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🩺 Igniting discovery in research, education, health and health equity.
👩🔬 Follow us for #MedicalResearch #MedSky #Science #Health and learn more at keck.usc.edu
Ready, set, research! 🔬Let’s put your medical research knowledge to the test!
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Ready, set, research! 🔬Let’s put your medical research knowledge to the test!
Dean’s POV 📸 Is AI in medicine living up to its promise?
The current acceleration and the promise of what can be achieved is astonishing. But with this incredible promise comes a responsibility to understand the algorithms, not simply use them. https://bit.ly/3Lp8ilA
The current acceleration and the promise of what can be achieved is astonishing. But with this incredible promise comes a responsibility to understand the algorithms, not simply use them. https://bit.ly/3Lp8ilA
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Dean’s POV 📸 Is AI in medicine living up to its promise?
The current acceleration and the promise of what can be achieved is astonishing. But with this incredible promise comes a responsibility to understand the algorithms, not simply use them. https://bit.ly/3Lp8ilA
The current acceleration and the promise of what can be achieved is astonishing. But with this incredible promise comes a responsibility to understand the algorithms, not simply use them. https://bit.ly/3Lp8ilA
Fun fact: Zebrafish share many of the same genes as humans.
Gage Crump, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at USC Stem Cell, explains how this tiny fish is helping advance human health research.
#Research #ScienceNews #ResearchSky #StemCell
Gage Crump, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at USC Stem Cell, explains how this tiny fish is helping advance human health research.
#Research #ScienceNews #ResearchSky #StemCell
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Fun fact: Zebrafish share many of the same genes as humans.
Gage Crump, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at USC Stem Cell, explains how this tiny fish is helping advance human health research.
#Research #ScienceNews #ResearchSky #StemCell
Gage Crump, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at USC Stem Cell, explains how this tiny fish is helping advance human health research.
#Research #ScienceNews #ResearchSky #StemCell
Breakthroughs in organoid-directed brain modeling. 🔬
USC Stem Cell scientists have created a brain organoid that mimics the cerebellum—producing granule cells and Purkinje neurons, key players in movement, cognition, and emotion.
#StemCell #ResearchSky #ScienceNews
USC Stem Cell scientists have created a brain organoid that mimics the cerebellum—producing granule cells and Purkinje neurons, key players in movement, cognition, and emotion.
#StemCell #ResearchSky #ScienceNews
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Breakthroughs in organoid-directed brain modeling. 🔬
USC Stem Cell scientists have created a brain organoid that mimics the cerebellum—producing granule cells and Purkinje neurons, key players in movement, cognition, and emotion.
#StemCell #ResearchSky #ScienceNews
USC Stem Cell scientists have created a brain organoid that mimics the cerebellum—producing granule cells and Purkinje neurons, key players in movement, cognition, and emotion.
#StemCell #ResearchSky #ScienceNews
Dean's POV 📸 Thrilled that Ramen Chmait, MD, director of the fetal surgery department program, was highlighted as part of Spina Bifida Awareness Month on KCAL 9. Watch the full story: https://cbsn.ws/3XbHis8
November 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Dean's POV 📸 Thrilled that Ramen Chmait, MD, director of the fetal surgery department program, was highlighted as part of Spina Bifida Awareness Month on KCAL 9. Watch the full story: https://cbsn.ws/3XbHis8
Celebrating Halloween with our students, staff, faculty, and community. 🎃 Check out the creative costumes we found around the HSC campus!
Happy Halloween! Stay healthy and #HealOn.
Happy Halloween! Stay healthy and #HealOn.
October 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Celebrating Halloween with our students, staff, faculty, and community. 🎃 Check out the creative costumes we found around the HSC campus!
Happy Halloween! Stay healthy and #HealOn.
Happy Halloween! Stay healthy and #HealOn.
In 2024, the USC Roski Eye Institute acquired an advanced Cataract Surgery Simulator.
The simulator allows residents to encounter surgery complications in a low-stress environment before encountering them with real patients.
#ResearchSky #MedEd #MedicalSchool
The simulator allows residents to encounter surgery complications in a low-stress environment before encountering them with real patients.
