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Cancer Moonshot funds will help USC researchers reduce health disparities in cancer research
$18.5 million in funding from the Cancer Moonshot will help researchers at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center close the gap in our understanding of colorectal cancer in Hispanic patients By Sarah Nightingale Medical trials lead to important innovations that save lives. But some racial and ethnic groups are woefully… Read More »
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Cancer Moonshot funds will help USC researchers reduce health disparities in cancer research
January 26th, 2022$18.5 million in funding from the Cancer Moonshot will help researchers at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center close the gap in our understanding of colorectal cancer in Hispanic patients By Sarah Nightingale…
Boosting the body’s response to infections with a bio-inspired peptide
December 6th, 2021Peptide molecule developed by USC researchers could help meet the critical need for new drugs to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria By Sarah Nightingale (Left-Right)Michael Selsted, MD, PhD, chair and professor of pathology, Justin…
Allison Chambliss among pathology group’s ’40 Under Forty Top Six’ honorees
October 12th, 2021Allison Chambliss, PhD, DABCC, assistant professor of clinical pathology in the Department of Pathology, has been named an American Society for Clinical Pathology “40 Under Forty Top Six” honoree for 2021. The…
Allison Chambliss named to clinical pathology group’s 40 Under Forty list
June 30th, 2021Allison Chambliss Allison Chambliss, PhD, assistant professor of clinical pathology, has been named to the American Society for Clinical Pathology’s “40 Under Forty” list for 2021. The program “recognizes members under the…
In memoriam: Nancy E. Warner, MD, a pioneer for women in academic medicine
September 9th, 2020Nancy E. Warner was the first woman chair at the USC School of Medicine, now the Keck School of Medicine of USC. (Photo/Courtesy of the Keck School of Medicine of USC) Nancy…
Keck School professors among 5 USC faculty named AAAS fellows
November 29th, 2016Wendy Cozen Five USC scientists have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their academic peers. AAAS, the world’s largest…
New eye pathology lab opens on campus
June 6th, 2016From left, Rohit Varma, Narsing Rao, Mark Humayun, Michael Selsted and Ronald Green during the grand opening of the Ophthalmic Molecular and Immuno-Pathology Lab at the USC Gayle and Edward Roski Eye…
Breast, ovarian cancer risk may be associated with sense of smell
October 21st, 2015Keck Medicine of USC research discovers BRCA1 mutation in ovaries may influence menstrual cycle activity The association between menstrual cycle activity and breast and ovarian cancer risk may have an unexpected intermediary…
USC postdocs win Doerr Stem Cell Challenge Grants
July 8th, 2015From left, Lindsey Mork, Michaela Patterson, Ang Li and Yuwei Li (Photos by Cristy Lytal) Just as there are times when two heads are better than one, there are times when two…
USC researcher plucks hair to grow hair
April 9th, 2015Quorum sensing in hair population regeneration (Image courtesy of Cheng-Ming Chuong) If there’s a cure for male pattern baldness, it might hurt a little. A team led by USC Stem Cell Principal…