{"id":21,"date":"2023-08-28T20:53:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T20:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:05:52","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper has-horizontal-nav\">\n\n          <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/\" >Catherine and Joseph Aresty Department of Urology<\/a>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n        \n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title has-stripe\">\n\n    \n      <h1>Research<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n              <\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--link eyebrow-link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n\n<a\n  class=\"link \"\n  href=\"https:\/\/www.keckmedicine.org\/services\/urology\/\"\n  target=\"_blank\"  >\n        Are you a patient?\n    <\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n      \n              <div class=\"horizontal-nav\">\n                      <div class=\"horizontal-menu-container\">\n              <button class=\"expand-menu\">\n                                  In This Section\n                                <svg class=\"menu\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\"\n                  y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                  <path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" d=\"M4,23h3v3H4V23z M4,16h3v3H4V16z M10,23\n                  h21v3H10V23z M10,16h21v3H10V16z M10,9h21v3H10V9z M4,9h3v3H4V9z\"\/>\n                <\/svg>\n\n                <svg class=\"close\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"\n                  viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                  <polygon fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" points=\"26,10.4 24.6,9 17.5,16.1 10.4,9 9,10.4 16.1,17.5\n                  9,24.6 10.4,26 17.5,18.9 24.6,26 26,24.6 18.9,17.5 \"\/>\n                <\/svg>\n              <\/button>\n\n              <nav\n  class=\"mc--menu mc--\"\n  >\n  <ul class=\"m--menu m--\">\n    \n    \n      <li class=\"has-submenu menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-6 menu-item-has-children\">\n      <div class=\"link-arrow-wrapper\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/\" >Urology<\/a>\n\n      <button class=\"expand-children has-submenu arrow-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Display Submenu for Urology\">\n        <svg height=\"35\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" width=\"35\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n          <path d=\"m17.5 20.2142857 6.2142857-6.2142857 1.2857143 1.2857143-7.5 7.5-7.5-7.5 1.2857143-1.2857143z\" fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n        <\/svg>\n      <\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"submenus-wrapper\">\n      <div class=\"submenus-wrapper-inner\">\n        <ul class=\"submenu\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                      <li class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-229\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/inclusive-excellence\/\" >Inclusive Excellence<\/a>\n  \n  \n<\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n<\/li>\n\n    \n      <li class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-29\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/research\/\" >Research<\/a>\n  \n  \n<\/li>\n\n    \n      <li class=\"has-submenu menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-30 menu-item-has-children\">\n      <div class=\"link-arrow-wrapper\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/training-education\/\" >Training &amp; 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World Report (2018-2025), this NIH recognition for research excellence attests to the all-around stature of our team,\u201d said Inderbir Gill, MD, Chair and Distinguished Professor of Urology, Shirley and Donald Skinner Chair in Urologic Cancer Surgery and associate dean for clinical innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/09\/current-research-768x768.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/09\/current-research-1280x1280.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/09\/current-research-768x768.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                alt=\"A doctor in a research laboratory\"\n\n        \n                \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--quote \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--quote\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n\n  <div class=\"quote-container\">\n\n    <div class=\"left\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description quote\">\n\n    \n  <p>We attribute this research success to USC Urology\u2019s inherently innovative mindset, which is strongly rooted in clinical-translational excellence. Our focus is on advancing the science, thereby improving the outcomes and lives of our patients<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n              <div class=\"attribution\">\n          Distinguished Professor Inderbir Gill, MD\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/08\/Inderbir-Gill-e1693256500502.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                alt=\"Inderbir Gill, MD\"\n\n        \n                \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>\u201cMore specifically, this ranking reflects our scientific innovations in epigenetics, robotic simulation, and stem cell &amp; regenerative medicine, as well as our deep collaborations with inspiring colleagues in translational genomics, single cell genomics, drug development for novel therapeutic targets, and engineering &amp; AI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The department includes four full-time Ph.D. basic scientists and four medical oncologists who have active laboratory programs focused on various aspects of urologic oncology. Each has a dedicated fully-equipped laboratory with technical staff support. The laboratories are located in either the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center or the adjacent Harlyne J. Norris Research Tower.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to individual laboratory equipment, the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center has 12 laboratory cores with technical staff and equipment available to cancer center laboratories. These include DNA sequencing, genomics, microarrays, cell culture, cell and tissue imaging, small animal imaging, pharmacoanalytical core, transgenic mouse modeling, translational pathology, biostatistics and informatics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title has-stripe\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Clinical Research\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description description-medium\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Innovation, discovery and game-changing urologic patient care are at the forefront of clinical research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the basic science facilities, the Catherine and Joseph Aresty Department of Urology also maintains three mature clinical databases for oncology patients treated with cystectomy, radical prostatectomy and partial or total nephrectomy at USC since 1981 and is actively developing a similar testis cancer database. Each of these databases has between 1000-4500 patients, and there is full-time trained staff responsible for chart abstracting, follow-up and management of the databases. These databases are IRB-approved, fully searchable and integrated with pathologic tumor banks of available frozen and fixed tissue and blood samples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/12\/Urology-Outcomes-12.19.17_285-768x768.