#ResearchSky #MedEd #MedicalSchool
October 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In 2024, the USC Roski Eye Institute acquired an advanced Cataract Surgery Simulator.
The simulator allows residents to encounter surgery complications in a low-stress environment before encountering them with real patients.
#ResearchSky #MedEd #MedicalSchool
The simulator allows residents to encounter surgery complications in a low-stress environment before encountering them with real patients.
#ResearchSky #MedEd #MedicalSchool
The magic behind lizards’ ability to regenerate cartilage may be the key to helping humans heal joints damaged by osteoarthritis.
@stemcell.keck.usc.edu researchers may have unlocked a truly groundbreaking discovery.
#StemCell #StemCellResearch #ResearchSky #MedEd
@stemcell.keck.usc.edu researchers may have unlocked a truly groundbreaking discovery.
#StemCell #StemCellResearch #ResearchSky #MedEd
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The magic behind lizards’ ability to regenerate cartilage may be the key to helping humans heal joints damaged by osteoarthritis.
@stemcell.keck.usc.edu researchers may have unlocked a truly groundbreaking discovery.
#StemCell #StemCellResearch #ResearchSky #MedEd
@stemcell.keck.usc.edu researchers may have unlocked a truly groundbreaking discovery.
#StemCell #StemCellResearch #ResearchSky #MedEd
We are honored to receive the @aamc.org Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Engagement, that recognizes our deep partnership with local communities through service, education, research, and policy. https://bit.ly/42j0gjN
October 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We are honored to receive the @aamc.org Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Engagement, that recognizes our deep partnership with local communities through service, education, research, and policy. https://bit.ly/42j0gjN
Dean's POV 📸 Loved speaking at the @uscpphs.bsky.social symposium, which highlighted public health research and its importance to advancing health. Guess how many scientific publications came out of PPHS last year alone? 1,200. And behind that number are stories that change lives.
October 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Dean's POV 📸 Loved speaking at the @uscpphs.bsky.social symposium, which highlighted public health research and its importance to advancing health. Guess how many scientific publications came out of PPHS last year alone? 1,200. And behind that number are stories that change lives.
The future of surgical education → simulations and algorithms.
Neurosurgeon Gabriel Zada, MD, shares how new technology is being integrated into the way surgeons are trained, positively impacting patient outcomes.
#ResearchSky #MedEd #MedicalSchool
Neurosurgeon Gabriel Zada, MD, shares how new technology is being integrated into the way surgeons are trained, positively impacting patient outcomes.
#ResearchSky #MedEd #MedicalSchool
October 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The future of surgical education → simulations and algorithms.
Neurosurgeon Gabriel Zada, MD, shares how new technology is being integrated into the way surgeons are trained, positively impacting patient outcomes.
#ResearchSky #MedEd #MedicalSchool
Neurosurgeon Gabriel Zada, MD, shares how new technology is being integrated into the way surgeons are trained, positively impacting patient outcomes.
#ResearchSky #MedEd #MedicalSchool
Join us in congratulating the 2025 Faculty Award winners!
Darrin Lee, MD, PhD
Alan L. Epstein, MD, PhD
Thomas D. Coates, MD
Jonathan D. Santoro, MD
Neda Jahanshad, PhD
Kimberly Petko, MD, MPH
W. Martin Kast, PhD
Megan Herting, PhD,
Enrique L. Ostrzega, MD
Cathy Jalali, PhD,
Darrin Lee, MD, PhD
Alan L. Epstein, MD, PhD
Thomas D. Coates, MD
Jonathan D. Santoro, MD
Neda Jahanshad, PhD
Kimberly Petko, MD, MPH
W. Martin Kast, PhD
Megan Herting, PhD,
Enrique L. Ostrzega, MD
Cathy Jalali, PhD,
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Join us in congratulating the 2025 Faculty Award winners!
