Center. He was also an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is presently a Professor of Medicine and Engineering at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and is the CEO and Founding Director of the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine. Agus chairs the Global Agenda Council (GAC) on Genetics for the World Economic Forum, and speaks regularly at TEDMED, the Aspen Ideas Festival and the World Economic Forum. Agus's research has focused on the use of technology to model cancer and on new treatments for cancer. He has published many scientific articles. Additional work and affiliations He is a member of several scientific and medical societies, including the Council on Foreign Relations, American Association for Cancer Research, American College of Physicians, American Society of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Agus became a contributor for CBS News in 2013 and appears regularly on CBS This Morning and other CBS News platforms. Agus' first book, The End of Illness, was published in 2012 is a New York Times best seller and international best seller and was the subject of a PBS series. His most recent books A Short Guide to a Long Life and The Lucky Years: How to Thrive in the Brave New World of Health are also New York Times and international bestsellers. He has founded and co-founded several companies including Oncology.com, Navigenics (a personalized medicine company), Applied Proteomics (together with Danny Hillis), Sensei (wellness and lifestyle company, together with Larry Ellison), Sensei Agriculture (an agriculture data and technology company together with Larry Ellison), and Project Ronin (a clinical intelligence company together with Larry Ellison). In 2021, Agus and the Ellison Institute launched Global Health Security Consortium, a joint global effort with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and Sir John Bell and a team of scientists at the University of Oxford, focused on finding ways to track and treat COVID-19 and prevent future pandemics. Awards Agus has received many honors and awards, including the Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2017), American Cancer Society Physician Research Award, a Clinical Scholar Award from the Sloan-Kettering Institute, a CaP CURE Young Investigator Award and the American Society of Clinical Oncology Fellowship Award, the HealthNetwork Foundation's Excellence Award, and the 2009 Geoffrey Beene Foundation's Rock Stars of Science, as seen in GQ. In 2009, he was selected