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/12\/Urology-Outcomes-12.19.17_285-1280x1280.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/12\/Urology-Outcomes-12.19.17_285-768x768.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                alt=\"Doctors in surgery\"\n\n        \n                \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 class=\"line\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Clinical Research Activities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Inderbir Gill, MD, MCh:<\/strong>\u00a0 Minimally invasive techniques in management of genitourinary cancers. Needle biopsy of small renal mass: radiologic, histologic and cytogenetic and molecular correlates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sia Daneshmand, MD<\/strong>:\u00a0 Outcomes in multidisciplinary management of testis cancer and bladder cancer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anne Schuckman, MD:<\/strong>\u00a0 Outcomes in squamous cell cancer of the penis with tissue correlates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jacek Pinski, MD, PhD:<\/strong>\u00a0 LHRH receptor polymorphisms and response to androgen-deprivation therapy in prostate cancer patients.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mitchell Gross, MD, PhD:<\/strong>\u00a0 Microtubule-targeted therapy for high-risk localized prostate cancer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"line\" style=\"text-align: center;\">National\/International Trials (Partial List)<\/h2>\n<p>The GU Oncology team at USC is involved in numerous national and international clinical trials and registries. The following is a partial list of some of the dozens of trials offered.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\">\n<li><strong>Sia Daneshmand<\/strong>:\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>SWOG S1011- A Phase III Surgical Trial to Evaluate the Benefit of a Standard Versus an Extended Pelvic Lymphadenectomy Performed at Time of Radical Cystectomy for Muscle Invasive Urothelial Cancer.<\/li>\n<li>SWOG S1314- SWOG S1314- A Randomized Phase III Study Of Co-Expression Extrapolation (Coxen) with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Localized, Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer- Study Co-Chair<\/li>\n<li>4B-13-1 Cysview\u00ae Blue Light Cystoscopy Registry<\/li>\n<li>4B-13-4 Evaluation of the UroVysion\u2122 Test in Predicting Recurrence and\/or Progression of Disease in Patients Receiving initial BCG for Primary High Grade Ta-T1 and CIS Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title has-stripe\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Basic Science Research\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description description-medium\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>The department prioritizes and is committed bench to bedside urology research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The department&#8217;s basic research activities are directed by Gangning Liang, PhD. All of the faculty members below have indicated their willingness to have urologic oncology fellows in their labs. Past fellows have worked in the laboratories of Drs. Jones, and Pinski, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/09\/basic-research-768x768.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/09\/basic-research-1280x1280.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/urology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/09\/basic-research-768x768.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                alt=\"Gangning Liang, PhD\"\n\n        \n                \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Intramural Basic Science Research Activities (Partial List)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gangning Liang, PhD:<\/strong> Epigenetic Alterations in Pre-malignant Tissue of the Bladder; Determining the mechanistic and therapeutic roles of microRNAs in bladder cancer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jacek Pinski, MD, PhD: \u00a0(medical oncology):<\/strong>\u00a0 Comparison of Neuroendocrine (NE) Cell Differentiation of Normal Prostates between Ethnic Groups (DOD PC 051 259)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amir Goldkorn, MD (medical oncology):<\/strong> Telomerase as a therapeutic target and as a predictive biomarker in GU malignancies, specifically in tumor sub-populations (cancer stem cells, circulating tumor cells)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Parkash Gill, MD (medical oncology):<\/strong>\u00a0 Regulation of angiogenesis in bladder cancer; Eph4B expression in bladder and prostate cancer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mitchell Gross, MD, PhD (medical oncology):<\/strong>\u00a0 Circulating markers to predict docetaxel-response in CRPC; Proteomic Approach to Understand Therapeutic Response to Cancer Treatments<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vicky Cortessis, PhD<\/strong> <strong>(Environmental, genetic, and molecular epidemiology):<\/strong> etiology of testis cancer and related conditions (cryptorchidism, hypospadias, sub-fertility) and bladder cancer; determinants of recurrence, late effects and resistance of these malignancies to systemic therapy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gangning Liang, PhD:<\/strong> Epigenetic Alterations in Pre-malignant Tissue of the Bladder; Determining the mechanistic and therapeutic roles of microRNAs in bladder cancer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jacek Pinski, MD, PhD: \u00a0(medical oncology):<\/strong>\u00a0 Comparison of Neuroendocrine (NE) Cell Differentiation of Normal Prostates between Ethnic Groups (DOD PC 051 259)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amir Goldkorn, MD (medical oncology):<\/strong> Telomerase as a therapeutic target and as a predictive biomarker in GU malignancies, specifically in tumor sub-populations (cancer stem cells, circulating tumor cells)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Parkash Gill, MD (medical oncology):<\/strong>\u00a0 Regulation of angiogenesis in bladder cancer; Eph4B expression in bladder and prostate cancer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mitchell Gross, MD, PhD (medical oncology):<\/strong>\u00a0 Circulating markers to predict docetaxel-response in CRPC; 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