Dechen Lin’s new work focuses on enhancing the effectiveness of immune checkpoint blockade therapy. FOR PEOPLE WITH HEAD AND NECK CANCERS, the treatment can sometimes be as challenging as the disease. Traditional chemo- and radiation therapies can leave patients with long-term disabilities. Because these treatments can create immobility around the face and neck, some patients […]
USC researcher Pinghui Feng’s new paper looks at the way metabolic enzymes can change immune responses. METABOLIC ENZYMES ARE MOSTLY KNOWN for their work in metabolism — the process whereby a cell’s energy guides actions like building up or breaking down molecules. But metabolic enzymes have another biological process — immunity. The tug of war […]
After retiring from the U.S. Navy, Robert Peters has chosen to begin his second act helping to prepare the next generation of dental professionals at Ostrow.
When recent graduate Maya Fulcher first decided to get her master of science degree in community oral health, she wanted to transition back into teaching. Little did she know that the degree would help her create a new career trajectory bringing oral health support to elderly communities.
Get to know one of Ostrow’s newest researchers, Lu Wang, who brings to Ostrow her research prowess in role of environmental stress and non-neuronal cells in developing treatments for ailments such as childhood brain tumors.
Andrea Woywitka DDS ’26 has earned the top Friends of Dentistry Scholarship — an award of $50,000 that will help her realize her dreams of giving back to underserved populations.
In the face of an impending silver tsunami where U.S. seniors will number more than 80 million, Ostrow aims to inspire the next generation of dentists to embrace geriatric dental care — not just as a specialty but as a vital part of human health care.
For the past 25 years, the USC Dental Clinic at Union Rescue Mission has provided dental care to those experiencing homelessness in Downtown L.A., including many military veterans.
For medically complex people — including those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the frail elderly and those with HIV/AIDS — getting dental treatment is no sure thing.
Financially devastated years ago by identity theft, L.A. resident Deborah Clark relied on the USC Mobile Dental Clinic to keep her children’s smiles healthy.
