Month: August 2014
Eisenberg Lab: Medical Team performs auditory brainstem implant surgery on child.
A Los Angeles team of scientists and surgeons from Keck Medicine of USC, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Huntington Medical Research Institutes (HMRI) reported that sound registered in the brain of a deaf Canadian boyfor the first time after doctors activated a hearing device that had been surgically implanted in his brainstem. Auguste Majkowski, 3,…Continue Reading Eisenberg Lab: Medical Team performs auditory brainstem implant surgery on child.
Newly established USC-Taiwan Center for Translational Research
USC-Taiwan center for translational research Center supported by Trustee Daniel Tsai. Founding Director: Dr. Jean Chen Shih. The USC School of Pharmacy has established of a center for translational research that will take advantage of our internationally-recognized research and facilities to develop a strategic relationship with Taiwan involving exchange of trainees, research and experience. The focus…Continue Reading Newly established USC-Taiwan Center for Translational Research
Hanselwandter, Dickman Earn Sloan Fellowship
Christoph Haselwandter of physics and astronomy, and Dion Dickman of neuroscience are recognized by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as researchers who push boundaries. By Robert Perkins February 20, 2014 Selected as research fellows for 2014 by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, USC Dornsife faculty members Christoph Haselwandter (left) and Dion Dickman are…Continue Reading Hanselwandter, Dickman Earn Sloan Fellowship