Caryn Lerman: Congratulations to Dr. George Yaghmour for being named the Greater Los Angeles 2024 Team Member of the Year
“Congratulations to Dr. George Yaghmour, member of the USC Norris Translational and Clinical Sciences Program, for being named the Greater Los Angeles 2024 Team Member of the Year by the The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. We also extend our heartfelt congratulations to his team, Sparkle Strong, for winning the 2024 Visionaries of the Year award. Their remarkable achievement of raising over $205,000 supports blood cancer patients, promotes health care equity, and underscores their unwavering commitment to making a positive impact in the fight against blood cancer.”
Dr. Caryn Lerman, Director of USC Norris and the H. Leslie and Elaine S. Hoffman Professor in Cancer Research, is renowned for her work in cancer prevention. Her approach merges neuroscience, pharmacology, genetics, and behavioral science.
Notably, she generated the initial empirical data on genetic testing outcomes for cancer susceptibility. Lerman’s research sheds light on the genetic causes of cancer risk behaviors.
Her studies led to the first prospective stratified pharmacogenomic trial for tobacco dependence, revolutionizing precision medicine in tobacco addiction treatment.