Programs in Biomedical & Biological Sciences (PIBBS) provides the education, the mentoring and the navigation during the first year of a USC doctoral degree.
Congratulations are in order . . . again! John D. Carpten, PhD, professor and chair of translational genomics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been elected for a second time to the American Association for Cancer Research (@AACR) board of directors.
Introducing this month's Student Spotlight, Libere Ndacayisaba! Libere is a part of the Medical Biophysics program in PIBBS. Learn about his first year at PIBBS, Dissertation, and Extracurriculars in Part One of the Spotlight!
.@POTUS has announced the US Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot Initiative will run for two more years with the new goal to decrease cancer deaths by 50% in the next 25 years. ๐๐ https://t.co/whXk3XZ5wL
Thank you to the Epstein Family Foundation for their generous donation to @UCSanDiego & @KeckMedUSC for the advancement of Alzheimer's Research!
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Television Journalist Ann Curry will deliver this year's commencement address for the class of 2022!
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Today @POTUS and @FLOTUS called together a team of experts โ including two @USC#cancer scientists โ to reignite a national research effort, #CancerMoonshot with the aim of reducing the national death rate from the disease by 50% over the next 25 years. https://t.co/37TglTl7Ou
We would like to congratulate Dr. Kuhn and Dr. Carpten for this extraordinary achievement! They will be working on Biden's Cancer Moonshot initiative which aims "to accelerate scientific discovery in cancer, foster greater collaboration, and improve the sharing of data."
Introducing this monthโs Student Spotlight: Ben Weekley! Weekley is a 4th year Cancer Biology & Genomics Student. Fight On, Ben โ๏ธ!
The rest of his spotlight can be found on our Instagram, @uscpibbs.