The fiscal year (FY) 2016 budget request for National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General (OIG) reveals OIG’s game plan — and it is one that could result in more audits of universities and other institutions. In its request, NSF OIG said it plans to beef up staff in both its Office of Investigations
As you are probably aware, the Uniform Guidance (also referred to as A-81) went into effect on December 26, 2014. The Uniform Guidance was issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and was intended to streamline the administration and operation of federal awards while increasing the government’s oversight. The Uniform Guidance replaced eight
Promotions We are pleased to announce the following Keck faculty promotions: Our congratulations to all! Genevieve F. Dunton, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences and Psychology Dr. Dunton joined the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences in 2009. She received her PhD in psychology and social behavior from UC Irvine,
The research enterprise of the Keck School of Medicine is growing in size and complexity. To help lead our continued growth going forward, Dean Carmen A. Puliafito, MD, MBA, approved the creation of two new associate dean positions, one focused on clinical research and the other focused on basic and translational research. I am pleased
USC Research Center for Liver Diseases has been funded by NIDDK since 1995 with latest renewal through 2020. The ultimate goal is of the Center is to serve as the intellectual focal point for liver research by providing essential core services to the members and fostering collaborations and career development through technological training and scientific
The mission of the USC Proteomics Core is to make the cutting edge mass spectrometry technology available to the entire USC research community. While the core is a fee-for-service facility, it is also a research environment for multi-disciplinary research and education that utilizes mass spectrometry and other proteomics technologies to tackle complex biological and medical
Neil Kaplowitz, MD Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Liver Diseases; USC Associates/Thomas H. Brem Chair in Medicine Dr. Neil Kaplowitz is the USC Associates-Brem Professor of Medicine, Garrie-Budnick Chair in Liver Disease and chief, division of gastrointestinal and liver disease in the Department of Medicine. He is also the director of
http://uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/MolGen/ The Molecular Genomics Core (MGC) offers high-throughput analyses of genetic, epigenetic and transcriptomic variation. The MGC was created in the summer of 2009 through the merger of the DNA Core, the Microarray Core and the Genomics Core. The MGC is divided into an HSC (Health Science Campus) component and a CHLA (Children’s Hospital, Los
NextGen Sequencing has been offered through the Molecular Genomics Core in the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center for several years, but the service really took off in early 2011 with the hiring of dedicated sequencing staff, a director to oversee NextGen projects and the acquisition of a high-output sequencer from Illumina, the HiSeq 2000. Since
Christopher A. Haiman, ScDProfessor of Population and Public Health Sciences; AFLAC Chair in Cancer Research Christopher A. Haiman ScD is a professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences and the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. He came to the Keck School of Medicine of USC in 2000 as a post-doctoral
