Research Press Release Archives
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.”
Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receive Computerworld Horizon Award for Their Globus MEDICUS Project
08/28/2007
Stephan G. Erberich, Ph.D., director of functional imaging and biomedical
informatics at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and his colleagues at the
University of Southern California and the Information Sciences Institute, have
received a Computerworld Horizon Award for their Globus MEDICUS Project (Medical
Imaging and Computing for Unified Information Sharing), according to an
announcement by IDG’s Computerworld. They were recognized for their achievement
by an independent panel of senior IT executives.
Mechanism by Which Tumors Evade Natural Killer T Cells Discovered by Research-Scientists at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
08/16/2007
Leonid S. Metelitsa, M.D., Ph.D., a physician-scientist in the Division of
Hematology-Oncology at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and assistant professor of
pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California, and his team have discovered the mechanism by which aggressive
tumors evade Natural Killer T cells (NKTs), a key subset of the immune system.
Their findings will be published in the September 2007 issue of the Journal of
Clinical Investigation
THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS, THE MCCOURT FAMILY, CITY OF HOPE AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES LAUNCH THINKCURE CANCER RESEARCH FUND
07/31/2007
The Los Angeles Dodgers, the McCourt Family, City of Hope and Childrens Hospital
Los Angeles today jointly announced the launch of ThinkCure, a non-profit
charitable organization dedicated to raising funds for critical cancer research
at these two hospitals and ultimately to finding a cure for cancer. With today’s
announcement, ThinkCure will become the official charity of the Los Angeles
Dodgers.
Reversal of Drug Resistance with Both Molecular Methods and an Investigational New Drug in Neuroblastoma Discovered by Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
07/09/2007
Nino Keshelava, M.D., and C. Patrick Reynolds, M.D., Ph.D., research-scientists
in the USC-CHLA Institute for Pediatric Clinical Research (IPCR) at Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles, along with a team of researchers, may have discovered an
approach to reverse the drug resistance in neuroblastoma, a common form of
childhood cancer. Collaborating investigators at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
include Timothy J. Triche, M.D., Ph.D., and Richard Sposto, Ph.D.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Bestows its Annual Intramural Research Grants to Facultyg
06/20/2007
A dozen graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and junior members of the
faculty at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have been honored with Annual
Intramural Research Awards, according to Donald B. Kohn, M.D., interim director
of The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and professor
of pediatrics and molecular microbiology and immunology at the Keck School of
Medicine of the University of Southern California.
Four Physician-Scientists at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receive Research Awards from The Roberta E. and May R. Wright Foundation
06/15/2007
Four physician-scientists at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital
Los Angeles have received research awards from The Robert E. and May R. Wright
Foundation, which supports the research faculty at the Keck School of Medicine
of the University of Southern California in three areas – arthritis, cancer and
heart disease.
Physician-Surgeon-Scientist at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Honored as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
06/11/2007
David Warburton, DSc, M.D., FRCP, FRCS, director of the Developmental Biology
Program and vice chair of the Department of Surgery at Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles, as well as professor of pediatrics and surgery at the Keck School of
Medicine, and professor of craniofacial biology at the School of Dentistry, both
at the University of Southern California, will travel to England next month to
accept his induction as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) honor
bestowed upon him last year for his services to surgical research.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Awarded a $2.85 Million Grant from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to Build Stem Cell Research Laboratories
06/06/2007
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has been awarded a $2, 849,866 "Shared Research
Laboratory grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
to remodel and equip laboratories dedicated to human embryonic stem cell (hESC)
research, according to an announcement today (June 5) by the 29-member
Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC), the CIRM's governing body, at
UCLA Medical Center.
Scientific Accomplishments of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Researchers Lauded During H. Russell Smith Award Dinner
05/21/2007
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles researchers Joseph A. Church, M.D. – who has
advanced the understanding of pediatric AIDS --and Vesa M. Kaartinen, Ph.D. --
who has made major discoveries in craniofacial malformations and heart defects –
were lauded as recipients of the 2006 H. Russell Smith Award from The Saban
Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles during a dinner held May 17
at the hospital.
