In August, the Stevens Center’s interim executive director, Dr. Steven Moldin, and senior tech licensing manager, Bonnie Phan Wolfe, hosted IntelliMicro Medical Co.’s Chairman of the Board, Xiang Zhen Fei, and Golden Eye Bionics’s Director of Administration, Kate Miao to discuss future collaborations focused on the commercialization of medical devices, with current applications in the…
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Dear Colleagues, At the beginning of the new school year, it is again time for me to serenade you and your research teams. Through collaboration and innovative work, you make discoveries and develop solutions across all our campuses every day. You enable USC to be a preeminent research institution and help realize President Folt’s Moonshots. …
Six Faculty Received the Inaugural SBIR/STTR Planning Award By Tran Courtney and Jordan Locy As the first research institution in California, USC has been at the forefront of impactful research with its mission to inspire innovation and invest in faculty’s discovery to commercialization path. Conducting research opens transformative possibilities and University funding provides researchers the opportunity to…
A $12.4 million award from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is the latest round of support for USC researcher Mark Humayun. It also represents a milestone for USC researchers whose stem cell patch is under development to treat advanced dry age-related macular degeneration, which can cause blindness. By Tran Courtney and Helen Immerso A…
With support from the USC Office of Research and Innovation, CREATE has launched a new research initiative focused on Supply Chain Integration, Resilience and Trust. A specific focus is supply chain sustainability, in the sourcing and recycling of materials, components and products, as well as transition to electric vehicles. Another focus is supply chain disruptions arising…
Congratulations to our awardees! We are happy to announce the awardees for the Office of Research and Innovation (OORI) SBIR/STTR Award program. We received 7 proposal applications for which six were awarded: Professors Brian Applegate and John Oghalai (Keck): Aurisview: An OCT otoscopic system; Professor Denis Evseenko (Keck): Systemic drug candidate for multi-joint osteoarthritis and pain; Professor Mark Humayun (Keck): Automated,…
The USC Big Data in Biotransport Center has been established as a platform to generate a rich database of AI/ML/DL predictive models that can be translated clinically for early diagnostics, improved treatment and monitoring of diverse ocular disorders (e.g., AMD, glaucoma, dry eye, diabetic retinopathy). Advanced machine-learning algorithms will give physicians new tools to better care…
Sustainability is about responsibly managing and protecting Earth’s natural resources to support current and future generations. One of USC’s core values is to create a greener campus and planet, commit to making sustainability important, and integrate the core values across the University. Such as adding 205 hydration stations on all campuses and using 79% sustainably…
Congratulations to our awardee! We are happy to announce Professor Peter Mancall was awarded the Office of Research and Innovation (OORI) Humanities & Humanistic Social Sciences (HHSS) Award for his proposal “Intensive seminar in grant writing in humanities and humanistic social sciences.” The upcoming proposal submission deadline for the OORI ARPA-H award is July 10. For information…
Whether you’re new to USC or simply need a refresher, we would like to invite you to attend this year’s Navigating Research and Scholarship at USC for faculty, staff, postdocs, PhD students, and graduate students on Friday, August 18 from 9 AM to 12 PM via Zoom. We have prepared an exciting and informative program on the…