The five faculty members are recognized by USC President C. L. Max Nikias for outstanding leadership in their fields.

Vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women could preprogram babies to grow into obese children and adults, according to a Keck School of Medicine of USC-led study.

Researchers found that 6-year-olds born to mothers with very low vitamin D levels during their first trimester had bigger waists - about half an inch plumper on average - than peers whose mothers had enough vitamin D in early pregnancy. These kids also had 2 percent more body fat.

Vitamin D supplements during pregnancy might help stem childhood obesity.

After one of the busiest trade deadlines in recent history, the conversation around the NBA and its annual midseason All-Star Game weekend, taking place from Feb. 16-18, is more active than usual. That is especially true in the city of Los Angeles as it hosts the game for a record sixth time, passing New York. Even as East vs. West has now become Team LeBron vs. Team Stephen, the NBA All-Star Game remains one of the most engaging exhibitions, and even cultural moments, in all of professional sports. USC experts discuss.

A tiny part of the brain plays a big role in what we successfully remember during stressful or emotional situations, according to a new USC study.

Researchers at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology found that the locus coeruleus, a small region in the brainstem, is helping to select and form what are known as "adaptive memories," which are important for survival.

Their concerns strike a chord with USC Rossier experts who speak to them on the University Park Campus.

A study of a tiny region of the brainstem reveals the processes that determine which memories are preserved during highly emotional circumstances.

The first clinical trial of its kind uses stem cells to examine hearts in which the left ventricle is underdeveloped.

USC’s Dana P. Goldman and a colleague note that if a treatment reduces demand for organ transplants due to one disease (for instance, kidneys needed due to diabetes), more organs are available for patients with other diseases (say, kidneys due to hypertension).

USC’s Lisa Bitel notes that Valentine’s Day originated as a liturgical feast to celebrate the decapitation of a third-century Christian martyr, or perhaps two. So, how did we get from beheading to betrothing on Feb. 14?