Former USC Intern Fights for Cleaner Air

By: Meghan Lewit

November 19, 2009 7:28 AM

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• Otana Jakpor leads a training seminaron community demographic mapping for USC faculty and staff.

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.

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  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.

• Richard Bergman Honored by Columbia University 11/16/09

  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.

• Sykes Gift Sets New Endowed Faculty Chair 11/11/09

  A $1 million gift from the Sykes family has established the first endowed faculty chair within the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy.

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• Study Links Children's Sites to Air Pollution 11/04/09

  Research produced by Summer Undergraduate Research Fund students has won a top honor from the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers.

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• KNOWME Wins Body Computing Slam Prize 11/04/09

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• Samet Addresses International Health Concerns 11/02/09

  Jonathan Samet reached an international audience with messages about global health during two sessions at USC’s 2009 Global Conference in Taiwan.

• Agency Grants $16M for Stem Cell Research 10/28/09

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• Grant to Examine Late-Life Oral Health 10/26/09

  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.

• New Cancer Research Center to be Based at USC 10/26/09

  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.

• Newton Takes Part in Cancer Research 10/26/09

  Paul K. Newton, a USC specialist in applied mathematics, will participate in a new physics oncology center, working with scientists at the Scripps Research Institute and other institutions.

• Chen Named Co-Chair of Safety Group 10/23/09

  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.

• Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact 10/14/09

  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.

• Lasting Legacy of the H1N1 Flu of 1918 09/30/09

  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.

• USC to Generate Data for Cancer Genome 09/30/09

  The USC Epigenome Center has been awarded a $10.4 million National Cancer Institute grant that is expected to pave the way for more effective treatment and diagnosis for cancer patients.