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 in Cutaneous Melanoma

Núria Pastor-Soler (Medicine)
Novel Pathways for Detection and Inhibition of Kidney Cancer Metastasis

Mary Yamashita (Radiology)
Emerging Tools in the Detection of Breast Cancer: Comparison of Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography with Digital Breast Tomosynthesis to Conventional Imaging Techniques Including Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and 2D Mammography with or without Targeted Ultrasound

Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation

Jon-Paul Pepper (Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine)
Treatment of neuromuscular atrophy via transplantation of human stem cell-derived motor neurons

Min Yu (Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine)
Molecular characterization of metastatic breast cancer stem cells with tissue tropism

Kevin S. King (Radiology)
Cerebrovascular reactivity as an early predictor of brain hypoperfusion, microvascular injury, and cognitive decline