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Keck Faculty Awards and Distinctions: February to May 2016

NATIONAL AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS CHENG-MING CHUONG Professor of Pathology Albert M. Kligman/Phillip Frost Leadership Lecture Award – Society for Investigative Journalism AMIR GOLDKORN Associate Professor of Medicine Chair Elect, Western Section – American Federation for Medical Research JAE JUNG Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology Outstanding Investigator Award – National Cancer Institute ANDREW MCMAHON

Rigor and Transparency in the Conduct of Research at USC: Spring 2016

Randy Hall, PhD, USC Vice President of Research, provides an important report produced by the University Research Committee and endorsed by the Academic Senate on Rigor and Transparency in the conduct of research at USC. Through the recommendations of the Academic Senate, USC aims to create an innovative institutional framework to raise the quality and

Faculty Spotlight: Helena Chang Chui, MD

Helena Chang Chui, MDRaymond and Betty McCarron Professor ofNeurology and GerontologyChair, Department of NeurologyDirector, Alzheimer Disease Research Center Helena Chang Chui received her MD from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed her residency in neurology and fellowship in behavioral neurology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She is the

Grants Management Training for Staff: Winter 2016

GRANTS MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR STAFF The Department of Contracts and Grants is proud to announce the launch of the new Grants Management Training for Staff program. The Grants Management Training for Staff program has been revamped and placed inside of Trojan Learn, USC’s online learning platform. The two-course program is mandatory for all staff seeking

Research Dean’s Corner: CTO Updates, I2B2, K Awards

New Home for the USC Clinical Trials Office On January 1, 2016, the USC Clinical Trials Office (CTO) moved into the Keck School of Medicine. The School is committed to providing efficient, transparent and user-friendly service to investigators and research teams conducting clinical trials and other studies that require health system resources at USC. To

Keck Research Accomplishments: November 2015 – January 2016

ACADEMY & SOCIETY FELLOWS ERIC CHANG Professor of Radiation Oncology Fellow – American Society of Radiation Oncologists DAN STRAM Professor of Preventive Medicine Fellow – American Association for the Advancement of Science INTERNATIONAL AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS QI-LONG YING Associate Professor of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine McEwen Award for Innovation – International Society for

Lab Safety: Lab Inspections and Safety Training

The USC Department of Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) will be conducting laboratory safety inspections starting this month. They could arrive at your laboratory without warning! To help you better prepare for this visit, please go to the USC EH&S links below and review the list of items they will be checking for in your

Keck Cores: The Hastings Foundation and Wright Foundation Laboratories

The Hastings Foundation and Wright Foundation Laboratories are a university-wide state-of-the-art facility located on the USC Health Sciences Campus. The laboratories serve basic and clinical scientists seeking to study emerging infectious diseases and ongoing public health agents in the fields of molecular biology, pathology, immunology and marine biology. Since the laboratories went live in February