The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles to “…Pilot…” an Undergraduate Summer Research Programs for Underrepresented Students
05/15/2007
The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles will host its
second “Bench to Bedside” Translational Science Symposium on Tuesday, May 15,
2007, according to Donald B. Kohn, M.D., interim director of The Saban Research
Institute, and professor of pediatrics, and molecular microbiology and
immunology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Researchers Identify New Mechanism of Drug Resistance in Leukemia
05/14/2007
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 at the University of Southern California, is the principal investigator
on a study that is the subject of an article published in the May 2007 issue of
the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is a Member of a Pediatric Critical Care Research Network Funded by the National Institutes of Hea
05/04/2007
Christopher Newth, M.D., a previous director and attending physician in the
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and a professor
of pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California, is a principal investigator of the new Collaborative Pediatric
Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN), which is funded by a five-year, $5
million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
(NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles to “…Pilot…” an Undergraduate Summer Research Program for Underrepresented Students
04/18/2007
The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has received a
five-year $970,000 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to fund one of four centers nationwide to “…pilot…”
the National Institute of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Short Term Education
Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP) Program, according to an
announcement by Donald B. Kohn, acting director of The Saban Research Institute
and a professor of pediatrics and molecular microbiology and immunology at the
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
Marlene G. Krammer Named Manager of Human Research Protection Program at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
03/16/2007
Marlene G. Krammer, M.A., J.D., who has been associate director for Research
Compliance at the New York University School of Medicine for the past two years,
has joined Childrens Hospital Los Angeles as manager of its Human Research
Protection Program, according to an announcement by Richard D. Cordova,
president and CEO of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Research-Scientist Receives a Stem Cell Grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine
03/16/2007
Gay M. Crooks, M.D., a research-scientist at The Saban Research Institute of
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and professor of pediatrics at the Keck School
of Medicine of the University of Southern California, will receive a four-year,
$2,551,088 grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM),
according to an announcement today (March 16) by the 29-member Independent
Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC), the CIRM’s governing board, at a press
conference at Cedars-Sinai
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Surgeon-Researcher Receives the Franklin H. Martin Faculty Research Fellowship
03/15/2007
Kasper. S. Wang, M.D., FACS, an attending surgeon in the Division of Surgery at
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and an assistant professor of surgery at the Keck
School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, has been selected
to receive the prestigious Franklin H. Martin Faculty Research Fellowship of the
American College of Surgeons, according to an announcement by Henri R. Ford,
M.D., vice president and surgeon-in-chief at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and
professor and vice chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Keck School of
Medicine.
Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receive A $250,000 Grant to Study Ewing’s Sarcoma Family of Tumors
03/09/2007
C. Patrick Reynolds, MD, PhD, director of the Developmental Therapeutics
Program at the USC-CHLA Institute for Pediatric Clinical Research at Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles, and a professor of pediatrics and pathology at the Keck
School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, will be the
principal investigator for a $250,000 grant to study the Ewing’s Sarcoma Family
of Tumors (ESFT) from the Charles and Dana Nearburg Foundation under the
auspices of the National Childhood Cancer Foundation. The grant is provided in
memory of Rett Nearburg (www.rett.org).
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives a $300,000 Grant from the California Community Foundation’s Centinela Medical Care Fund
03/02/2007
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 a professor of pediatrics at the Keck School
of Medicine of the University of Southern California, is a co-principal
investigator on a $300,000 two-year grant from the Centinela Medical Care Fund
of the California Community Foundation to support the Keck Diabetes Prevention
Initiative (KDPI).
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Research-Scientist Receives a Stem Cell Grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine
02/19/2007
Elizabeth R. Lawlor, M.D., Ph.D., a research-scientist at The Saban Research
Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and assistant professor of
pediatrics and pathology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of
Southern California, received a two-year, $675,001 grant from the California
Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), according to an announcement by
Robert N. Klein, chairman of the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee,
CIRM’s governing board.
