Congratulations to Fred Sattler, Steve Mittelman, and Ralf Langen & Pinchas Cohen for winning the DORI’s 2nd pilot proposal submission! Fred is from the Department of Medicine and his proposal is entitled “PET/CT Scanning and PBMC Phenotyping to Non-invasively Identify and Quantify Deep Abdominal Fat Inflammation in Obesity: A target for pre-emptive therapy to prevent serious cardiometabolic complications.” Steve is from Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Saban Research Institute and his proposal is entitled “Role of Natuarl Killer Cells in the Development of Diet Induced Obesity.” Ralf is from the Biochemistry and Molecular Department and Pinchas is from the Gerontology Department. Their proposal is entitled “A Novel, Anti-Diabetic, Protein-Aggregation Inhibitory Role for the Mitochondrial-Peptide Humanin.”
USC and CHLA win $24.5 million NIH grant to establish center aimed at improving Latino health across Southern California
BY Leigh Hopper OCTOBER 13, 2021 The Southern California Center for Chronic Health Disparities in Latino Families and Children will focus on reversing obesity and obesity-related chronic
