At USC’s Junior Faculty Mini-Symposium, stem cell scientists build to understand
When physicist Richard Feynman died in 1988, he left a message scrawled across his chalkboard: “What I cannot create, I do not understand.”
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Research
Keck School ranked among nation’s best graduate schools
Newly released rankings place the Keck School of Medicine of USC among the top graduate schools in the nation. The Keck School ranks No. 32 in research by U.S. News & World Report in their 2019 Best Graduate Schools rankings.
Researchers hope to use MRI for stroke treatment, recovery
Stroke is the leading cause of disability in adults, affecting more than 15 million people worldwide each year, according to the World Health Organization. Researchers are increasingly using brain imaging to assess the damage caused by stroke and to predict how patients will recover.
How the Keck School of Medicine of USC is battling brain surgeon burnout
When it comes to workplace stress, even doctors aren’t immune to its effects. For doctors training to become neurosurgeons, burnout is common, and certain workplace stressors — like ... Read More »
New big data study will investigate link between gender and Alzheimer’s risk
Twice as many women as men develop Alzheimer’s disease, but even after years of research, aging experts are unsure why. Judy Pa, PhD, assistant professor of neurology at ... Read More »
Investigators earn NIH awards for Sustaining Outstanding Achievement in Research
Gage Crump, PhD Pinghui Feng, PhD The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recognized Keck School of Medicine of USC ... Read More »
New study investigates vaccine and oral medication to stop Alzheimer’s years before it begins
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC are tackling the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States — Alzheimer’s disease — with a new study ... Read More »
Researchers listen to zebrafish to understand human hearing loss
A window into the mammalian middle ear (Image by Camilla Teng/Crump Lab) Can a fish with a malformed jaw tell us something about hearing loss in ... Read More »
USC’s stem cell scientists secure the dollars to fight disease
Kidney organoid (Image by Tracy Tran/McMcMahon Lab) The price of progress is not only the energy and talent of stem cell scientists, but also the research ... Read More »