A Research-Scientist at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives a $260,000 Grant from the American Heart Association
01/23/2007
Ching-Ling (Ellen) Lien, Ph.D., a research-scientist in the Cardiovascular
Research Program at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles and assistant professor of cardiothoracic surgery at the Keck School of
Medicine of the University of Southern California, received a $260,000,
four-year National Scientist Development Grant from the American Heart
Association.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Nurse-Researcher Receives 2006 STOP CANCER Research Career Development Award
01/17/2007
Kathleen Meeske, R.N., Ph.D., a nurse-researcher in the Hematology and Oncology
Psychosocial and Education (HOPE) program at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and
an assistant professor of pediatrics and preventive medicine at the Keck School
of Medicine of the University of Southern California, has received a 2006 STOP
CANCER Research Career Development Award.
The Division of Adolescent Medicine at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives a $212,000 Grant from The California Endowment
01/17/2007
The Division of Adolescent Medicine at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, along
with local agencies participating in the Hollywood Homeless Youth Partnership
(HHYP), will conduct a needs assessment of runaway and homeless youth in
Hollywood, with a $212,000, two-year grant from The California Endowment,
according to Susan J. Rabinovitz, R.N., MPH, associate director of the Division
of Adolescent Medicine at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
Marion Taylor Baer, PhD, RD, honored by The American Dietetic Association
12/08/2006
Marion Taylor Baer, Ph.D., R.D., director of the CHILD Center, part of the USC
University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, has been honored by the American Dietetic
Association (ADA) and named the 2006 Cooper Memorial Lecturer.
Research-Scientists at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the Viterbi School of Engineering Break the Medical Image Communication Barrier
12/01/2006
Using a new grid computing system pioneered by researchers at Childrens Hospital
Los Angeles and the Viterbi School of Engineering of the University of Southern
California, radiologists, physicians and pediatric oncologists at 40 hospitals
all over North America are now quickly and securely exchanging high-resolution
medical images.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Researcher Receives Two Prestigious Awards From the American Heart Association
10/24/2006
Judith Denise Tefft, Ph.D., a research-scientist in the Developmental Biology
Program at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles,
received two prestigious awards from the American Heart Association (AHA) at its
board meeting on Tuesday, September 26, 2006. Dr. Tefft is an assistant
professor of surgical research at the Keck School of Medicine of the University
of Southern California.
New 3D Imaging Software at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Enables Surgeons to ‘Visually Swim’ Through Patients’ Anatomy
10/13/2006
A novel 3D magnetic resonance imaging software that allows physicians using
laptop computers to “visually swim” through the anatomy of patients – and
expedite their diagnoses – was showcased this week at the Annual Clinical
Congress of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) in Chicago. The presentation
was made by Roger De Filippo, M.D., an attending urologist at Childrens Hospital
Los Angeles and an assistant professor of urology at the Keck School of Medicine
of the University of Southern California.
Researchers at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Have Identified Genes that Predict Risk of Recurrence in Children with Neuroblastoma
09/05/2006
Genes have been discovered in a common childhood solid tumor, neuroblastoma,
that can be used to dramatically improve prediction of how the tumor will
respond to treatment. Shahab Asgharzadeh, M.D., and Robert C. Seeger, M.D., and
their colleagues at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles identified 55 genes whose activity classifies children with metastatic
(widespread) neuroblastoma who have an excellent or poor chance of survival with
current therapy.
Researchers Awarded the H. Russell Smith Award at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
09/01/2006
Joseph A. Church, M.D., and Vesa M. Kaartinen, Ph.D., have been selected to
receive the H. Russell Smith Award at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles, according to Yves De Clerck, M.D., vice president of
research and director of The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles, and professor of pediatrics, biochemistry and molecular biology at the
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
Researchers at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receive Career Development Fellowship Award
08/25/2006
Researchers Janet Yoon, M.D., Nikoo Saber, Ph.D., and Stijn De Langhe, Ph.D.,
have been awarded Career Development Fellowship Awards jointly by Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles and the Department of Pediatrics, according to Yves De
Clerck, M.D., vice president of research and director of the Saban Research
Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and professor of pediatrics,
biochemistry and molecular biology at the Keck School of Medicine of the
University of Southern California.
