Music as Medicine
IStock Please visit Keck Medicine’s Music as Medicine page, a comprehensive resource in which musicians have been engaged to create short, recorded music recitals for staff in an ... Read More »
Keck School’s Ophthalmology, Physiology/Neuroscience departments top NIH funding list
Seven departments at Keck School of Medicine USC are in the top 10 nationally in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, according to the rankings of ... Read More »
Healthy blood vessels may be the answer to Alzheimer’s prevention
Scientists from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have presented their latest research findings at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. The research shows that damaged capillaries in the ... Read More »
Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in mice reversed with special diet
A diet containing compounds found in green tea and carrots reversed Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in mice genetically programmed to develop the disease, Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers ... Read More »
2019 Los Angeles Brain Bee
On Jan. 26, 74 high schoolers and their family members expanded their knowledge of neuroscience through hands-on demonstrations, games, prizes, food and fun at the annual Los Angeles ... Read More »
USC Stem Cell scientists Neil Segil and Qi-Long Ying awarded NIH grants
From left, Neil Segil and Qi-Long Ying (Photos by Chris Shinn) Two USC Stem Cell scientists have received new research grants from the National Institutes of ... Read More »
Physiology department rises in national rankings of research funding
Many researchers at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute are funded by at least one NIH investigator-initiated grant. When Berislav Zlokovic, MD, PhD, returned to USC in 2011 after ... Read More »
Brain Bee brings aspiring neuroscientists to campus
Tyler Ard discusses how he uses virtual reality and cinematography techniques to visualize neuroscience data during the Los Angeles Brain Bee, held Feb. 3 on the Health ... Read More »
Neurosurgery Residents Burned Out, but Satisfied With Career
Factors tied to burnout include inadequate OR exposure, hostile faculty, outside social stressors Rates of burnout and career satisfaction are both high among neurosurgery residents, according to a ... Read More »