Darrin Lee, MD, PhD
Alan L. Epstein, MD, PhD
Thomas D. Coates, MD
Jonathan D. Santoro, MD
Neda Jahanshad, PhD
Kimberly Petko, MD, MPH
W. Martin Kast, PhD
Megan Herting, PhD,
Enrique L. Ostrzega, MD
Cathy Jalali, PhD,
Darrin Lee, MD, PhD
Alan L. Epstein, MD, PhD
Thomas D. Coates, MD
Jonathan D. Santoro, MD
Neda Jahanshad, PhD
Kimberly Petko, MD, MPH
W. Martin Kast, PhD
Megan Herting, PhD,
Enrique L. Ostrzega, MD
Cathy Jalali, PhD,
By studying how nephrons form during normal human development, scientists at @stemcell.keck.usc.edu have unlocked the process by which cells organize along a longitudinal axis to create nephrons.
The lab is getting closer to making therapeutic kidney cells on demand.
#StemCell #ResearchSky #MedEd
The lab is getting closer to making therapeutic kidney cells on demand.
#StemCell #ResearchSky #MedEd
October 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
By studying how nephrons form during normal human development, scientists at @stemcell.keck.usc.edu have unlocked the process by which cells organize along a longitudinal axis to create nephrons.
The lab is getting closer to making therapeutic kidney cells on demand.
#StemCell #ResearchSky #MedEd
The lab is getting closer to making therapeutic kidney cells on demand.
#StemCell #ResearchSky #MedEd
Dean's POV 📸 Hi, I'm Carolyn Meltzer, MD, a photographer, radiologist, bicyclist, & dean of the Keck School. I'm deeply committed to supporting our community and can't wait to share their efforts with you from my point of view.
Check back here every Monday for more, and #HealOn✌️
Check back here every Monday for more, and #HealOn✌️
October 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Dean's POV 📸 Hi, I'm Carolyn Meltzer, MD, a photographer, radiologist, bicyclist, & dean of the Keck School. I'm deeply committed to supporting our community and can't wait to share their efforts with you from my point of view.
Check back here every Monday for more, and #HealOn✌️
Check back here every Monday for more, and #HealOn✌️
Mark Humayun, a noted ophthalmologist, University Professor, and co-inventor of Argus II “bionic eye,” which restores functional sight to those with complete retinal blindness, has been named the Slivinski Chair in Macular Degeneration Research.
October 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Mark Humayun, a noted ophthalmologist, University Professor, and co-inventor of Argus II “bionic eye,” which restores functional sight to those with complete retinal blindness, has been named the Slivinski Chair in Macular Degeneration Research.
We were honored to host an event on AB 543, with Mayor Bass, Dean Carolyn Meltzer, MD, Brett Feldman, & our Street Medicine team. This bill expands Medi-Cal coverage for field medicine!
@mayor.lacity.gov
#KeckSchoolofMedicine #USC #HealthEquity #FieldMedicine
@mayor.lacity.gov
#KeckSchoolofMedicine #USC #HealthEquity #FieldMedicine
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We were honored to host an event on AB 543, with Mayor Bass, Dean Carolyn Meltzer, MD, Brett Feldman, & our Street Medicine team. This bill expands Medi-Cal coverage for field medicine!
@mayor.lacity.gov
#KeckSchoolofMedicine #USC #HealthEquity #FieldMedicine
@mayor.lacity.gov
#KeckSchoolofMedicine #USC #HealthEquity #FieldMedicine
For adults with Down syndrome over age 35, #AlzheimersDisease is the primary cause of death.
To address this, researchers at The Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) are exploring ways medicine can help delay or prevent the progression of this condition. atri.usc.edu
#MedSky #Science 🧪
To address this, researchers at The Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) are exploring ways medicine can help delay or prevent the progression of this condition. atri.usc.edu
#MedSky #Science 🧪
September 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
For adults with Down syndrome over age 35, #AlzheimersDisease is the primary cause of death.
To address this, researchers at The Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) are exploring ways medicine can help delay or prevent the progression of this condition. atri.usc.edu
#MedSky #Science 🧪
To address this, researchers at The Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) are exploring ways medicine can help delay or prevent the progression of this condition. atri.usc.edu
#MedSky #Science 🧪
Researchers at the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) are now using blood tests in their studies, a breakthrough that could bring faster, more precise #Alzheimers disease diagnoses.
Sarah Walter, MSc, breaks it down in the video below. #MedSky
Sarah Walter, MSc, breaks it down in the video below. #MedSky
September 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Researchers at the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) are now using blood tests in their studies, a breakthrough that could bring faster, more precise #Alzheimers disease diagnoses.