Researcher at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receive Research Career Development Award
08/18/2006
Researcher Jacqueline Evans, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded a Research Career
Development Award by Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, according to Yves De
Clerck, M.D., vice president of research and director of The Saban Research
Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and professor of pediatrics,
biochemistry and molecular biology at the Keck School of Medicine of the
University of Southern California.
Researchers at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receive Research Career Development Awards
08/18/2006
Researchers Steve Mittelman, M.D., Ph.D., and Shahab Asgharzadeh, M.D., have
been awarded Research Career Development Awards by Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles, according to Roberta Williams, M.D., vice president of Pediatrics and
Academic Affairs at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, professor and chair of
pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California.
Research Fellows at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receive Pre-Doctoral Awards
08/18/2006
Research Fellows Nilesh Ghugre, M.S., and Dennis To, M.S., have been awarded
pre-doctoral awards to support their research, according to Yves De Clerck,
M.D., vice president of research and director of The Saban Research Institute of
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and professor of pediatrics, biochemistry and
molecular biology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California
Eight Local High School Students Complete Internships at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
08/18/2006
Eight local high school students completed paid internships at The Saban
Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2006, with each
making a power-point presentation, detailing their experiences and research, in
the six-week program.
Four Physicians at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Share the Eleventh Annual Barbara M. Korsch Award for Excellence in Medical Education
07/14/2006
Eyal Ben-Isaac, M.D., Marwa Moustafa, M.D., Nuirka Rivero, M.D. and Samuel
Yanofsky, M.D., are the joint recipients of the Eleventh Annual Barbara M.
Korsch Award for Excellence in Medical Education at Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles. The awards were presented recently during Grand Rounds at Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles.
Dr. Clinton Rubin Featured in The Saban Distinguished Lecturer Series at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
06/12/2006
Clinton T. Rubin, Ph.D., an internationally known biomechanical engineer who has
developed efficient non-pharmacological methods of enhancing bone mass using
low-grade mechanical stimulation, was featured in The Saban Distinguished
Lecturer Series at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles on Friday, June 9, 2006.
Research-Scientists at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receive a $300,000 Grant from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
02/24/2006
The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF) has awarded a three-year grant of
$300,000 to research-scientists at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles, according to principal investigator Robert C. Seeger,
M.D., director of the Pre-Pediatric Brain Tumor Institute Program at Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles and a professor of pediatrics at the Keck School of
Medicine of the University of Southern California.
Dr. Yannan Ouyang Named an Imaging Scientist at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
01/13/2006
Yannan Ouyang, Ph.D., has been named an imaging scientist at Childrens Hospital
Los Angeles, according to an announcement by Thomas D. Coates, M.D., director of
the Julian C. Dixon Cellular Imaging Core and professor of pediatrics and
pathology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California.
Dr. Carrie Fisher Named Associate Vice President of Research Compliance and Education at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
01/06/2006
Carrie Fisher, Ph.D., has been named the associate vice president of research
compliance and education at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, according to an
announcement by Walter W. Noce. Jr., chief executive officer at Childrens
Hospital. Dr. Fisher is an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Researchers Receive $9 Million Grant from National Cancer Institute
12/02/2005
Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles will receive a five-year, $9
million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore how information derived from comprehensive
analyses can be used to impact the care of cancer patients, and ultimately
improve outcomes.
Research-Scientist at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives Grant to Examine Causes of Mental Illness and Depression in Children
11/11/2005
Richard G. Boles, M.D., director of the Center for Metabolic and Mitochondrial
Disorders at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and an associate professor of
pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California, has received a $100,000 two-year grant from the National Alliance
for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) to study the causes of
mental illness and depression in children.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Scientist Named to Prestigious National Institutes of Health Panel
11/11/2005
Anat Erdreich-Epstein, M.D., Ph.D., a research-physician in the Division of
Hematology/Oncology and The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles, and an associate professor of pediatrics and pathology at the Keck
School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, has been appointed
a member of the Tumor Cell Biology Study Section of the Center for Scientific
Review at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), according to Yves De Clerck,
M.D., vice president of research at Childrens Hospital, and professor of
pediatrics, biochemistry and molecular biology at Keck.
