Ellison Medical Institute to Cut 88 Jobs in Los Angeles, Permanent Layoffs Effective Jan. 3, 2027
The Ellison Medical Institute, located in the city of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California, has filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) with the California Employment Development Department (EDD), planning permanent layoffs of 88 employees effective January 3, 2027.
According to the WARN report published by the EDD, the filing company is Ellison Institute, LLC, doing business as the Ellison Medical Institute. The notice is dated November 4, 2026, and was processed by the department on November 5. The layoffs are permanent and cover the institute's site at 12414 Exposition Boulevard in Los Angeles, near the Metro Expo/Bundy station; the listed industry is professional, scientific, and technical services. California's WARN law requires employers to give at least 60 days' notice before a mass layoff.
Established in 2016, the Ellison Medical Institute is a medical research and development center with innovation labs for super intelligence (SI) and molecular analytics, a preventive medicine and cancer clinic, and cross-disciplinary research laboratories. According to the Los Angeles Times, the institute was originally created through a $200 million gift from Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison to the University of Southern California, as the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC, and later separated from the university. Its founding CEO is oncologist David Agus.
The institute has not publicly disclosed the reason for the layoffs. U.S. media outlets have sought comment from the institute and have not yet received a response.
(Source: California Employment Development Department)
Source: California Employment Development Department
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 甲骨文联合创始人 Larry Ellison 2025年1月在白宫出席活动（资料图），白宫，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons
