Ben Figueroa Named Associate Vice President for Research Administration
04/14/2008
Ben Figueroa, director of research administration and director of science, technology, engineering and math education at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), has been named associate vice president for research administration at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, effective today (April 14, 2008), according to an announcement by Yves De Clerck, M.D., director of The Saban Research Institute and vice president of research at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and professor of pediatrics, biochemistry and molecular biology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Physician-Scientist Introduces ExtendBar® to Southern California at Ralph's, Albertson's and Walgreens Retail Outlets
3/31/2008
Francine R. Kaufman, M.D., director of the Comprehensive Childhood Diabetes Center and head of the Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and professor of pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine and professor of communications at the Annenberg School of Communications of the University of Southern California, launched ExtendBar® into Southern California retail outlets at Albertson's, Ralph's and Walgreens in their locations throughout Southern California.
Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Discover Possible Connection Between Changes in Brain Wiring and Predisposition to Obesity
1/31/2008
Research-scientists at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have discovered a link between predispositions to obesity and formation of brain connections that likely impact weight regulation and appetite later in life. The research was conducted in the Neuroscience Program of The Saban Research Institute. Results of this study will be reported in the February 6, 2008 issue of the journal Cell Metabolism.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Researchers Find That the Family Structure Affects Children with Asthma
1/18/2008
Alex Y. Chen, M.D., MSHS, a researcher in the Division of Research on Children, Youth and Families at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and assistant professor of pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, is the principal investigator on an article entitled, “The Family Structure and the Treatment of Childhood Asthma,” to be published in the February 2008 issue of the journal Medical Care.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives a $475,000 Grant from The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation
1/14/2008
Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have received a $475,000 grant from The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation to launch an innovative and collaborative research initiative to study the role of stem cells in Philadelphia Chromosome Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Ph+ALL).
Las Madrinas Establishes a $5 Million Endowment at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles to Fund Autism Research
12/03/2007
Michele Kipke, Ph.D., director of the Community, Health Outcomes, and
Intervention Research Program at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and professor of
pediatrics and preventative medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of the
University of Southern California, is the lead investigator for The Las Madrinas
Endowment for Autism Research, Interventions and Outcomes.
Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles andthe University of Southern California Receive a $600,000 Three-Year Translational Grant from the V Foundation
11/07/2007
Markus Müschen, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Leukemia Research Program at The
Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and director of the
Leukemia and Lymphoma Program at the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and
Hospital of the University of Southern California, is the principal investigator
on a $600,000, three-year Translational Research Grant from the V Foundation for
Cancer Research.
Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Present Findings at The Society for Neuroscience’s Annual Meeting
11/05/2007
Sebastien G. Bouret, Ph.D., a research-scientist at The Saban Research
Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, presented the findings of his
study, “Impact of Neonatal Nutrition on Development of Brain Metabolic Circuits
in Mice,” yesterday (Nov. 4, 2007) at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience in San Diego.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and The Saban Children’s Hospital in Israel Launch an International Exchange Program
09/07/2007
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and The Saban Children’s Hospital at the Soroka
University Medical Center, located in Be’er Sheva, Israel, have established a
partnership to improve children’s healthcare worldwide.
Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles May Have Discovered A Drug to Reverse Drug Resistance in Childhood Leukemia
09/04/2007
Min H. Kang, Pharm.D., director of the Leukemia Preclinical Testing Laboratory
of the USC-CHLA Institute for Pediatric Clinical Research at Childrens Hospital
Los Angeles, and her colleagues, have collaborated with scientists in Sydney,
Australia, in publishing a study published in the September 15, 2007, issue of
the journal Blood entitled, “Activity of Vincristine, L-ASP, and Dexamethasone
against accute lymphoblastic leukemia is enhanced by the BH3-mimetic ABT-737 in
vitro and in vivo.”
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