Study Results Consistent with New American Academy of Pediatrics Policy that Supports Nonprescription Sale of Emergency Contraception To Teenagers and Young Adults
10/17/2005
Marvin Belzer, M.D., an attending physician-scientist in the Division of
Adolescent Medicine at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and an associate
professor of pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of
Southern California, is the lead author of an article, “Advance Supply of
Emergency Contraception: A Randomized Trial in Adolescent Mothers,” that was
published today (Oct. 17) in the Journal of Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology.
Chair of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine Delivers Keynote Address at the 2005 Saban Research Institute Symposium on Cell and Tissue Engineering
09/19/2005
Robert N. Klein, chairman of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
(CIRM), delivered the keynote address at the 2005 Saban Research Institute of
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Symposium on Cell and Tissue Engineering last
night in Los Angeles.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Researcher Receives Amgen Oncology Institute Award
09/16/2005
Hisham Abdel-Azim, M.D. a postdoctoral fellow at the Childrens Center for Cancer
and Blood Diseases and The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles, and a clinical instructor at the Keck School of Medicine of the
University of Southern California,
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Fellow Selected to Participate in the Annual Amsterdam School of Pediatric Oncology-MC Meeting in the Netherlands
09/16/2005
Hisham Abdel-Azim, M.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Childrens Center for
Cancer and Blood Diseases and The Saban Research Institute of Children Hospital
Los Angeles, and a clinical instructor at the Keck School of Medicine of the
University of Southern California, has been selected to present his research and
participate in the 2005 Annual Amsterdam School of Pediatric Oncology-MC Meeting
in the Netherlands.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles the Only Pediatric Institution in California to Receive a Stand-Alone Stem Cell Training Grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
09/09/2005
The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has received an
initial three-year, $2.4 million stem cell training grant from the California
Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), according to Donald B. Kohn, M.D.,
director of the Gene, Immune and Stem Cell Therapy Program at Childrens Hospital
Los Angeles, and professor of pediatrics, molecular microbiology and Immunology
at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
Researcher at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives Grant from the Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease Research
08/05/2005
Paula Cannon, Ph.D., a researcher at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles, and assistant professor of pediatrics and biochemistry and
molecular biology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California, has received a $600,000 grant from the new Pacific-Southwest
Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease
Research based at the University of California, Irvine.
National Cancer Institute Renews Grant for $10 Million to Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and 13 Other Institutions
07/15/2005
The National Cancer Institute has renewed a five-year Program Project Grant
(PPG) totaling $10 million for research-scientists at Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles and at 13 other children’s hospitals and related institutions throughout
the country. The grant will fund laboratory research at Childrens Hospital that
leads to clinical testing by the 14 institutions that have formed a consortium
called New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy (NANT).
Researcher at The Saban ResearchInstitute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives Grant from the Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefenseand Emerging Infectious Disease Research
07/08/2005
Vishal Saxena, Ph.D., a researcher in the Department of Radiology at The Saban
Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and assistant professor of
research radiology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California, has received a $517,765 grant from the new Pacific-Southwest
Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease
Research based at the University of California, Irvine.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles/USC Researchers Collaborate with Caltech Scientists to use “Trojan Horse’ Approach to Transport Gene-Silencing Nanoparticles into Tumor Cells
05/27/2005
Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the Keck School of Medicine of
the University of Southern California, in collaboration with scientists from the
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to create a novel delivery system
that transports gene silencing nanoparticles into tumor cells in mice that have
metastatic Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare and often deadly bone cancer that occurs in
children and young adults.
Researcher at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Honored by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
12/10/2004
Gay Crooks, M.B., B.S., a member of the Gene, Immunology and Stem Cell Therapy
Research Program at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and an associate professor
of pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California, has been honored with one of five prestigious Stohlman Scholar
Awards presented by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). The recipients of
the awards were announced at the Society’s annual leadership conference in
Denver in November 2004.
Symposium on Stem Cell, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
11/26/2004
A symposium entitled, “Stem Cell, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine:
Opportunities for Collaboration in the UK and California,” co-hosted by the UK
Office of Science & Technology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the Keck
School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, will be held at The
Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 3,
2004.
