OneMUSC Influence Story Archive

Dr. Ray DuBois poses in front of an oil painting at the Royal College of Medicine

Royal Fellow

Hollings director Dr. Raymond N. DuBois has been honored as a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

Charleston County high school student works in an MUSC Hollings Cancer Center lab

High School Researchers

Students from four Charleston County high schools spent their summer learning how to research in labs at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center.

Dr. Andreana Benitez (left) and Dr. Stephanie Aghamoosa (right)

Improving cognitive impairment

Predementia Treatment

An accelerated course of transcranial magnetic stimulation could redefine how we treat patients at high risk for developing dementia.

Man in a suit holds a lacrosse helmet as he leans against a desk. There are plaques behind him.

Supporting World Lacrosse

World Lacrosse

Eugene Hong, M.D., is known for leadership at MUSC and love of sports medicine. Now he’s channeling both attributes as chief medical officer for World Lacrosse.

Seven people pose for a photo. A woman seated in front is wearing a blue top. Behind her are a woman in a bright pink dress, a tall man in a suit, a woman in tan and black, a man wearing a turban and two men in bow ties.

First dental endowed chair

Endowed Dental Chair

James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine names first endowed chair.

Smiling woman in a blue dress cuts a blue ribbon with a pair of scissors. People behind her are watching and smiling, too.

Clinician, Educator Remembered

Neurology Education Center

Neurology pays tribute to beloved educator, clinician with named education center.

Dr. Anand Mehta (left) and Shaaron Ochoa-Rios (right)

Best Outcomes

Cancer Detector

Research team discovers a way to make a type of liver cancer more easily detectable.

women hold swim noodles over their heads in the pool

Conquering Fear

Survivor 'Mermaids'

Survivors' Fit Club adds water element and changes the lives of participants.

Pyramidal neurons in the prefrontal cortex labeled with a retrograde virus tagged with mCherry.

Substance Abuse Research

Controlling Relapse

MUSC neuroscientists researching pathways to control opioid relapse.

a couple poses on a cruise ship deck in front of a sunset

Robotic Lung

Life-Changing Robotic Surgery

A lung cancer patient has new lease on life after surgery at Hollings Cancer Center.

TSIM

New Telehealth Training Course

Learn to apply the Telehealth Service Implementation Model (TSIM) that originated at MUSC.

A man wearing a shirt and tie sits with a young woman wearing a black patterened top. They were smiling and working on a computer.

Autism Research

A New Look at Autism

MUSC supports autism research and patients in a variety of ways.

a young woman in a white coat poses in a garden

Hodgkin Lymphoma

Cancer Survivor Turned Student

For Hannah Neimy, there's no better place to learn to be a doctor than the place where she was treated for Hodgkin lymphoma.

A bearded man holds a plaque. He's surrounded by three women and two other men. They are all smiling.

Order of the Palmetto Award

Prestigious S.C. Honor Awarded

Stephen Schabel, M.D., diagnostic radiologist and educator, was honored with Governor’s Order of the Palmetto Award.

Flowertown Elementary School physical activity opportunities led by physical education teacher, “Mr. C.” Photo courtesy of the MUSC Boeing Center for Children's Wellness.

BMI in Kids

Reducing Kids' BMI

Participation in school-based wellness initiative is associated with decline in average student BMI.

Awards

Values in Action

Employees recognized for outstanding service and significant contributions.

A young woman stands on the far left of a sign. A woman holding a girl and a young man are on the right.

New Affiliation

SC Pediatric Burn Center

MUSC and Shriners team up to elevate burn care and research.

Annual Parade

Angel Tree Parade

MUSC employees gifted toys to more than 1,000 local children, celebrated with annual parade.

A Dose of Iron, Man

Designer. Maker. Dreamer.

This medical student was designed to improve healthcare.

The Integrating Special Populations Team at the South Carolina Clinical and Research Institute. .tLeft to right:-Kimberly BrownSpecial Populations Coordinator SCTR-Tara Pittman, MA, CCRPRecruitment Manager - Cristina Lopez, Ph.DSpecial Populations Co-Director-Marvella Ford Ph.D.Special Populations Director-Stephanie Gentilin, MA, CCRAOCR Human Subjects Regulatory Director

Equity Partners

Linking The Strands

A unique collaboration builds equity into the fabric of care and research at MUSC.

Four girls in a classroom. Two in back are talking as one gestures. Two in front talk as one laughs.

Teenage Scientists

Teen Science Ambassadors

MUSC program exposes students to professional possibilities in STEM.

Man in a plaid shirt gestures as he stands beside a poster that says CORES Day.

MUSC Research Cores Day

Collaboration by researchers unlocks a special kind of energy

Decades of Services

Sabra Slaughter

Disparities advocate, adviser and humanitarian is celebrated for service to MUSC

Pediatric cardiologist Dr. John Rhodes at the operating table. He is wearing a cap and surgical gown. There is a large light to the left.

A reason to celebrate

National Rankings

MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital receives national rankings

Tech wearing a mask with his hair covered stretches his arms as he spreads a blue tarp in a new endovascular suite.

Neuroendovascular Achievement

MUSC Health one of few U.S. hospitals with a second Icono neuroendovascular suite

Coming Full Circle

Foster Advocate

Recent grad overcomes obstacles and goes from foster child to foster care advocate

Nurse of the Year

Former firefighter turned nurse celebrated for excellence

Dr. Michelle Nichols (left) and Dr. Gayenell Magwood (right) of the College of Nursing at MUSC

Restoring trust

Restoring Trust

Stroke research improves as trust, comfort increases

Turning heartbreak to hope

Keith Smalls

Violence intervention advocate turns loss, adversity into force for good

Award-winning tree campus

The Benefits of Trees

MUSC trees recognized as part of natural healing environment

Simmons sitting on a yellow chair that's been turned around. She is in front of the MUSC public safety building

Public Safety Stalwart

First female to achieve command-level rank at MUSC public safety reflects.