Sarah Walter, MSc, breaks it down in the video below. #MedSky
Sarah Walter, MSc, breaks it down in the video below. #MedSky
Recently, nineteen Keck School of Medicine students represented @usc.edu at the California Academy of Family Physicians POP Conference, delivering a powerful presentation on physicians as “agents of change”, a workshop on leadership in healthcare.
Here's to our future medical trailblazers 🙌
Here's to our future medical trailblazers 🙌
September 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Recently, nineteen Keck School of Medicine students represented @usc.edu at the California Academy of Family Physicians POP Conference, delivering a powerful presentation on physicians as “agents of change”, a workshop on leadership in healthcare.
Here's to our future medical trailblazers 🙌
Here's to our future medical trailblazers 🙌
Congratulations to Craig Baker, MD, for his installation as the first Alfred E. Mann Chair in Cardiac Surgery. The position is part of a $10 million gift given to fuel advancements in cardiac and vascular care, surgery, neurosurgery, and imaging that can extend worldwide. @usc.edu
September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Congratulations to Craig Baker, MD, for his installation as the first Alfred E. Mann Chair in Cardiac Surgery. The position is part of a $10 million gift given to fuel advancements in cardiac and vascular care, surgery, neurosurgery, and imaging that can extend worldwide. @usc.edu
Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) 🤝 Data integrity
Accuracy, completeness, and quality of data are all important aspects of making informed decisions in the field of #Alzheimers disease.
ATRI Clinical Monitoring Director, Lindsey Hergesheimer, discusses this further in the video.
Accuracy, completeness, and quality of data are all important aspects of making informed decisions in the field of #Alzheimers disease.
ATRI Clinical Monitoring Director, Lindsey Hergesheimer, discusses this further in the video.
September 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) 🤝 Data integrity
Accuracy, completeness, and quality of data are all important aspects of making informed decisions in the field of #Alzheimers disease.
ATRI Clinical Monitoring Director, Lindsey Hergesheimer, discusses this further in the video.
Accuracy, completeness, and quality of data are all important aspects of making informed decisions in the field of #Alzheimers disease.
ATRI Clinical Monitoring Director, Lindsey Hergesheimer, discusses this further in the video.
Amyloid PET scanning is revolutionizing #Alzheimers research.
In this video, Michael S. Rafii, MD, PhD, Medical Director of the Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) elaborates on the benefits this will have for future treatments.
#Research #ResearchSky
In this video, Michael S. Rafii, MD, PhD, Medical Director of the Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) elaborates on the benefits this will have for future treatments.
#Research #ResearchSky
September 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Amyloid PET scanning is revolutionizing #Alzheimers research.
In this video, Michael S. Rafii, MD, PhD, Medical Director of the Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) elaborates on the benefits this will have for future treatments.
#Research #ResearchSky
In this video, Michael S. Rafii, MD, PhD, Medical Director of the Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) elaborates on the benefits this will have for future treatments.
#Research #ResearchSky
Exciting news! Steven J. Bensinger, VMD, PhD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Immunology and Immune Therapeutics.
He will drive advances in autoimmunity, cancer, cardiovascular disease, infection, regenerative medicine, and transplantation.
He will drive advances in autoimmunity, cancer, cardiovascular disease, infection, regenerative medicine, and transplantation.
September 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Exciting news! Steven J. Bensinger, VMD, PhD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Immunology and Immune Therapeutics.
He will drive advances in autoimmunity, cancer, cardiovascular disease, infection, regenerative medicine, and transplantation.
He will drive advances in autoimmunity, cancer, cardiovascular disease, infection, regenerative medicine, and transplantation.
Brittney Baumert, PhD, MPH, a postdoctoral research fellow at @uscpphs.bsky.social uncovered a link between PFAS exposure and weight regain in teens post-bariatric surgery. Read the full study: bit.ly/47vAHzb
#Health #MedSky
#Health #MedSky
August 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Brittney Baumert, PhD, MPH, a postdoctoral research fellow at @uscpphs.bsky.social uncovered a link between PFAS exposure and weight regain in teens post-bariatric surgery. Read the full study: bit.ly/47vAHzb
#Health #MedSky
#Health #MedSky