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TranslateCovid.org is an effort by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and Asian American Studies Center to help vulnerable communities.

Amita Sehgal, a neuroscientist at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, won the award honoring excellence in basic science research.

The gift will advance research being led by professors Anne Rimoin and Grace Aldrovandi.

UCLA psychology professor Vickie Mays is working with members of Congress to improve data collection around the pandemic.

The award from the National Cancer Institute will fund a series of collaborative research projects over five years at UCLA.

The blood cells, part of the body's first line of defense against infection, have been notoriously difficult to genetically engineer.

A study in zebrafish identified how air pollutants contribute to the buildup of toxic proteins associated with the disease.

UCLA and five other Los Angeles medical centers launch a public service campaign.

The program, called SuEIR, takes into account the number of cases categorized as susceptible, unreported, exposed, infectious and recovered.

Half of apartment dwellers in the city say they have been exposed to unwanted secondhand smoke in their homes in the last year.

Thousands of individuals across the state will be trained in public health techniques and strategies, including contact tracing and case investigation.

The gift will support research aimed at understanding the SARS-CoV2 virus, developing methods to detect infection and creating therapies to treat infection.

The Hollywood power couple connected with public health professor Anne Rimoin after she appeared on an MSNBC program.

By repurposing drugs originally intended for other uses, scientists are pushing forward the fight against cancer.

The pandemic has highlighted our existing health disparities. Good data can prevent them from widening, says UCLA’s Ninez Ponce.

Families continue to demand aggressive medical treatment for loved ones, even when they know it isn't likely to help.

“We hope our method could be used in the future to prepare treatments that can be performed at the patient’s bedside,” said UCLA’s Paul Weiss.

This first offering of UCLA’s STAND Together During COVID-19 website provides self-care strategies based on research-backed cognitive behavioral therapy principles.

In a study using mice with bone defects in their skulls, the treatment reduced the size of the defects by an average of 50%.

The first installment features a discussion with professors Ren Sun, Dr. Otto Yang, Daniel Kamei and Eran Halperin.

One group organized a crowdsourced fundraising effort; another has donated thousands of surgical masks.

In online interviews with a professor, UCLA Luskin social welfare alumni reveal some fear, some frustrations and a whole lot of dedication.

Research brief: The experiment represents one of a very few instances in which a drug reduced cognitive decline in animals after radiation treatment.

The findings, from a study by a UCLA-led team, could inform the development of precision antibiotics.

Even though Los Angeles has issued a safer at home order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, giving blood is permitted.