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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 9ll09. TELEPHONE (213) 354-5011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Officials of the Department of Medicine of the University
of Southern California and Caltech's JPL have signed an agreement
to initiate cooperative biomedical research.
Under terms of the five-year agreement, JPL will offer
USC investigators appointments as research affiliates and use of
Laboratory facilities. In turn, USC will offer JPL investigators
faculty or research appointments and clinical opportunities at
the USC School of Medicine.
Collaborations between JPL and USC in medical research
have existed for more than a decade, but the new agreement estab-
lishes a formal relationship in developing new tasks and in
seeking federal, industrial and philanthropic funding for clinical,
space medical and other research projects.
Continuing tasks for USC at JPL include the development
of computerized image enhancement systems for cardiovascular
research and the study of atherosclerotic disease.
The agreement was jointly developed by Douglas O'Handley,
Ph.D., manager of JPL's Biomedical Research program, and by
David H. Blankenhorn, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Director
of Atherosclerosis Research at USC. The agreement was signed
at JPL on May 25, l982, by Laboratory Director Dr. Bruce C. Murray
Allen W. Mathies, Jr. M.D., Dean of the USC School of Medicine,
îand Joseph Van Der Meulen, vice president of Health Affairs at
USC School of Medicine.
#995
5/26/82MBM