In his speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for the USC Michelson Center on October 23, 2014, Dr. Gary K. Michelson emphasized that the rewards of tomorrow require planning and action… read more →
The field of neuroscience is a remarkably attractive and rapidly advancing field, however many underlying details of brain function remain poorly understood. In 2013, a drive to unravel the remaining… read more →
The Michelson People’s Choice Award of 2015 has been awarded to ThirdEye, a company created in September 2014 that has received significant attention for its product’s ability to enhance independence… read more →
In the first quarter of 2015, there have already been a number of significant scientific publications with implications for locomotion, pain processing, and spinal cord injury. Here we review five… read more →
![Gary K. Michelson, Peter J. Hotez, Maria Bottazzi; 2015 SABIN Humanitarian Award [2015-03-25] {#0138B} (Credit: Anna Grove)](https://michelsonmedical.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-03-26-Gary-K-Michelson-Peter-Hotez-Maria-Bottazzi-2015-Sabin-Humanitarian-Award-700x300.jpg)
The SABIN Vaccine Institute is making significant, impressive progress towards improving global health. Much of this progress has been made possible by the generous financial support of Dr. Gary K.… read more →
Biotech will be the fastest growing sector of the global economy for the next 20 to 30 years. Los Angeles universities produce over 5,000 graduates in the sciences, engineering and… read more →
![Sophie Gareau and son Auguste Majkowski test the auditory brainstem implant [ABI] that will allow the child to hear](https://michelsonmedical.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/auditory-brainstem-implant-sophie-gareau-and-auguste-824x549-700x300.jpg)
In a clinical trial, backed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a multi-institutional team of hearing and communication experts led by the USC Keck School of Medicine, in association… read more →
![Neglected Diseases: The Poor Living Among The Wealthy. Credit: Blue Marble Health Map 2015 [Peter J. Hotez, Sabin Vaccine Institute]](https://michelsonmedical.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/blue-marble-health-map-2015-sabin-700x300.png)
Neglected Diseases which primarily affect poverty-stricken individuals receive a disproportionately small percentage of global health resources. Researchers like Dr Peter J. Hotez are fighting against this worrying imbalance by working… read more →
![USC Michelson Work in Progress Sign [Gary K. Michelson; 2015-01-27]](https://michelsonmedical.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/usc-michelson-wip-sign-2015-01-27-700x300.jpg)
Once available to researchers and scientists in 2017, the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience will place the University of Southern California at the forefront of the biomedical research field.… read more →
Michelson Prize and Grants awarded Harvard bioengineer David Mooney a three–year grant exceeding $700,000 to pursue development of a nonsurgical spay and neuter vaccine technology. David Mooney, PhD, a Core… read more →