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Save the Date: Tenure Track Faculty Workshop

Annual Keck HSC Workshop for tenure track faculty will be held Thursday, February 26 from 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. in Harkness Seminar Room in the CSC Building (IGM). Tenure track faculty from the Keck School of Medicine, USC School of Pharmacy and Ostrow School of Dentistry are welcome. Senior faculty with experience in appointments

Vice Dean of Research Corner: Research Data Warehouse

To strengthen the cross-institutional research relationship between USC and CHLA, the SC CTSI is leading the development and implementation of a clinical data warehouse for research. The warehouse will aggregate information on demographics, diagnoses, medications, laboratory values, and imaging results from enterprise-wide EHRs into a single repository to allow the discovery, reuse and sharing of

Vice Dean of Research Corner: Clinical Trials Management System (CTMS)

USC and CHLA have purchased the clinical trials management system, OnCore, which is being deployed across USC and CHLA. OnCore will bring together data from multiple sources to help streamline the initiation, management, and financial accounting of clinical research studies. Keck Medicine CIO Joshua Lee is leading the implementation of OnCore, including the integration of

Vice Dean of Research Corner: Enterprise-Wide Transformation of Clinical Research

Computer-based medical informatics and electronic patient records represent an enormous but largely untapped opportunity for clinical research and collaboration. USC and CHLA are implementing a comprehensive electronic infrastructure that will interact with our electronic health record (EHR) systems helping researchers to access clinical data from the EHRs for IRB-approved research. There are two main components

Keck Cores: Transgenic/Knockout Core Facility, Robert Maxson, PhD

http://uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/Transgenic/ The Transgenic/Knockout Core was established in 1993 to produce transgenic and knockout mice for USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators and to increase the use of mouse technology through education and consultation to the cancer research community. Since its inception, the core has operated under the faculty leadership of Robert Maxson, PhD and manager,

Faculty Spotlight: David R. Hinton

David R. Hinton, MD, FARVO Professor of Pathology, Neurological Surgery, Ophthalmology; Associate Dean for Vision Science; Vice Chair for Research, Exam Committee Facilitator; Director, Dean's Research Scholars Program Dr. David Hinton’s research is focused on developing novel therapies for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) – the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the elderly.

Keck Faculty Awards and Distinctions: January 2013 – July 2014

One of the Keck School of Medicine’s many strengths is the outstanding achievements of our faculty. Click here to view Keck Faculty Awards and Distinctions. ACADEMY & SOCIETY FELLOWS ROBERT ADLER Professor of Pediatrics, CHLA Fellow – American Pediatric Society CYNTHIA BIR Professor of Research, Emergency Medicine Fellow – American Institute for Medical and Biological