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Seven departments at Keck School of Medicine USC are in the top 10 nationally in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, according to the rankings of medical schools released for the 2019 federal fiscal year.<\/p>\n

Two departments rank No. 1 in the country: Ophthalmology<\/a>, and Physiology and Neuroscience<\/a>. The latter program rose from No. 2 last year, while Ophthalmology<\/a> retained its top ranking.<\/p>\n

The rankings are based on data compiled by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research<\/a> in Horse Shoe, North Carolina, and are eagerly anticipated by medical schools and researchers each year.<\/p>\n

KSOM researchers were awarded a total of $186.3 million in funding for the fiscal year, which began on Oct. 1, 2018 and ended Sept. 30, 2019. Last year KSOM brought in $182.9 million.<\/p>\n

KSOM is second in the country among medical schools in average NIH funding per principal investigator, at $975,484, behind only NYU School of Medicine ($987,256). NYU has 318 P.I.\u2019s, compared with 191 at KSOM.<\/p>\n

Among the ten USC departments that made the top 20, several improved their ranking from last year: Orthopedics went from 10th<\/sup> to 8th<\/sup>; Urology from 13th<\/sup> to 9th<\/sup>; Otolaryngology from 12th<\/sup> to 10th<\/sup>; dermatology from 27th<\/sup> to 20th<\/sup>; and molecular microbiology and immunology from 24th<\/sup> to 20th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to see two new programs in the top 10,\u201d Tom Buchanan<\/a>, MD, professor of medicine and vice dean for research at the Keck School, said of Urology and Otolaryngology. \u201cKeck School of Medicine continues to build its reputation as a strong research institution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a rundown of the USC departments that made the top 20:<\/p>\n

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