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Keck School of Medicine in top 10 in NIH rankings in seven fields
Department of Physiology and Neuroscience ranked No. 1 in the nation in NIH funding and department chair topped the list of individual researchers in neuroscience. By Hope Hamashige Seven departments in the Keck School of Medicine of USC ranked in the top 10 in their field for NIH… Read More »
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Keck School of Medicine in top 10 in NIH rankings in seven fields
February 17th, 2023Department of Physiology and Neuroscience ranked No. 1 in the nation in NIH funding and department chair topped the list of individual researchers in neuroscience. By Hope Hamashige Image: USC Seven…
First part of $30 million grant awarded to USC Team for stroke project by National Institutes of Health
May 24th, 2022Researchers at Keck School of Medicine of USC move experimental drug closer to approval for clinical use By Jeremy Deutchman USC Neurologist Patrick Lyden, MD (Photo: USC/Don Milci) When administered soon after…
Eight Keck School of Medicine departments rank in top 10 for NIH funding
February 15th, 2022The Keck School of Medicine continues its rise in NIH rankings By Joanne Shen Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles | Photo credit: Ricardo Carrasco III Eight departments at the…
Keck School faculty well-represented on Clarivate’s Highly Cited 2021 list of most influential researchers
November 18th, 2021(USC Photo/Ricardo Carrasco III) Some of the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s most distinguished faculty members and prolific researchers have made the 2021 list of Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate. The…
Keck School faculty honored during USC’s spring awards season
April 22nd, 2021Berislav Zlokovic Faculty at the Keck School of Medicine have been honored with a variety of awards recently. On April 12, the University honored outstanding faculty for the academic year during its…
Six KSOM departments make top 10 in NIH funding nationally
February 17th, 2021Ophthalmology is No. 1 among med schools for the fourth year in a row, while Population and Public Health Sciences is No. 2 (Photo/iStock) By Landon Hall Data on grants awarded from…
KSOM faculty named to Highly Cited 2020 list of world’s most influential researchers
November 18th, 2020(USC Photo/Ricardo Carrasco III) Multiple faculty members from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have been named to the 2020 list of Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics, recognizing their status…
Keck School’s Ophthalmology, Physiology/Neuroscience departments top NIH funding list
February 19th, 2020Seven 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 medical schools released for…
Keck School of Medicine of USC Research Cited in New Federal Vaping Policy
January 14th, 2020Adam Leventhal, Ph.D., Professor of Preventive Medicine and Psychology A recent study by Adam Leventhal, Ph.D., professor of preventive medicine and psychology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, was cited…
Physiology department rises in national rankings of research funding
April 11th, 2018Many 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 several years at the University of…