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May 22, 2013
 
 
 
INTD 500: Responsible Conduct of Research

The Keck School of Medicine of USC is pleased to again offer INTD 500: Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR). This one-week course satisfies NIH RCR training requirements and is open to all staff, postdoctoral fellows, masters and graduate students conducting research. All PIBBS graduate students must complete and pass INTD 500 prior to advancing to candidacy. Postdoctoral fellows and masters students auditing the course will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course.

To register, use the following codes.
June 17th-21st : 40680
June 24th-28th : 40690

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RESEARCH EVENTS & SEMINARS
Wednesday, May 22
Research Ethics Forum
Drawing on Willowbrook

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Aresty Conference Room LG/503-504

Drawing on Willowbrook, an award-winning film recently released by several USC School of Cinematic Arts graduates explores "the ethical and humanistic issues raised in an especially powerful and poignant way" (New York Times, March 7, 2013), we will examine the forces that tempt "well-meaning scientists . . . to use individuals as a means to an end" and whether the ethical issues presented in the film are relics of the past or still arise today in research at academic medical centers, like the Keck School of Medicine of USC

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Friday, May 24
BIOSTASTISTICS & BIOINFORMATICS RESOURCES (BBR)
Southern California CTSI BBR Presents: REDCap Database Solutions Work Shop

9:30 AM-3:30 PM

At UPC SGM 718

Do you have a clinical study planned or in the process?
? Do you need to make your case report forms consistent and easy to enter in a database?

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Friday, May 24
Center for Applied Molecular Medicine - USC Physical Sciences in Oncology Center Monthly Seminar Series
"Tracking Immune Biomarkers and the Human Gut Microbiome: Inflammation, Crohn's Disease, and Colon Cancer"

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Hastings Auditorium (HMR), Lobby 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033

Larry Smarr,PhD, Harry E. Gruber Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego
Founding Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology

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Tuesday, May 28
Cancer Center Grand Rounds - Canceled
12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Aresty Auditorium



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Wednesday, May 29
"Breast Cancer Care: What do you need to know?"
USC Physicians discuss health topics you care about.

6:30 PM-8:00 PM

University Club of Pasadena, 175 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena 91101

For more information and to RSVP, log on to usc.edu/esvp (code: HEALTHMATTERS5) or call 323-442-2830.

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Thursday, May 30
Diabetes & Obesity Research Institute (DORI) Seminar Series
Portal-Mesenteric Glucose Sensing in Hypoglycemic Counterregulation

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

HARKNESS AUDITORIUM HSC - Clinical Sciences Building, 2nd Floor 2250 Alcazar Street, Los Angeles, CA

Casey Donovan, PhD, Professor & Section Head, Human & Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, will be presenting.


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Monday, June 03
Keck School of Medicine of USC Research Seminar Series
"Adipocytes are Active Participants in Leukemia Progression and Drug Resistance"

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Aresty Auditorium, Harlyne J. Norris Research Tower (NRT)

Steven D. Mittelman, MD, PhD, Associate Professor with Tenure of Pediatrics and Physiology & Biophysics, Assistant Director, MD/PhD Program, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. Dr. Thomas Buchanan will introduce the speaker.



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Monday, June 03
Keck School of Medicine of USC Research Seminar Series
"Adipocytes are Active Participants in Leukemia Progression and Drug Resistance"

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Norris Research Towers Aresty Auditorium

Steven D. Mittelman, MD, PhD, Associate Professor with Tenure of Pediatrics and Physiology & Biophysics, Assistant Director, MD/PhD Program,Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California


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Friday, June 14
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
"Air Pollution, Lipid Peroxidation and Atherosclerosis"

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

2001 N. Soto St, Los Angeles, Ca SSB 116

Jesus Araujo, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Environmental Cardiology University of California, Los Angeles,


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Monday, July 15
Clinical & Transnational Research Workshop
Grant & Clinical Protocol Development

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

UCLA Westwood

This is an intensive workshop in clinical study design,grants, protocol, and transnational research. The curriculum is designed to update the knowledge base for clinical research and clinical protocol development. The workshop will also promote collaborative interactions between clinicians, transnational researchers, and biostaticians. Students will be expected to work on their own clinical protocols and grants throughout both weeks.

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Monday, July 22
Clinical & Transnational Research Workshop
Grant & Clinical Protocol Development

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

This is an intensive workshop in clinical study design, grants, protocol,and transnational research. The curriculum is designed to update the knowledge base for clinical research and clinical protocol development. The workshop will also promote collaborative interactions between clinicians, transnational researchers, and biostaticians. Students will be expected to work on their own clinical protocols and grants throughout both weeks.

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