
Hospitals with higher rates of opioid prescription also had the best ratings for pain management, study finds.
Why does childhood obesity have a greater impact on low-income, urban kids?
USC’s MADRES Center studies the effects of exposure to pollution and social stresses.
Masako Miura, a Physician Ahead of Her Time
Saving Kids’ Health Through Smog Science
Zika virus, microcephaly, Guillain-Barré syndrome and Catholicism
Key things to know about current health concerns around the world.
USC Price alum puts priority on water in hometown public service role
Thomas Wong provides oversight for San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District board.
USC engineers earn national recognition for forecasting outbreaks
The team is invited to meet and discuss their data with government officials.
LA environmental success story: cleaner air, healthier kids
Children’s lungs grew stronger as pollution declined in LA and throughout the basin over the past two decades.
To prevent the spread of HIV among the homeless, researchers turn to math
Algorithm helps social workers determine how best to get their message to those at risk.
Bringing sports to children with special needs
At Kicks for Kids events, developmental or physical disabilities don’t matter.
Keck Medicine to oversee ambulatory centers with surgical services provider
Partnership provides a model for sustainable growth and quality care at affordable costs.