Introduction

Dear Keck Colleagues,

Welcome to the Keck Research Quarterly, a new publication from the Office of Research in the Keck School of Medicine. The Quarterly is designed to give you an in-depth look at research in the Keck School to complement our weekly notices about funding opportunities in the Keck Research Funding Update, and seminars and lectures in the Keck Research Events Update.

In this inaugural issue we are proud to feature Faculty Spotlight, the first in a series of profiles on our leading researchers, this one highlighting the research and accomplishments of David Hinton, M.D., and his study of age-related macular degeneration. We are also pleased to introduce you to our first installment of Managing your Research that provides readers with practical information on preparing, submitting and managing research grants, and running a research operation in the Keck and USC environments. A section on What Faculty Need to Know provides information and advice that will help with professional development in the Keck culture and should be of particular value to new faculty members. Finally, the Keck Research Accomplishments section will highlight the many outstanding things Keck faculty members do. This quarter’s Accomplishments highlights significant awards received by faculty since 2013 and summarizes our success in garnering extramural grants in FY14.

My team and I hope you enjoy this and subsequent issues of the Keck Research Quarterly. If you have suggestions for making this publication more useful to you and your fellow faculty members, please let me know.

Tom Buchanan, M.D.
Vice Dean for Research