The National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has awarded $21.3 million for the renewal of the South Carolina IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (SC INBRE) to support biomedical research and infrastructure in South Carolina. The award will fund the program for five years as of September 1, 2026.
Kimberly R. Smith, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience at the Floyd School of Medicine, received funding from The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for her Research Project entitled: "The Role of Salivary Proteins in Modulating Taste Perception in Humans."
Dr. Meera Narasimhan, professor and chair in the Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Kay and C. Edward Floyd, M.D. School of Medicine, received the Order of the Palmetto from Governor Henry McMaster on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at the South Carolina State House.
Dr. Colin Evans, assistant professor for the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, received a Notice of Award from the NIH NHLBI and NIH NIGMS for his Research Project entitled: "Inhibiting Endothelial Apoptosis in Sepsis-Induced Lung Injury." The award will run from 2026 to 2030 and totals over $2.75 million in funding.
Michael Pitre, a fourth-year student in the Accelerated Undergraduate to M.D. program, was recently awarded the NIH OxCam Scholarship. This prestigious award, valued at nearly $500,000, will fund a portion of Pitre’s medical school tuition at the University of South Carolina Kay and C. Edward Floyd, M.D., School of Medicine. It will also fund a Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge and at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Durham, North Carolina.
Medical advances in antiretroviral therapy mean that people with HIV are living longer, healthier lives with fewer symptoms. Since she arrived at the Arnold School as a postdoctoral fellow in 2018, health promotion, education, and behavior assistant professor Xueying Yang has been working to help people with HIV make the most of their longer lifespans by developing clinical and psychosocial understanding as well as improved treatment for this vulnerable population.
Students from the University of South Carolina Kay and C. Edward Floyd, M.D. School of Medicine earned six awards across multiple competition categories, including a sweep of the Basic Medical Sciences division. The Floyd School of Medicine captured all three top honors in the Basic Medical Sciences category, underscoring the strength of the school's commitment to foundational biomedical research.
Kevin J. Bennett is a professor in the department of Family and Preventive Medicine in USC’s Floyd School of Medicine and director of the Center for Rural & Primary Healthcare. He writes this story for The Conversation on how an influx of cash would help stabilize rural health systems, but the program’s focus on technology might leave other major issues unaddressed.
The University of South Carolina has named Dr. Jamie P. Dwyer dean of the University of South Carolina Kay and C. Edward Floyd, M.D. School of Medicine.
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia is now officially named in honor of the late longtime trustee and surgeon Dr. Edward “Eddie” Floyd and his wife, Kay Floyd.
Stephanie Wilczynski's path into the field of research began with a question. As an undergraduate student at Boston University on a pre-med track, an experience during an internship as a patient care coordinator she found herself drawn less to clinical outcomes and more to the mechanisms behind them.
When you ask a fourth-year medical student about navigating the twists and turns of their final year of school, they might mention residency interviews, their clinical rotations, anxious nerves about the upcoming match day and perhaps some sleepless nights along the way. For School of Medicine Columbia students Gannett and Caroline Loftis, sleepless nights are also joined by diaper changes, feeding schedules and "tummy time", as the couple welcomed their first child just before Christmas.
In the controlled chaos of an operating room, where every second matters, there is a moment before every procedure when trust is quietly exchanged between a patient and their care team. For future Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Cassidy Lindler, that moment is everything.
At just eight years old, Jennifer Kidane experienced a moment that would shape the rest of her life.
For many deaf individuals navigating education, employment, and healthcare systems, the barriers they face are not due to ability, but access. For Aileen Welch, a student in the Counseling and Rehabilitation program at the School of Medicine Columbia, that reality is all too real and is the foundation of her career ambitions.
Clay County, Kentucky is a small Appalachian community that for decades has faced economic hardship, elevated cancer rates and lingering effects of the opioid epidemic. A traditional coal mining community where the median income is among the lowest in the United States, access to general health care can be limited and specialized services often require hours of travel. Ashton Farmer, a native daughter of Clay County and School of Medicine Columbia Genetic Counseling student, hopes to change that narrative.
Medical students at the School of Medicine Columbia participated in an interactive and fun Match Day event on March 20, at the Columbia Museum of Art's Boyd Plaza in the heart of downtown Columbia
The University of South Carolina marked a major milestone in providing South Carolinians with specialized cognitive care at a ribbon cutting for its Brain Health Center on the university’s Health Sciences Campus on Wednesday (March 18).
Some people choose a major and know exactly what they want their career to be even before they enter college. Others like to leave the door open to unexpected opportunities that will eventually bring clarity. Christina Jones, a licensed counselor for Student Health and Well-Being, places herself in the latter camp.
In a lab at School of Medicine Columbia's Instrumentation Resource Facility (IRF), three machines are quietly positioning the University at the forefront of biomedical innovation.
The School of Medicine Columbia's medical education program achieved an important milestone for the first time in school history this past December, when the program's Class of 2027 earned a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 exam.
Fifty years on, School of Medicine faculty member Jim Augustine continues to lay a foundation of knowledge.
Members of the South Carolina Center for Rural & Primary Healthcare set out to develop and validate a hierarchical algorithm for assigning prenatal care (PNC) encounters using claims data while ensuring continuity of care.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in South Carolina, and rates are rising among younger adults and communities facing the greatest health disparities. During February's American Heart Month, University of South Carolina faculty experts are available to provide insight into the science, clinical care and social factors shaping heart health today — from prevention and early warning signs to new treatments and health equity.
Researchers find rare intestinal parasite could affect 1 in 20 South Carolinians