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• Faculty departures reflect well on Keck’s reputation

  

  Showing that the reputation of the Keck School of Medicine of USC is well regarded in the national medical community, three top doctors in their fields have been recruited for prestigious chairmanships at other institutions.

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• Keck students among 2013-14 Los Angeles Schweitzer Fellows

  

  The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship recently named seven USC students to its 2013-14 class of Los Angeles Schweitzer Fellows.

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• $300,000 grant supports multi-institutional approach to ovarian cancer treatment research

  

  Research into genetic mechanisms of ovarian cancer at USC recently received a boost thanks to a grant of more than $300,000 from the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation.

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• Common genetic disease linked to father’s age

  

  Scientists at USC have unlocked the mystery of why new cases of the genetic disease Noonan Syndrome are so common: a mutation that causes the disease disproportionately increases a normal father’s production of sperm carrying the disease trait.

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• Health care advocate Mitchell Lew named USC Trustee

  

  Physician, health care entrepreneur and longtime USC volunteer Mitchell W. Lew ’83, MD ’87 has been elected to the USC Board of Trustees. Lew is CEO of Prospect Medical Systems, an independent physician association with a network of primary care physicians, specialists and affiliated hospitals throughout Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties.

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• Keck School professor examines link between childhood infection and adult height

  

  The frequency of childhood infections is a determinant of adult height, according to a new study recently conducted by a team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC led by Wendy Cozen, professor of preventive medicine and pathology, and conducted by Amie Hwang, post-doctoral fellow.

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• New kidney diagnosis center established with $600,000 gift

  

  A welcoming experience prompted a recent $600,000 gift from the Glen and Wendy Miller Family Foundation to help start a new center to explore a variety of noninvasive and minimally invasive technologies for diagnosing kidney cancer.

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