Event: USC Orange County Distinguished Speakers Series - Dr. Mark Humayun
Date: Jan 27, 2010
Time: 7:00PM PT
Location:
USC Orange County Center,
2300 Michelson Drive, Room C
Irvine CA 92612

Contact: Karla Kraft, Esq.
(949) 450-4432

Description: Join us as we open the 2010 Orange County Distinguished Speaker Series with the first installment:

The Science and Engineering of Artificial Sight

Mark Humayun , M.D., Ph.D., professor of ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine of USC and the Doheny Eye Institute

MARK S. HUMAYUN, M.D., Ph.D., is a member of the National Academies of Medicine, Cornelius J. Pings Chair in Biomedical Sciences, and a professor at the USC Keck School of Medicine. He is the director of the National Science Foundation Biomimetic Microelectronic Systems Engineering Research Center and the director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Artificial Retina Project.

Dr. Humayun will discuss his research which focuses on the treatment of the most debilitating and challenging eye diseases through advanced engineering, ultimately giving sight to the blind.

Tickets are $15 and include light refreshments.
https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/SCA/events/SCA2239091.html

PLEASE NOTE: In the event that the USC Orange County Center parking lot is full when you arrive, overflow parking is available at the Von Karman Corporate Plaza located at 18551 Von Karman, the next driveway past the USCOCC.