Research News
- Sheltering Homeless Saves Money, Study Says Placing four chronically homeless people into permanent supportive housing in Los Angeles resulted in more than $80,000 per year in savings to taxpayers and improved quality of life for the individuals. Read More
- USC Faculty to Help Paramount School District A multidisciplinary collaboration aims to transform middle school science and math education in the Paramount Unified School District by harnessing the expertise of USC faculty. Read More
- Former USC Intern Fights for Cleaner Air Otana Jakpor’s essay on how she spent her time with USC would include leading demonstrations on how to map demographic data and conducting research on diesel emissions from locomotives and other rail yard equipment. Read More
- D. Brent Polk to Lead Pediatrics Programs D. Brent Polk has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and chair of pediatrics and vice president of academic affairs at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, effective April 1, 2010. Read More
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Events & Announcements
- Molecular Imaging: Modalities, Methods, and Utility December 09, 2009Workshop led by Hossein Jadvar, this workshop will identify new research opportunities and techniques. It will detail the resources available at USC to foster imaging studies and ways to develop collaborative relationships to advance imaging research. It will survey various funding sources and assess elements of successful proposals for imaging-related awards in clinical and translational sciences. More Details
Beyond the Stimulus: Assessing Your Federal Research Outlook for 2010
Seminar to prepare faculty to connect their research goals with anticipated federal research trends in 2010 as the Obama Administration begins to establish and expand programs in its priority areas and the agencies finish distributing the funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.For a full description click here.
Announcements
CER Workshops: The Fall 2009 catalog of Center for Excellence in Research workshops for faculty development is available for download.Visit Site
Proposal Review Service: The Office of Research Advancement offers a peer-to-peer proposal review service for applications to external funding agencies. Investigators should notify the office roughly 4 weeks in advance of the proposal due date. Faculty who wish to utilize this service, or volunteer to serve as a mentor, should contact Justin Pearlman at pearlman@usc.edu.
The Guide for Research at USC, developed by the Office of Compliance and the Office of Research Advancement,has been distributed as ready reference on university processes for: proposal submission, account establishment, research management, closeout, and research education. Visit Site
Featured Research Initiative
Clinical and Translational Health Sciences
This Initiative promotes the translation of medical knowledge developed in the laboratory to clinical research, and in the application of that knowledge to the treatment of human patients. Visit Site
Highlighted Research Center
Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems
This National Science Foundation-funded Engineering Research Center, based at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, is advancing the science and engineering of new biomimetic microelectronic systems and developing technology to treat such conditions as blindness and paralysis. Visit Site
Research Channel
A series of informational video programs highlighting research events from USC with a special emphasis on faculty and staff interviews and presentations. Visit Site
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