USC KDSAP Meet Up


On April 5th, we hosted our first UKRO USC student/faculty mixer at Pitfire Pizza Pasadena. Undergraduate students from USC’s Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program had the opportunity to network with faculty from the Keck School of Medicine, learning about career and lab internship opportunities and novel research to combat kidney diseases. Thank you to … Continue reading USC KDSAP Meet Up

Kidney Regeneration Breakthrough at Keck School of Medicine of USC


Guest Post by Janos Peti-Peterdi, M.D., Ph.D. and Georgina Gyarmati, M.D., Ph.D. Our research team is driven by a personal and professional mission to find a cure for kidney disease, a growing global epidemic affecting one out of seven adults, which translates to 850 million people worldwide or about two million in the Los Angeles … Continue reading Kidney Regeneration Breakthrough at Keck School of Medicine of USC

Dr. Zhongwei Li Honored as Superhero at USC Football Game


Congratulations to Dr. Zhongwei Li for being honored as USC’s Community Superhero of the Game on Saturday, September 17th at the matchup between USC and Fresno at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum! It was a wonderful opportunity for football fans to hear about Dr. Li’s inspirational story and his groundbreaking synthetic kidney project. The first … Continue reading Dr. Zhongwei Li Honored as Superhero at USC Football Game