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Title IX trailblazer Jean Chen Shih
Jean Chen Shih’s areas of expertise include brain development, autism spectrum disorder and repurposing antidepressants for brain cancer and prostate cancer. (Photo/Courtesy of the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Pioneering pharmacy professor learned early to work hard and help others

TITLE IX: For almost five decades at USC, Jean Chen Shih has excelled at research and in teaching. She says the groundbreaking legislation is as important now as it was 50 years ago.

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Taiwan MOU signing ceremony
C.J. Liu, education counselor with the Taiwan Ministry of Education, bottom left, and C. L. Max Nikias sign a memorandum of understanding for a program that will bring top Taiwanese scientists to USC. USC Trustee John Mork, top left, and Taiwan Political Deputy Minister Tsai Ching-Hwa attended the ceremony. (USC Photo/Eric Abelev)

Top scientists from Taiwan will train at USC through new program

The agreement with the Taiwan Ministry of Education establishes the first co-funded program for Taiwanese postdoctoral fellows to study at USC.