Two young men and a young woman pose with an older gentleman in a conference room

Familiar face returns

AMA President Visits

President of the American Medical Association returns to MUSC.

Dr. Stephen Kahn raises the right arm of Tommy Porcha to examine Porcha's burns.

Burn Center recognized

Burn Center Success

The South Carolina Burn Center at MUSC Health achieves exemplary performance.

A man wearing a hat sitting on a couch with a book on his lap looking at an open laptop

Giving Closet

A second life for equipment, help for students.

Pediatric Cancer Grant

Pediatric Grant

MUSC researcher’s grant to investigate pediatric bone marrow transplant complications.

portrait of a woman in a white lab coat in front of acute care inpatient unit entrance

Caregiver mental health

Caregiver Mental Health

App being developed to support mental health of parents after kids’ traumatic injury.

cancer researcher piping samples in the lab

Novel cancer research

Research Grants

Four researchers receive American Cancer Society grants

Survivor Shares Advice

Survivor Inspires

After battling cervical cancer, Mikiko Dollard is inspiring others with her story - including her own daughter.

Construction workers place beam in topping out ceremony for the College of Pharmacy.

College of Pharmacy milestone

Pharmacy Milestone

Students, faculty and notable alumni celebrate noteworthy moment

Research recognition

Two percent

134 MUSC scientific researcher make elite Stanford University list.

vaping pen under a magnifying glass on top of a stylized map of the world

Global Tobacco Study

Researchers join a global study examining different regulatory approaches to tobacco products.

Hand with extended finger about to touch what appears like a hologram touch screen

Award-winning MUSC students

SC Innovates

Two MUSC teams were awarded the top prizes in the S.C. Innovates Student Pitch competition.

Cancer Care

Tobacco Control Award

MUSC Hollings researcher Graham Warren received a prestigious lectureship award for Tobacco Control and Smoking Cessation.

Two surgeons in full operating gear examine a specimen in an iced bowl.

Robotic Surgery

Surgical First

MUSC Health doctors used robotic surgery to remove a living donor’s kidney, becoming one of the first programs in the Southeast to do this surgery robotically.

a young woman in black scrubs checks on a patient monitoring machine in a hospital hallway

Youth apprenticeship program

Future Nurses

Nine of the newest staff members learning the ropes at MUSC Health are either still in high school or have just graduated.

Clinical Trials

Novel Immunotherapy

A bench-to-bedside-pioneered lung cancer immunotherapy developed at MUSC Hollings to be offered in NCI clinical trials.

AI Preventing Suicides

Algorithm detects suicide risk

MUSC researcher is awarded NIH funding to refine artificial intelligence algorithm to identify those at risk of suicide.

Miss America in a lab coat pipettes samples under supervision

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Medical Zebras

MUSC researchers believe they have found a gene mutation associated with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

a nurse in blue gown and bonnet stands ready by a tray of instruments, watching as surgeons work on a draped patient

Hands-On Training

Student Nurses in OR

Facing a shortage of operating room nurses, MUSC Health and the College of Nursing are giving student nurses the chance to see OR nurses in action.

Diversity in Care

LGBTQ+ Leader

Pride Month finds MUSC with new LGBTQ+ leadership and goals.

four health care workers pose on the porch of a clinic

Internal Collaboration

Global COVID

Faculty and staff at MUSC are sharing their hard-won knowledge about COVID-19 with colleagues across the globe who are fighting new waves in infections.

Inspiring Diversity

Inspiring Scientist

MUSC’s new chair of public health sciences is honored to appear on national list of inspiring Hispanic/Latinx scientists.

Dr. Chanita Hughes-Halbert, Hollings Cancer Center researcher

Addressing Disparities

Cancer Disparities Report

Dr. Chanita Hughes-Halbert took part in the virtual congressional briefing that unveiled a first-of-its-kind cancer disparities report to the nation.

MUSC care team members posing with award

Diversity Champion

News Releases

See the latest news releases from the Office of Public Affairs and Media Relations at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Excellence in the Field

News Releases

See the latest news releases from the Office of Public Affairs and Media Relations at the Medical University of South Carolina.

OneMUSC Influence Story Archive

Royal Fellow

High School Researchers

Predementia Treatment

World Lacrosse

Endowed Dental Chair

Neurology Education Center

Cancer Detector

Survivor 'Mermaids'

Controlling Relapse

Life-Changing Robotic Surgery

New Telehealth Training Course

A New Look at Autism

Cancer Survivor Turned Student

Prestigious S.C. Honor Awarded

Reducing Kids' BMI

Values in Action

SC Pediatric Burn Center

Angel Tree Parade

Designer. Maker. Dreamer.

Linking The Strands

Teen Science Ambassadors

MUSC Research Cores Day

Sabra Slaughter

National Rankings

Neuroendovascular Achievement

Foster Advocate

Nurse of the Year

Restoring Trust

Keith Smalls

The Benefits of Trees

Public Safety Stalwart

AMA President Visits

Burn Center Success

Giving Closet

Pediatric Grant

Caregiver Mental Health

Research Grants

Survivor Inspires

Pharmacy Milestone

Two percent

Global Tobacco Study

SC Innovates

Tobacco Control Award

Surgical First

Future Nurses

Novel Immunotherapy

Algorithm detects suicide risk

Medical Zebras

Student Nurses in OR

LGBTQ+ Leader

Global COVID

Inspiring Scientist

Cancer Disparities Report

News Releases

News Releases

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