Researcher at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives A $540,000 Award from the Centers for Disease Control
11/19/2004
Marizen Ramirez, Ph.D., MPH, a researcher in the Community, Health Outcomes, and
Intervention Research (CHOIR) Program at the Saban Research Institute of
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, has received a
$540,000
Physician-Scientists at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles to be featured in the Journal “Blood”
09/03/2004
The December issue of the journal Blood will feature a study by
physician-scientists with The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles, according to principal investigator Punam Malik, M.D., a scientist at
The Saban Research Institute, and an assistant professor of pediatrics and
pathology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Fellow Selected to Attend Second Annual Clinical Research Training Institute
08/02/2004
Catherine E. Madigan, M.D., a fellow in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, and
the Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles, has been selected to participate in the 2004 Clinical Research Training
Institute (CRTI), sponsored by the American Society of Hematology.
Physician-Scientist at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives two Grants to Study Musculoskeletal Disorders
07/30/2004
Tishya Wren, Ph.D., a research-scientist in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
and Department of Radiology at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, has been awarded
two federal grants to study the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders in
children with cerebral palsy.
Sylvester “Sac” Carreathers Named to New Position of Administrative Director for The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
07/28/2004
Sylvester “Sac” Carreathers has been named to the newly created position of
administrative director for The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital
Los Angeles, according to Yves De Clerck, M.D., vice president of Research,
director of The Saban Research Institute, and professor of pediatrics,
biochemistry and molecular biology at the Keck School of Medicine of the
University of Southern California.
Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles to Explore Risk Factors and Biological Events Leading to Type 1 Diabetes
07/13/2004
Research-scientists at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have launched a natural
history study that will probe the risk factors and biological events leading to
type 1 diabetes, a disease in which the body’s immune system mistakenly destroys
the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. The hormone insulin is needed
to convert glucose into energy.
Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Identify One of the Pathways that Can Be Impaired, Leading to Congenital Heart Defects
07/06/2004
Congenital heart defects are among the most common birth malfunctions in
newborns and “…despite intense studies, their molecular reasons often remain
unknown,” according to Vesa Kaartinen, Ph.D., a research-scientist at The Saban
Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, whose present study
identifies one signaling pathway that is absolutely required for normal cardiac
development and, therefore, is one of the many candidate pathways to be impaired
in human subjects suffering from this type of cardiac defects.
Multi-million Dollar Grant Spurs New Efforts to Combat Diabetes
06/09/2004
The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles will begin a new initiative to identify and
address the interrelated factors that lead to obesity and diabetes in East Los
Angeles and South Los Angeles, according to an announcement made today at the
Edward Roybal Comprehensive Health Center in East Los Angeles.
Scientist at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives Grant to Research Prostate Cancer
06/07/2004
Anne T’Ang, Ph.D., a researcher in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and an assistant professor of
research pathology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California, has been awarded a hypothesis development grant to study the
development of prostate cancer by the Department of Defense (DOD) Prostate
Cancer Research Program.
Researcher at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives a Grant in Basic Radiologic Sciences
05/31/2004
Michael S. Rosol, Ph.D., a researcher in the Department of Radiology at
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and assistant professor of research radiology at
the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, has been
awarded a research grant in basic radiological sciences by the Radiological
Society of North America (RSNA) Research and Education Foundation.
