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Faculty Spotlight: Jae U. Jung

Jae U. Jung, PhD Distinguished Professor Fletcher Jones Foundation Professor Hastings Foundation Professor Chair, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Director, USC Institute of Emerging Pathogens Dr. Jae U. Jung is an expert in the molecular biology of cancer-causing herpesviruses and emerging pathogens as they relate to cell biology, biochemistry and immunology. His

Keck Research Accomplishments: July – October 2015

HIDEKAZU TSUKAMOTO Professor of Pathology Fellow, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases BERISLAV ZLOKOVIC Professor of Physiology and Biophysics Fellow, European Academy of Sciences INTERNATIONAL AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS JON SAMET Professor of Preventive Medicine 2015-2017 Treasurer, International Papillomavirus Society NATIONAL AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS RUSSELL BRYNES Professor of Pathology 2015 Israel Davidsohn Award for

Lab Safety: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) must be worn by students, employees and visitors entering areas with known or potential exposure(s) to hazardous materials. Supervisors are required to ensure PPE use according to these standards. PPE includes lab coats, eye protection, gloves, face shields, etc. The Office of Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) provides guidance on

Research Dean’s Corner: Collaborations

Have you ever wondered what research is being conducted in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences that might be important to your own research program? Or whom you should contact for a specific question about a research method or a collaboration? To answer those questions and more, the Keck School and the Dornsife

Keck Research Accomplishments: Internal Keck Grant Competitions

KSOM faculty members competed for special Keck grant competitions. Recent awards went to: Wright Foundation Pinghui Feng (USC Norris) Targeting IKKepsilon to Boost T Cell Antitumor Immunity Against Melanoma Parveen Garg (Medicine) Noninvasive Coronary Endothelial Function Assessment using Arterial Spin Labeling Kevin King (Radiology) Pilot Translational Study of Sonazoid-Enhanced Ultrasonography for Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping

Keck Research Accomplishments and Notable Publications: April 2015 – July 2015

ACADEMY & SOCIETY FELLOWS DAVID BARON Professor of Psychiatry Distinguished Life Fellow – American Psychiatric Association LAURIE DELEVE Professor of Medicine Fellow – American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases JOHN LOUIE GO Assistant Professor of Radiology and Otolaryngology Fellow – American College of Radiology NEIL KAPLOWITZ Professor of Medicine Fellow – American Association

Managing Your Research: Funding Opportunities

Are you currently looking for funding opportunities? For a listing of current extramural and intramural funding opportunities, please visit: http://cafe.usc.edu/KeckNewsletter/funding.html USC Office of Research has implemented a new simpler portal for submission of internal research proposals (http://uscapplicationportal.weebly.com/) including both external proposals that are institutionally limited and internal funding programs, such as Zumberge and the Collaboration

Managing Your Research: E-Tools for Clinical Research

USC Health Sciences Profiles is an expertise discovery and research collaboration tool. http://profiles.sc-ctsi.org/search/ The Clinical Studies Directory features more than 300 active clinical studies at USC. The current site is in English; the front pages are also available in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. http://clinicaltrials.keckmedicine.org/ The Research Training Finder is designed to help researchers, staff members

Managing Your Research: NIH Data Sharing – Policy Snapshot

The NIH’s new Genomic Data Sharing Policy, issued on August 27, 2014, has gone into effect, beginning with grant applications submitted for the January 25, 2015 due date. Applicants are expected to state in the cover letter when a proposed study will generate large-scale human and/or nonhuman genomic data, and include a genomic data sharing