Exploring Medical Frontiers
Health care, science, engineering, design and more converge at USC to take on today’s most pressing issues affecting the human body. At the forefront of medical developments worldwide, the university’s cooperative approach models what it means to work together for the common good.
Novel Approaches
Developing biodevices and life-saving medicines is just the beginning. Traditionally, barriers exist between experts in different disciplines fighting the same disease or health problem; at USC, we clear the way for new avenues of collaboration.
This is a critical time in health care where only a select few institutions will have the ability to take advantage of the great advances in science to provide markedly improved clinical care if not cure intractable diseases.
Steven Shapiro, USC Senior Vice President for Health Affairs
USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience
Accelerating discoveries from bench to bedside, the Michelson Center brings together diverse disciplines — think engineering, cinema, information sciences and more — to reimagine biomedical discovery and application.
USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics
As one of the nation’s premier policy centers, the Schaeffer Center measurably improves value in health through evidence-based policy solutions, research excellence, and private- and public-sector engagement.
USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging
Advancing research, policy and practice, the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging improves the lives of older adults and their families from diverse communities locally, regionally and globally.
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
Through high-impact, interdisciplinary research and training, USC’s population and public health experts are improving lives locally and globally through the Keck School of Medicine of USC and in collaboration with global partners.
Breadth in Medical Research
The Call to Innovate
Some of today’s most demanding illnesses call for courses of action that are not just new, but revolutionary. USC has combined seven schools under its health sciences umbrella to consider the full scope of contributing factors when treating illness: medical, dental, pharmaceutical, occupational therapy, physical therapy, social work and gerontology.
An Ecosystem of New Methods
Trojan scientists, engineers, designers, researchers, health care experts and diverse collaborators are uniting across vast areas of expertise and resources to uncover new medical pathways, bravely breaking traditional barriers in health care research.
Keck Medicine of USC earns ‘LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader’ designation
The university’s hospitals and USC Student Health earn the top score in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2024 Healthcare Equality Index.
USC Dornsife sociologist Hajar Yazdiha awarded prestigious Carnegie Fellowship
The assistant professor of sociology plans to focus her fellowship on tackling societal challenges through a study of truth and reconciliation practices.
USC commencement 2024: What you need to know if you’ll be attending
Thousands are expected on the University Park Campus for USC’s 141st commencement celebrations this week. You’ll want to plan accordingly.
‘Defining Courage’ event spotlights the uplifting yet tragic story of WWII Nisei soldiers
The audience of more than 500 includes surviving 98-year-old soldier Yoshio Nakamura, a proud double Trojan.
Trojans help usher in a new era for women’s professional volleyball
Former USC student-athletes Kalyah Williams and Skylar Fields reunite with coach Amy Pauly in Orlando as part of the new Pro Volleyball Federation.
Turning a tumor’s ‘shield’ into a weapon against itself
USC Viterbi biomedical engineers have designed a protein that targets and disables tumor cells’ defenses while marking cancer cells for death.
Professor Bob Baker Memorial Award Established by Dexter Holland will honor a pioneer in molecular biology
Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, is an alumnus of USC Dornsife’s Molecular and Computational Biology program.
USC-led study introduces improved way to grow cells that give rise to kidney’s filtration system
Scientists report significant progress in cultivating nephron progenitor cells.
Can carbon capture solve climate change?
EARTH MONTH: Removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere could go a long way towards slowing global warming, experts tell USC Dornsife event.
Direct-to-patient educational material helps older adults reduce use of drugs like Valium, Xanax
Study finds that patients who received brochures about risks, alternatives and tapering recommendations were more likely to successfully quit taking benzodiazepine medications.