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\n \u00a0L. Alexis Young<\/span>\n \n August 30, 2016<\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n \n
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Lilyana Amezcua, MD<\/a>, assistant professor of clinical neurology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and her colleagues recently won an award at the 2016 Annual Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers for a platform presentation of their short film project.
\nDentro de Mi<\/em>\u00a0is an eight-minute film featuring Hispanic patients and their perceptions of multiple sclerosis (MS). The short film, which aims to raise MS awareness and foster cultural sensitivity, was recognized in the Platform category for \u201cBest in Patient and Family Care.\u201d
\nAmezcua also was featured in an article in Momentum Magazine<\/em> that discusses her training and research interests, particularly focusing on her work with Latinos with MS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-neurology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLilyana Amezcua awarded for multiple sclerosis short film project<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/lilyana-amezcua-awarded-for-multiple-sclerosis-short-film-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lilyana Amezcua awarded for multiple sclerosis short film project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/lilyana-amezcua-awarded-for-multiple-sclerosis-short-film-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KECKschoolUSC\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-30T18:16:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-19T20:14:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/Keck-School.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"447\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u00a0L. 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