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- USC Gerontology Faculty Listed Among Top Scientists Worldwideon January 2022
- Hormone helps prevent muscle loss in mice on high fat diets, USC study findson February 2021
- Newly Discovered Mitochondrial Mutation in the MOTS-c Region Increases the Risk of Diabetes in Japanese Menon January 2021
- Protein in mitochondria appears to regulate health and longevityon June 2020
- USC Leonard Davis School celebrates its students and supporterson October 2019
Lab Highlights
March 2019
Ana (Junior – Neuroscience Class of 2020) wins 2nd place at the DORI symposium for the poster titled “A Novel Mitochondrial Derived Peptide, MENTSH, Increases Phosphorylation of AKT Signaling Pathways in Preadipocyte Cells.”
October 2017
Kelvin Yen receives Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Award.
September 2017
Pinchas Cohen receives the DOD grant and BIG AFAR grant.
August 2017
Kelvin Yen is awarded the Hanson-Thorell Grant and the UCLA Center Grant.
March 2017
Hemal Mehta receives USC-wide staff recognition.
January 2017
Su-Jeong Kim awarded ELLISON/AFAR post-doctoral fellowship for translational research aging grant.
March 2015
Graduate student Jialin Xiao and lab manager Hemal Mehta give the best oral presentation at DORI Symposium.
Undergraduate student Travis Eurick is taken into the Student Opportunities for Academic Research (SOAR) program.
February 2015
Pinchas Cohen and Ralf Langen receive the DORI’s Pilot Award.
October 2014
Postdoctoral Associate Su-Jeong Kim awarded ELLISON/AFAR post-doctoral fellowship for translational research aging grant.
Graduate student Jialin Xiao awarded travel grant for 7th International Congress of GRS and IGF society.
May 2014
Graduate student Jialin Xiao receives the Young Investigator Award at the 2014 American Aging Association Annual Meeting.
Undergraduate Brandon Glousman receives the Discovery Scholar Award from USC for his research in the Cohen Lab.
Travis Eurick awarded the Summer Graduate Research Fellowship.
Lee appointed as tenure-track Assistant Professor at USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.
Changhan David Lee, PhD is awarded the Hanson-Thorell Family Research Award.
Kelvin Yen and Pinchas Cohen awarded ADRC Pilot Research Award.
Kelvin Yen promoted to Research Assistant Professor at USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.