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A Children’s Hospital Los Angeles team is studying COVID-19’s potential impact on beta cells and developing an algorithm to predict risk for long COVID.

Samuels Family Latino and African American High School Internship Program (LA-HIP) provides students in underrepresented communities with hands-on lab experience and college prep.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles dedicates annual research symposium events to childhood obesity as a driver of chronic lifetime health issues including diabetes, heart disease and liver disease.

Students worked with mentors on oncology research projects, presented their work and bonded with one another through career development and social activities.

PhD student and Graduate Research Assistant Siqi Tao is investigating the impacts of electronic cigarette usage on cardiac health.

Dr. Joy Gibson is researching how to optimize the use of antibiotics and other strategies to manage infections in patients with cystic fibrosis.

Dr. Sedrakyan is studying interventions to address the mechanisms behind Alport syndrome, a genetic condition that can lead to kidney disease.

The Summer Oncology Research Fellowship (SORF) at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and USC encourages medical students from around the nation to pursue research.

Ingrid Lekk, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow exploring why some sarcoma cells metastasize—and how they ‘choose’ where to go in the body.