Main USC news site published by the University Public Relations office. http://uscnews.usc.edu/ en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:28:53 -0800 Fifteen-year-old Otana Jakpor’s essay on how she spent her time with USC would include leading demonstrations on how to map demographic data and conducting research on diesel emissions from locomotives and other rail yard equipment. The high school senior recently interned at the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center directed]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/former_usc_intern_fights_for_cleaner_air.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/former_usc_intern_fights_for_cleaner_air.html#15564 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:13:53 -0800 D. Brent Polk has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and chair of pediatrics and vice president of academic affairs at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, effective April 1, 2010. A distinguished researcher and clinician, Polk will serve as professor of]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/d_brent_polk_to_lead_pediatrics_programs.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/d_brent_polk_to_lead_pediatrics_programs.html#15553 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:03:06 -0800 USC professor Richard Bergman has been honored with the Naomi Berrie Award from Columbia University Medical Center for his achievements in research on type 2 diabetes. Designed to promote and recognize outstanding accomplishments in the field of diabetes research, the award gives Bergman $100,000 to support a two-year research fellowship]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/richard_bergman_honored_by_columbia_university.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/richard_bergman_honored_by_columbia_university.html#15447 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:10:06 -0800 A $1 million gift from the Sykes family has established the first endowed faculty chair within the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy at the USC School of Dentistry. Linda Fetters, professor and director of the division’s Developmental Motor Performance Laboratory, has been named the inaugural holder of the]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/sykes_gift_sets_new_endowed_faculty_chair.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/sykes_gift_sets_new_endowed_faculty_chair.html#15408 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:00:30 -0800 Heavy traffic corridors in the cities of Long Beach and Riverside are responsible for a significant proportion of preventable childhood asthma, and the true impact of air pollution and ship emissions on the disease has likely been underestimated, according to researchers at USC. The study, which appears in an online]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/pollutions_impact_may_be_underestimated.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/pollutions_impact_may_be_underestimated.html#15266 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:04:10 -0800 A team led by associate professor Donna Spruijt-Metz won co-honors with USC Viterbi School of Engineering faculty at the USC Body Computing Slam. The event was a competition of presentations held the day before the annual USC Body Computing Conference 3.0, which took place in mid-October on the University Park]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/knowme_wins_body_computing_slam_prize.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/knowme_wins_body_computing_slam_prize.html#15256 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:07:46 -0800 Research produced by Summer Undergraduate Research Fund students has won a top honor from the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. Competing against more than a dozen universities, the geography students took home the association’s President’s Award for Outstanding Student Poster Presentation. The project examined the exposure of children attending schools]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/study_links_children_to_air_pollution.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/study_links_children_to_air_pollution.html#15243 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:44 -0800 Jonathan Samet, holder of the Flora L. Thornton Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, reached an international audience with messages about global health during two sessions at USC’s 2009 Global Conference in Taiwan. Held in Taipei on Oct. 29-31, the sold-out]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/samet_addresses_international_health_concerns.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/samet_addresses_international_health_concerns.html#15227 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:02:34 -0800 Physician-researchers at USC received a nearly $16 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to fund the development of a stem cell-based treatment for age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among the elderly. Mark Humayun, professor of ophthalmology, cell and neurobiology, and biomedical]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/agency_grants_16m_for_stem_cell_research.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/agency_grants_16m_for_stem_cell_research.html#15154 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:58:20 -0800 Jung Ki Kim, research assistant professor at the USC Davis School of Gerontology, has received a $448,061 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant to examine oral health and healthy aging. Her research will build on evidence that a high rate of early-age oral health problems such as tooth decay, tooth]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/grant_to_examine_late-life_oral_health.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/grant_to_examine_late-life_oral_health.html#15058 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:55:27 -0800 USC has been selected to establish a $16 million cancer research center as part of a new strategy against the disease by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and its National Cancer Institute. The five-year award will create a National Cancer Institute Physical Science-Oncology Center based at USC and involving]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/university/new_cancer_research_center_to_be_based_at_usc.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/university/new_cancer_research_center_to_be_based_at_usc.html#15046 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:50:00 -0800 Paul K. Newton, a USC specialist in applied mathematics, will participate in the new Physical Science-Oncology Center based at USC, working with scientists at the Scripps Research Institute and other institutions. Newton will be collaborating with scientists at the newly established physics-oncology center at the La Jolla-based Scripps Institute, one]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/newton_takes_part_in_cancer_research.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/newton_takes_part_in_cancer_research.html#15051 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:46:01 -0800 USC School of Pharmacy associate professor Steven Chen has been appointed co-chair of the Health Resources and Services Administration Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Collaborative 2.0, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Chen, a strong proponent of the need for clinical pharmacy services in clinics that]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/chen_named_co-chair_of_safety_group.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/chen_named_co-chair_of_safety_group.html#14998 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:43:47 -0800 Live demonstrations of devices that do everything from helping physicians connect with each other on patient care issues to showing people how stressful situations affect their own hearts were highlights of the Body Computing 3.0 conference on Oct. 9. “This year was different because we had real products to show,”]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/science_fiction_becomes_science_fact.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/science_fiction_becomes_science_fact.html#14557 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:15:34 -0800 People exposed to a H1N1 strain of influenza A while in utero were significantly more likely to have cardiovascular disease later in life, according to a new study published in the Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. “Our point is that during pregnancy, even mild sickness from flu]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/fetal_exposure_to_h1n1_flu_of_1918.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/fetal_exposure_to_h1n1_flu_of_1918.html#13989