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Three USC Viterbi Professors Named 2024 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Francisco Valero-Cuevas, Wei Wu and Theo Tsotsis, professors in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, have been named 2024 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The award recognizes “academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of

2024-12-26T12:02:36-08:00December 16th, 2024|

From Blood Tests to Brain Scans: How AI is Revolutionizing Alzheimer’s Research

Today is World Alzheimer's Day. There are more than 55 million people globally with Alzheimer’s disease. Fifty-five million that are struggling to remember. With advanced technology, there has been new hope in the fight against a devastating disease. Enter AI, a technology that famously struggles to forget. What if it could remember hundreds of thousands of

2024-09-26T12:43:43-07:00September 21st, 2024|

11 USC Researchers Named National Academy of Inventors Senior Members

Congratulations to the 11 USC researchers named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors, a nonprofit member organization that encourages inventors in higher education! Election as an NAI senior member recognizes remarkable innovation producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society. The honor also represents growing success

2024-02-29T08:05:03-08:00February 27th, 2024|

Mark S. Humayun

Dr. Humayun has devoted much of his career to clinical and scientific research in ophthalmology and bioengineering, becoming both a biomedical engineer and professor of ophthalmology.

2021-10-26T20:45:52-07:00October 26th, 2021|

Doris Sung

Doris Sung brings active systems to sustainable design far beyond the simple "greening" of a building.

2021-10-26T20:51:05-07:00November 25th, 2020|

Peter Kuhn

Peter Kuhn is a scientist, educator and entrepreneur with a career long commitment in personalized medicine and individualized patient care. He is focused on the redesign of cancer care.

2020-11-25T19:01:24-08:00November 25th, 2020|

Ellis Fan-Chuin Meng

Ellis Meng holds the Shelly and Ofer Nemirovsky Chair in Convergent Bioscience at the Viterbi School of Engineering.

2020-11-25T19:52:03-08:00November 24th, 2020|