National Expert in Tissue Engineering to Direct Research on Cardiothoracic Surgery at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
05/17/2004
Ivan Vesely, Ph.D., an expert in tissue engineering, has been named director of
the Cardiovascular Research Program and the H. Russell Smith Foundation Endowed
Chair in Cardiothoracic Research at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles, and professor of cardiothoracic surgery at the Keck School
of Medicine of the University of Southern California, according to Yves De
Clerck, M.D., director of The Saban Research Institute, and vice president of
research at Childrens Hospital. Dr. Vesely’s appointment follows an extensive
nationwide search.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Pioneers Special MR-Compatible Incubator to Allow High-Quality Diagnostic Imaging of Critically Ill Newborns
05/03/2004
Research-scientists at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have pioneered a magnetic
resonance (MR) compatible incubator which will allow radiologists to safely and
efficiently obtain quality diagnostic images of sick infants, according to
Stefan Bluml, Ph.D., lead author of the article, MR Imaging of Newborns by Using
MR-compatible Incubator with Integrated Radio frequency Coils: Initial
Experience,” appearing in the May 2004 issue of the journal Radiology.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Chairs National Trial to Study Best Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Youth
03/15/2004
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles will chair a nationwide multicenter study
comparing three treatments for type 2 diabetes in children and teens that was
announced today (March 15, 2004) by the National Institutes of Health.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives Two NIH Grants for Research on Cancer
03/05/2004
Yves DeClerck, M.D., vice president for research and director of The Saban
Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, has received two grants
from the National Institutes of Health to fund his research on cancer. Dr.
DeClerck is professor of pediatrics, biochemistry and molecular biology at the
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
Scientists at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Develop New Method of Tracking Engrafted Stem Cells
01/12/2004
Scientists at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
have developed a new method for studying how human bone marrow stem cells
engraft and grow in the bone marrow after they are transplanted, according to
Gay M. Crooks, M.D., the principal investigator for the Childrens Hospital
study, which was published in the November 2003 issue of the prestigious journal
Blood. Dr. Crooks also is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Keck
School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
USC and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Combine to Establish New Institute for Pediatric Clinical Research
04/12/2004
The University of Southern California and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have
received an anonymous gift of $15 million to establish the USC-CHLA Institute
for Pediatric Clinical Research at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles to conduct
research on pediatric illness and disease, with a particular emphasis on
clinical trials, according to a joint announcement by USC President Steven B.
Sample and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles President and CEO Walter W. Noce, Jr.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Physician-Scientist Receives Prestigious Elizabeth Glaser Scientist Award from the Pediatric AIDS Foundation
12/01/2003
Grace M. Aldrovandi, M.D., C.M., a physician-scientist with the Division of
Infectious Diseases at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and an associate
professor of pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of
Southern California, is one of two recipients of the 2004 Elizabeth Glaser
Scientist Award, given by the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Discover That a Drug Given to Cure Anemia in Cancer Patients, May also Cause Cancer Tumors to Grow and Thrive!
11/17/2003
Punam Malik, M.D., a physician-scientist at The Saban Research Institute of
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and an assistant professor of pediatrics and
pathology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California, is the principal investigator on the cover story, “Pediatric Tumor
Cells Express Erythropoietin and a Functional Erythropoietin Receptor that
Promotes Angiogenesis and Tumor Cell Survival,” as published in the October
issue of Laboratory Investigation.
National Institutes of Health Awards two Grants to Scientists at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
07/07/2003
The National Center for Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health
has awarded two grants totaling more than $700,000 to physician-scientists at
The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, according to
Yves DeClerck, M.D., vice president of research at Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles dedicates Internationally known Research Institute as The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
06/30/2003
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), other elected officials and special guests
joined members of the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Board of Trustees yesterday
(June 29) at the hospital to dedicate its internationally known Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles Research Institute as The Saban Research Institute of
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and the new 88,500 square-foot state-of-the-art
research laboratory facilities as the Saban Research Institute building – in
recognition of Cheryl and Haim Saban’s “…commitment to the children and families
of Los Angeles and children everywhere.”
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives a $5.8 Million NIH Grant to Study HIV Risk-Related Behaviors in Young Gay & Bisexual Men
06/27/2003
A research team at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has received a five-year, $5.8
million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National
Institutes of Health, to study HIV risk-related sexual behavior in young gay and
bisexual males. The team is led by principal investigator Michele Kipke, Ph.D.,
head of the Division of Health Outcomes and director of the Health Services and
Community Health Research Program at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and
professor of pediatrics and preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine
of the University of Southern California.
Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Discover Some Childhood Cancer Cells Attack the Body In Similar Fashion to Osteoporosis
06/15/2003
Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have discovered that neuroblastoma
cancer cells use a similar process to that responsible for osteoporosis to
invade and destroy the bone, according to an article published in the June 15,
2003 issue of Cancer Research titled, “Lytic Bone Lesions in Human Neuroblastoma
Xenograft Involve Osteoclast Recruitment and are Inhibited by Bisphosphonate.”
