Neuroscience, heart meetings draw USC scientists, physicians
Matters of the Heart...
About 3,000 scientists from around the world presented abstracts of their work at the 68th annual Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, earlier this week (Nov. 13 - 16) in Anaheim.
Among them were these dozen experts from USC, covering topics ranging from angioplasty and hypertension, to basic research in cardiopulmonary development:
Anthony Chandraratna, Spencer Danto, Uri Elkayam, David Faxon, Sameh Gadallah, David Kawanishi, Dieter Kramsch;
Also:
Onkar Marwah, Koonlawee Nademanee, Henry Sucov, Konstantinos Vlachonassios and Yibin Zhang.
...and Mind
Also this week, the Society for Neuroscience-the largest professional organization for scientists studying anything to do with the nervous system- had its 25th annual meeting in San Diego.
A number of USC scientists were in attendance, sharing the results of their work on such subjects as Lou Gehrig's disease, neuroreceptors and epilepsy.
Included among the principal investigators whose laboratories' contributed to various poster sessions at the meeting were:
Roberta Brinton, Michael Cullen, Scott Grafton, and Steven Schreiber.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education mentioned USC’s $6 billion fundraising campaign. The story noted that USC had already raised $1 billion in a “quiet phase,” including the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College.
The Guardian (U.K.) highlighted two major gifts to USC in a list of the 10 biggest philanthropic benefactors in America. The list included the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College, and the $110 million gift from USC Trustee and USC Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and wife Julie to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program.
The New York Times featured the USC U.S.-China Institute documentary “Assignment: China — The Week that Changed the World.” The documentary, part of a series, examines media coverage of the 1972 Nixon trip that reshaped U.S.-China relations after a quarter century of isolation and hostility. “People look back now and take it for granted that the outcome was preordained,” said the institute’s Mike Chinoy, who produced the documentary. Voice of America also featured the story.
Los Angeles Times featured the Oscar Senti-meter, a tool developed by the USC Annenberg School, Los Angeles Times and IBM that analyzes thousands of tweets about the Academy Awards nominees. The story noted that Mexican actor Demian Bechir received an enormous boost on Twitter the day of the nominations, with a total of 6,893 tweets mentioning him, a 47-fold increase from the day before. The story noted the tool uses language-recognition technology developed in collaboration with USC Viterbi School’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab.
The Times of India (India) featured a three-day medical emergency training workshop organized in association with USC. At the workshop, held at GCS Medical College in India, 50 doctors and more than 100 paramedics learned how to improve emergency support systems. William Mallon of the Keck School of USC said that discussion topics included the use of portable ultrasonic devices to scan patients. “The ultrasound applications help physicians make accurate and timely decisions,” he noted. Daily News & Analysis (India) also featured the workshop.
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