{"id":190,"date":"2026-02-13T12:28:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/phast-ddc\/?page_id=190"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T06:49:07","slug":"collaborations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/phast-ddc\/collaborations\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--editorial-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/phast-ddc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/500\/2026\/02\/Kay_Steve-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/phast-ddc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/500\/2026\/02\/Kay_Steve-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Steve A. Kay, PhD\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>University and Provost Professor of Neurology, Biomedical Engineering and Biological Sciences, Director of Convergent Bioscience,<br \/>\nCo-Director of the USC Norris Center for Cancer Drug Development<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/faculty-search\/steve-kay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Details\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffcc00; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em;\">\u2794<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kaylab.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Lab Website <span style=\"background-color: #ffcc00; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em;\">\u2794<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/phast-ddc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/500\/2026\/02\/Dou_Yali-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/phast-ddc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/500\/2026\/02\/Dou_Yali-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Yali Dou, PhD\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Professor of Medicine<br \/>\n<span id=\"othpos\">Marion and Harry Keiper Chair in Cancer Research<br \/>\nCo-Director of the Ph.D. Program in Molecular Medicine<br \/>\nCo-Director of the USC Norris Brown Center for Cancer Drug Development<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/faculty-search\/yali-dou\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Details\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffcc00; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em;\">\u2794<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/phast-ddc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/500\/2026\/02\/Fokin_Valery-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/phast-ddc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/500\/2026\/02\/Fokin_Valery-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Valery Fokin, PhD\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Professor of Chemistry<\/p>\n<h3><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/faculty\/valery-fokin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Details\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffcc00; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em;\">\u2794<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/phast-ddc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/500\/2026\/02\/Finley_Stacey-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/phast-ddc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/500\/2026\/02\/Finley_Stacey-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Stacey D. Finley, PhD\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Nicole A. and Thuan Q. Pham Professor and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and Quantitative and Computational Biology<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/viterbi.usc.edu\/directory\/faculty\/Finley\/Stacey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Details\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffcc00; padding-left: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em;\">\u2794<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/phast-ddc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/500\/2026\/02\/McKenna_Charles-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/phast-ddc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/500\/2026\/02\/McKenna_Charles-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Charles E. McKenna, PhD\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Professor of Chemistry &amp; Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences,<br \/>\nDirector of Center for New Technologies in Drug Discovery and Development,<br \/>\nInaugural University Member, Lawrence J. 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