Glendora Resident Charles Gomer, Ph.D., of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives Honor from the University of Pennsylvania
04/21/2003
Charles J. Gomer, Ph.D., director of the Radiation Biology Cancer Research
Laboratory at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, has been selected as the John
Yuhas award recipient for 2002-2003 by the Department of Radiation Oncology at
the University of Pennsylvania.
Paper in American Journal of Medical Genetics Leads to Novel Treatments for Children
04/21/2003
Richard G. Boles, M.D., co-division head of Medical Genetics at Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles, and an assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Keck
School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, has had a paper
selected to be the lead article in the April 2003 issue of the American Journal
of Medical Genetics.
Scientists at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receive $9.1 Million Grant from the NIH
04/07/2003
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year, $9.1 million Program Project grant to
principal investigator Donald B. Kohn, M.D., and three colleagues at Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles. The title of the grant, which was effective on April 1,
2003, is Gene Therapy Using Hematopoietic Stem Cells.
New Procedure Allows Researchers to Gauge the Success of Gene Transfer
03/17/2003
The April 2003 issue of Nature Medicine will include a study by a group of
renowned researchers from the United States and Germany who employed a new
procedure – Linear Amplification-Mediated PCR (LAM-PCR) – which allowed them to
determine the effectiveness of gene transfer.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Researcher Receives “Scholar-in-Training” Award from the AACR
02/24/2003
Ondrej Kalous, M.D. a postdoctoral research fellow at the Childrens Hospital Los
Angeles Research Institute, was chosen to receive a 2003 GlaxoSmithKline
Outstanding Scholar-in-Training Award from the American Association of Cancer
Research (AACR). Dr. Kalous will receive the award at the AACR’s annual meetings
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in April.
Kenneth I. Weinberg, M.D., is the Eleventh Recipient of the H. Russell Smith Award
02/24/2003
Kenneth I. Weinberg, M.D., director of the General Clinical Research Center at
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), and Professor of Pediatrics, and
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology at the Keck School of Medicine of the
University of Southern California, was awarded the H. Russell Smith Award in a
ceremony on February 19, 2003, for his work in pediatric biomedical research,
according to Yves De Clerck, M.D., vice president of the Research Institute at
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA).
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Researcher Selected to Present Research Findings to American Association of Cancer Research
02/18/2003
The American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) has invited Sandeep Batra,
M.D., a research Fellow at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, to present his
research findings at the AACR’s annual meeting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in
April 2003.
Research Trials at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles May Offer New Hope for Pediatric Leukemia Patients
02/18/2003
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has opened two research trials to evaluate the
experimental anticancer agent clofarabine as a possible treatment for pediatric
acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). These
trials are highly unusual in that researchers at Childrens Hospital are studying
an investigational anticancer compound in children at the same time other
researchers are studying the same agent in adult leukemia.
New Hope Offered to Those with Muscular Dystrophy According to Research at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles And Children’s Hospital, Boston
09/27/2002
For the first time, researchers have been able to show that transplanted bone marrow cells can contribute to muscle cells in human beings, thus making it possible that transplantation of marrow can be used to treat muscle diseases such as muscular dystrophy, according to Kenneth I. Weinberg, M.D., director of the General Clinical Research Center at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA).
New Anti-HIV Drug Proves Safe and Effective In Reducing HIV Levels in Infected Children
08/02/2002
According to Joseph A. Church, M.D., author of an article in the July 2002 issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, a new class of antiretroviral (ARV) agents proved safe and effective in treating children infected with HIV in a clinical trial.
Researchers May Have Discovered a Way to Prevent Brain Tumors from Growing
01/04/2001
Walter E. Laug, M.D., a research scientist at The Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles (CHLA), and his colleagues may have discovered a method to prevent brain tumors from growing by denying the tumors a sufficient blood supply. These findings are published in the January 2001 issue of Neurosurgery.
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