Social change film: Big data is the new hope for the future of health
This 22-minute film aims to raise public awareness about how big data is having an effect on the future of medicine. Sharing personal data in secure ... Read More »
Keck faculty among the world’s most influential researchers
Sir Isaac Newton once referred to the process of discovery as “standing on the shoulders of giants,” meaning that revolutionary science and innovation is built on the work ... Read More »
State-of-the-art brain research facility opens its doors on health sciences campus
(left to right) Keck School of Medicine Dean Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, Sean Stevens, USC Trustees and benefactors Mark and Mary Stevens, USC President C. L. Max ... Read More »
USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute receives $21.7 million NIH grant to study epilepsy
Arthur Toga, MD The USC Laboratory of Neuro Imaging of the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute has received a $21.7 million National ... Read More »
Does brain size really matter?
USC researchers lead an international team identifying seven genes that predict ‘intracranial volume’ and Parkinson’s disease Brain size may matter. In the world’s largest MRI study ... Read More »
Can you zap your brain back to health?
Electrifying brain circuits may decrease depressive symptoms and chronic pain, but a USC scientist says we first need to see what the electric current is actually doing. ... Read More »
Young investigators sought for new program
The Data Science Rotations for Advancing Discovery (RoAD-Trip) program aims to match junior-level investigators with senior-level data scientists. (Graphic/Caroline O'Driscoll) The Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) ... Read More »
Leader in brain imaging joins USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute
At left, mean cerebral blood flow (CBF) maps acquired using noninvasive arterial spin labeling (ASL) MRI technique developed in the laboratory of Danny JJ Wang; and at ... Read More »
Researchers innovate during annual Big Data workshop
From left, Katherine Kim of University of California, Davis; Yi Wang of Indiana University; Lucas Mentch of University of Pittsburgh; and Roummel Marcia of University of California, ... Read More »