UCLA researchers receive grant from Prostate Cancer Foundation
The team is part of a multi-institutional group that was awarded $10 million to develop a new treatment.
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Aparna Bhaduri receives career development award for brain cancer research
The assistant professor was honored with the 2022 Distinguished Scientist Award from the Sontag Foundation.
Fernando Torres-Gil honored by American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
Torres-Gil, the director of the Center for Policy Research on Aging at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, was elected as a 2023 fellow.
Stephen Acabado receives grant for work with Indigenous communities in Asia
The director of director of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies is an expert in decolonization of knowledge.
Steven Wallace posthumously honored by Journal of Aging and Health
The journal has published a special edition as a tribute to the work of the late Fielding School professor.
Maureen Russell and Helen Rees honored with public service award
The archivist and professor at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music were recognized by the Society for Ethnomusicology.
Prineha Narang named 2023 U.S. Science Envoy
The physical sciences professor will help initiate new partnerships with countries that are building quantum programs.
Kristopher Kersey receives international fellowship
The art history assistant professor will continue his research into Japanese art at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
Jessica Schwartz honored with ethnographic writing book prize
The associate professor’s book, which explores Marshallese music, was recognized by the Society for Humanistic Anthropology.
Dr. Olujimi Ajijola receives science diversity leadership award
The associate professor was awarded $1.15 million from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to help boost diversity in science and medicine.
UCLA Nursing honored for commitment to diversity and inclusion
The winner of the Health Professions HEED award is the only nursing school in the state to receive year’s honor.
Staff news: Chief information officer Lucy Avetisyan wins award
The associate vice chancellor was recognized for her role in leading the information technology strategy at UCLA.
Richard Jackson receives National Academy of Medicine award
The Fielding School professor emeritus was honored for his work in the environmental health sciences field.
Victor Agadjanian awarded $2.7 million from NIH for research on aging
The five-year study will look at older women’s health and well-being in Mozambique.
History professors on New Yorker’s best books of 2022 list
Kelly Lytle Hernández and David Myers were recognized for their respective books about the magonistas and a Hasidic village in New York.
Cindy Yee-Bradbury receives Society for Psychophysiological Research’s highest honor
The Society for Psychophysiological Research fosters research at the intersection of the psychological and physiological aspects of human behavior.
Device developed by Dr. Abbas Ardehali could improve results for patients undergoing ECMO
The dual lumen cannula he invented helps increase oxygen delivery for people with lung failure.
Fielding School program receives $3 million from the CDC
The UCLA Public Health Scholars Training Program introduces a diverse group of undergraduates to the field.
An Yin receives Penrose Medal from Geological Society of America
The professor was honored for his work in helping understand how planetary lithospheres form and deform.
Four physicists elevated to American Physical Society fellows
Wes Campbell, Per Kraus, Smadar Naoz and Ni Ni were honored for their contributions in applying physics to science and technology.
Physicist wins award to support quantum information science research
Wesley Campbell will receive $1.25 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to develop customized molecule fragments.
Fielding School awarded federal grant to support graduate students
Yifang Zhu, a professor of environmental health sciences, will be the principal investigator of the $1.5 million grant.
Staff news: Postdoctoral scholar receives young investigator award
The Prostate Cancer Foundation award will support Roni Haas’ search for genetic clues to predict prostate cancer aggressiveness.
Akihiro Nishi’s research to be funded by National Science Foundation grant
The Fielding School assistant professor of epidemiology will serve as co-principal investigator on a pandemic preparedness project.
Dentistry professor recognized by American Academy of Pediatrics
Dr. Francisco Ramos-Gomez received an award for his contributions to the advancement of pediatric oral health.