Keck School professor tapped to be chair of ICC by governor
Marie Poulsen Marie Poulsen, PhD, professor of pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and chief psychologist, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, has been ... Read More »
Department of Pediatrics May Newsletter
The Department of Pediatrics presents its monthly newsletter for faculty at CHLA, LAC+USC and USC. The newsletter is a monthly opportunity to celebrate department achievements and progress on ... Read More »
Department of Pediatrics April Newsletter
The Department of Pediatrics presents its monthly newsletter for faculty at CHLA, LAC+USC and USC. The newsletter is a monthly opportunity to celebrate department achievements and progress on ... Read More »
Stem cell researcher Tracy Grikscheit awarded $7.1 million by CIRM
Tracy C. Grikscheit (Photo by Cristy Lytal) Tracy C. Grikscheit, a principal investigator with USC Stem Cell and The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, ... Read More »
Keck School faculty performs rare fetal cardiac procedure for first time in Southern California
From left, Jay Pruetz, Samantha Davila, Grayson Davila, Marco Davila, Frank Ing and Ramen Chmait pose at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Last August, the Davila family was ... Read More »
Department of Pediatrics March Newsletter
The Department of Pediatrics presents its monthly newsletter for faculty at CHLA, LAC+USC and USC. The newsletter is a monthly opportunity to celebrate department achievements and progress on ... Read More »
Study focuses on emotion recognition in people with autism
A study led by researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Columbia University used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study the neural activity of different brain ... Read More »
Hearing loss from chemotherapy impacts neurocognitive function, study finds
Etan Orgel, MD, MS More children are surviving malignant brain tumors than in the past, thanks to the development of intense treatments using platinum-based chemotherapy (cisplatin and ... Read More »
National AYA program honors Stuart Siegel with Trailblazer Award
Stuart Siegel with Heidi Adams, CEO of Critical Mass, and Lauren Berger from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, which sponsored the award. Professor Stuart Siegel, MD, of ... Read More »