Newswise — LOS ANGELES – Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) proudly announces that seven members of its faculty are among Thomson Reuter’s list of Highly Cited Researchers. Researchers who make the list have produced scientific papers that are among the most foundational discoveries in their fields. The seven Keck School-affiliated scientists on this year’s list are:
• Paul Aisen, MD, professor of neurology; founding director of the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI)
• Steve Kay, PhD, provost professor of neurology, biomedical engineering and biological sciences
• Huaiyu Mi, PhD, associate professor of research, division of bioinformatics
• Paul Thomas, PhD, associate professor of preventive medicine
• Paul Thompson, PhD, professor of neurology, director of ENIGMA research consortium
• Arthur Toga, PhD, provost professor of ophthalmology; director of the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute.
• Berislav Zlokovic, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of physiology and biophysics; director of the Zilkja Neurogenetic Institute (ZNI)
"This acknowledgement of the Keck School of Medicine’s excellence in research is particularly significant as this research is vital to new disease and treatment discoveries, which ultimately give our patients – and patients around the world –hope for improved outcomes and cures for disease," said Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, dean of the Keck School of Medicine and director of the USC Roski Eye Institute. "It is a testament to the Keck School’s growing prominence as a research-intensive academic medical center and I am delighted for my colleagues who have made this important list."
Thomson Reuters generates an annual Highly Cited Researchers list by first determining the most influential scientific papers based on the number of times that study is cited in a different paper. The authors of these papers are named, and the number of citations attributed to each author are counted to determine who is cited most frequently and how many scientists should be on the lists in each discipline. This year there are 3,000 authors across 21 different scientific fields.
Four other members of USC faculty were also named this year from other disciplines within the university: Raymond Stevens, PhD, provost professor of biological sciences and chemistry; Valery Fokin, PhD, professor of chemistry; Vadim Cherezov, PhD, professor of chemistry and professor of physics and astronomy; and Seva Katritch, PhD, assistant professor of biological sciences.
The full list is available at http://hcr.stateofinnovation.thomsonreuters.com.
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ABOUT THE KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USCFounded in 1885, the Keck School of Medicine of USC is among the nation’s leaders in innovative patient care, scientific discovery, education, and community service. It is part of Keck Medicine of USC, the University of Southern California's medical enterprise, one of only two university-owned academic medical centers in the Los Angeles area. This includes the Keck Medical Center of USC, composed of the Keck Hospital of USC and the USC Norris Cancer Hospital. The two world-class, USC-owned hospitals are staffed by more than 500 physicians who are faculty at the Keck School. The school today has more than 1,500 full-time faculty members and voluntary faculty of more than 2,400 physicians. These faculty direct the education of approximately 700 medical students and 1,000 students pursuing graduate and post-graduate degrees. The school trains more than 900 resident physicians in more than 50 specialty or subspecialty programs and is the largest educator of physicians practicing in Southern California. Together, the school's faculty and residents serve more than 1.5 million patients each year at Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, as well as USC-affiliated hospitals Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center. Keck School faculty also conduct research and teach at several research centers and institutes, including the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine at USC, the USC Cardiovascular Thoracic Institute, the USC Roski Eye Institute and the USC Institute of Urology.
In 2016, U.S. News & World Report ranked Keck School of Medicine among the Top 40 medical schools in the country.
For more information, go to keck.usc.edu.
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