Dean's POV 📸 Thrilled that Ramen Chmait, MD, director of the fetal surgery department program, was highlighted as part of Spina Bifida Awareness Month on @CBSLosAngeles. Watch the full story: cbsn.ws/3XbHis8 @ChildrensLA

This link between forever chemicals and teen liver health will guide public health steps to keep kids safe

A “forever chemical” may be taking a lasting toll on teen liver health. Scientists found that higher exposure to perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA), a lesser-known PFAS, is linked to increased risk and severity of liver disease in adolescents with obesity. keck.usc.edu/news/usc-superf…

our students have so many talents!

We are honored to receive the @AAMCtoday Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Engagement, that recognizes our deep partnership with local communities through service, education, research, and policy. bit.ly/42j0gjN

Dean's POV 📸 Loved speaking at the @uscpphs symposium, which highlighted public health research and its importance to advancing health. Guess how many scientific publications came out of PPHS last year alone? 1,200. And behind that number are stories that change lives.

Join us in congratulating the 2025 Faculty Award winners! Darrin Lee, MD, PhD Alan L. Epstein, MD, PhD Thomas D. Coates, MD Jonathan D. Santoro, MD Neda Jahanshad, PhD Kimberly Petko, MD, MPH W. Martin Kast, PhD Megan Herting, PhD, Enrique L. Ostrzega, MD Cathy Jalali, PhD,

.@DeanMeltzer's POV 📸 @USC Street Medicine team is making an impact. I snapped this photo of @brettjfeldman, @MayorOfLA, @cd1losangeles and @MarkJGonzalezLA at a press conference supporting the bill AB 543, which Governor @GavinNewsom signed last week. Congratulations all!

Dean's POV 📸 Hi, I'm @DeanMeltzer, MD, a photographer, radiologist, bicyclist, & dean of the Keck School. I'm deeply committed to supporting our community and can't wait to share their efforts with you from my point of view. Check back here every Monday for more, and #HealOn✌️

✨ It’s race week! ✨ We’re just a few days away from the American Brain Tumor Association 5K Run/Walk on Friday, October 18th at Crescent Bay Park in Santa Monica. The USC Brain Tumor Center is honored to be a Gold Sponsor again this year—and we’re looking forward to another incredible day of community, resilience, and hope. It’s not too late to sign up—grab your spot today and join us in the fight against brain tumors. 💙 👉 Register here: give.abta.org/team/760183 #ABTA5K #USCBTC #BrainTumorAwareness #EndBrainTumors

Innovation starts here! 🔬

Big 10 in football. Big 10 in research. As @USC_Athletics prepares to face Michigan this weekend, our @USC researchers from @KECKSchool_USC, @USCDornsife and @USCViterbi are collaborating to save and improve lives, which makes us all winners. usc.edu/research-that-saves-…

Great to help launch the first annual ⁦@KECKSchool_USC⁩ #PPHSsymposium Our aim is Improving the health in #LA and beyond ⁦@RNBluthenthal⁩

Three USC schools, one goal. With an $8 million @NIH grant, researchers from @KECKSchool_USC, @USCDornsife, and @USCMann are working to unearth a new treatment for Alzheimer's.

Congratulations to Craig Baker, MD, for his installation as the first Alfred E. Mann Chair in Cardiac Surgery. The position is part of a $10 million gift given to fuel advancements in cardiac and vascular care, surgery, neurosurgery, and imaging that can extend worldwide. @USC

. @ATRI_USC 🤝 Data Integrity Accuracy, completeness, and quality of data are all important aspects of making informed decisions in the field of #Alzheimers disease. ATRI Clinical Monitoring Director, Lindsey Hergesheimer, discusses this further in the video below.

Join us for our virtual event, “Reimagining Global Health Research Partnerships in A Time of Crisis,” which will take place on Wednesday, September 10, at 9:00 am PDT/12:00 pm EDT/6:00 pm CEST.

This September, we invite you to educate, support, and cure. • Educate—bring awareness to pediatric brain tumors. • Support—share stories, donate, or learn how you can help. • Cure—fuel research that could make a life‑changing difference. Let’s turn gold into action.  #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth #GoldSeptember #USCBrainTumorCenter

New research from @USCStemCell unveils a blueprint that makes it possible to generate specific kidney cell types on demand. 🔬 More on their findings ⬇️ 🔗

From an interest in history to majoring in biological science and biotechnology, Alex Guo is making big moves in the world of medicine. 👏