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Recent review:

• 2020, “The Cell Biology of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium”, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research.  A comprehensive review of the RPE. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350946220300185

Postdoctorate Awards:

• 2021-23, Antonio Paniagua, Bright Focus Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship and Award
• 2020-23, Nan Hultgren, NIH F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 2019-20, Nan Hultgren, UPLIFT Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 2020, Gil Torten (rotation student), Grad Slam, UCLA finalist
• 2016-19, Abhi Chadha, NIH F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 2015, Stefanie Volland, FASEB vision meeting, best presentation by a young investigator

Graduate Student Awards:

• 2021-24, Gil Torten, NIH T32 Training Grant Predoctoral Award
• 2016-18, Roni Hazim, NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship

Travel Fellowships – Graduate Students and Postdoctorates:

• 2021, Gil Torten, ARVO Travel Fellowship 
• 2020, Abhi Chadha, ARVO Travel Fellowship
• 2018, Ankita Umapathy, Retina Degeneration International Symposium
• 2018, Ankita Umapathy, International Society for Eye Research Travel Fellowship
• 2016, Stefanie Volland, Retina Degeneration International Symposium
• 2016, Stefanie Volland, International Society for Eye Research Travel Fellowship
• 2014, Roni Hazim, Retina Degeneration International Symposium

Undergraduate Student Research Awards:

• 2021, Williams Lab, UCLA Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor Award
• 2020, Harjas Sabharwal, Dean’s Life Science Award 
• 2020, Tianli Zhou, UCLA Undergraduate Research Scholars Program Award
• 2020, Harjas Sabharwal, Amgen Scholar Award
• 2019, Sonia Bustos Barocio, UCLA McNair Research Scholar Award
• 2019, Harjas Sabharwal, UCLA Neuroscience Scholar Award
• 2018, Natella Baliaouri, UCLA Dean's Prize
• 2017, Madeline Tomlinson, UCLA Undergraduate Research Scholars Program Award
• 2016, Elain Tram, Brown University, Brown LINK Award for Summer Internship