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USC works with Polaris Dawn to study in-flight space medicine
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have designed a study, to be conducted on board the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission, that tests a new way to collect X-rays in outer space. By Zara Abrams Today’s spaceflights typically last a few days to a few months,… Read More »
USC works with Polaris Dawn to study in-flight space medicine
November 28th, 2022Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have designed a study, to be conducted on board the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission, that tests a new way to collect X-rays in…
Tech advances that help doctors find and treat disease earlier than ever
April 29th, 2021When disease hides in the body, it takes some big ideas from scientists and doctors to illuminate it — and save lives. A powerful 7T MRI scanner at USC can give scientists…
New USC faculty member Zhaoyang Fan bridges lab, clinic in MRI research
October 29th, 2020By Wayne Lewis Zhaoyang Fan. (USC Photo/Richard Carrasco) Zhaoyang Fan, PhD, will join the faculty of the Keck School of Medicine of USC as an associate professor with the departments of radiology…
USC’s Hossein Jadvar appointed to committee advising NRC
August 31st, 2020Hossein Jadvar, MD, PhD, MPH, MBA, associate professor of radiology, has been appointed the nuclear medicine physician representative on the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI). The committee “advises the U.S….
Peter Conti receives Benedict Cassen Prize for Cancer Imaging Research
July 29th, 2020Peter Conti, MD, PhD, professor of radiology and director of the Molecular Imaging Center, was awarded the Benedict Cassen Prize during the 2020 annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular…
Robert Ryu named chair of Department of Radiology
March 24th, 2020Robert Ryu, MD, has been recruited to serve as the chair of the Department of Radiology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, effective May 1. Ryu is coming from the…
Mary Yamashita, MD, interviewed about study on new breast screening technology
February 15th, 2019On Feb. 14, 2019, Spectrum News 1 and Spectrum Bay News 9 interviewed Mary Yamashita, MD, assistant professor of clinical radiology, on a radiation-free, 3-D ultrasound breast screening technology that is being…
Royal visitors bring smiles to cancer patients, staff
November 27th, 2018The Tournament of Roses 2019 Royal Court visits a patient at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center during the court’s annual visit on Nov. 19. (Photo/Ricardo Carrasco III) Patients at the USC…
M. Victoria Marx appointed president of the Society of Interventional Radiology
March 21st, 2018M. Victoria Marx, MD (Photo: Richard Carrasco III) Victoria Marx, MD, an interventional radiologist at Keck Medicine of USC, has been appointed president of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) for 2018–2019….
SoftVue breast imaging research continues to make waves
December 18th, 2017SoftVue breast imaging testing (Screenshot via CBS News) The Keck School of Medicine of USC’s groundbreaking research into three-dimensional breast ultrasound is continuing to garner coverage. The nationwide SoftVue study aims to…