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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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Dr. Jennifer Raymond and her team will work to recruit participants from underrepresented communities for a research study exploring how Type 1 diabetes affects the developing brain.