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The Keck School of Medicine educates the nation's future physicians and biomedical scientists. From day one, medical students help care for patients as part of an innovative curriculum that integrates basic and clinical sciences, technology and communication, the latest medical advances and the oldest healing arts. Students train in one of the largest teaching hospitals in the nation, gaining experience with the diverse, urban population of Los Angeles. Graduate and medical students play leading roles in the creation of new knowledge as part of the Keck School's vibrant research community.

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Physician assistant student receives national scholarship

Michelle Lagua has been named one of six National Medical Fellowship, Primary Care Leadership Program Scholars.

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CTSI Research Ethics Forum

12:00pm-1:00pm
Aresty LG503/4

USC Physical Sciences in Oncology Center Monthly Seminar Series

12:00pm-1:00pm PT
Hastings Auditorium, HMR Lobby, 2011 Zonal Avenue

Health Matters: USC physicians discuss health topics you care about.

6:30pm - 8:30pm
University Club of Pasadena, 175 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena 91101

Diabetes & Obesity Research Institute (DORI) Seminar Series

4:00pm-5:00pm PT
Harkness Auditorium, Clinical Sciences Bldg., 2250 Alcazar St., 2nd Floor

Keck School of Medicine of USC Research Seminar Series

11:30 AM-1:00 PM
Norris Research Towers Aresty Auditorium

Lung Cancer in 2013: Making Progress at USC

7:30am-2:30pm PT
Westin Pasadena, Madera Room 1st Floor, 191 N Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena
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  • New Keck School MS, PhD and MPH grads prepared to lend helping hand

    Keck School of Medicine MS, PhD and MPH graduates are ready to help others with the education they received at USC.

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  • Nobel Laureate discusses history of cloning

    2012 Nobel Prize winner Sir John Gurdon talks about the advances that have been made since he was able to replace the immature nucleus in a frog egg cell with the nucleus from a mature intestinal cell. The modified egg developed into a normal frog with the DNA of the mature cells.

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  • The Baxter Foundation visits the Keck School of Medicine of USC

    Directors of the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation visited the USC Health Sciences campus to hear formal presentations of the nominees for two junior faculty members to receive funding.

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  • Laboratory of Neuro Imaging Moves to USC

    Cluster hire of institute with more than 100 faculty, researchers and multi-disciplinary staff headlined by eminent scientists Arthur W. Toga and Paul Thompson

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  • USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center studies target immune system, women's cancers

    The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center has recently begun recruiting female participants for three new clinical trials studying breast, ovarian and cervical cancer immunotherapies. It is scheduled to open recruitment for a second ovarian cancer study over the summer. No other facility in California provides patients with access to all four of the trials.

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  • Years later, psychological effects of Chernobyl linger

    A new report authored by USC researchers has estimated that millions of people may still be suffering from mental and physical health problems related to the 1986 accident.

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  • USC researchers create model to help develop sustainable healthcare delivery model and primary care resident training

    Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine believe they may have a solution to some of the challenges of the Affordable Care Act, which they recently put into practice through a merger of the Family Practice and Family Medicine Residency involving the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the California Hospital Medical Center and the Eisner Pediatric and Family Medical Center.

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