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4,000-mile journey was a ‘no-brainer’ for cancer patient from Iceland
10/08/2020
Petur Leosson had been dealing with health issues for some time, but the resident of Iceland became particularly concerned when he noticed a growth in his mouth while looking at his reflection in a mirror. It was a moment he’s not likely to forget – and one that launched him on a 4,000-mile journey to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

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Answering the call to serve: UCLA Health’s humanitarian aid to Beirut takes off
10/08/2020
Thousands of masks, face shields and safety goggles. Hundreds of bottles of hand sanitizer and soap, syringes, sutures, gloves and burn dressings. Dozens of procedure gowns and tourniquet kits. Four EMT gurneys. Two AESOP robotic surgical arm units. Two arthroscopic carts. Two Site Rite mobile ultrasound machines and one diagnostic ultrasound machine. These are just some of the items found in the 13 pallets of medical supplies and personal protective equipment UCLA Health recently shipped to Beirut, Lebanon, to aid those still in need two months after a tragic explosion devastated the city.

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UCLA Health scientists pioneer faster and cheaper COVID-19 testing technology
10/07/2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for scientists at UCLA Health to begin using a new method of COVID-19 detection using sequencing technology called SwabSeq. The method is capable of testing thousands of samples for coronavirus at the same time, producing accurate, individual results in 12 to 24 hours.

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UCLA-led team of scientists discovers why we need sleep
09/18/2020
Prolonged sleep deprivation can lead to severe health problems in humans and other animals. But why is sleep so vital to our health? A UCLA-led team of scientists has made a major advance in answering this question and has shown for the first time that a dramatic change in the purpose of sleep occurs at the age of about 2-and-a-half.

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UCLA joins nationwide clinical trial to study course of COVID-19 in people with cancer
09/11/2020
To help better understand the impact and outcomes of COVID-19 in people undergoing cancer treatment, UCLA Health and the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center are participating in a National Cancer Institute (NCI) study with cancer centers across the country. UCLA Health's diverse patient community will be able to provide information about COVID-19's impact on cancer patients from a variety of different backgrounds, ethnicities and races.

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Immunotherapy pioneer honored by European cancer organization 08/28/2020
08/28/2020
Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and director of the Tumor Immunology Program at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been named the 2020 honoree of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Award for Translational Research.

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Two UCLA Health executives named top health care leaders by LA Business Journal
08/27/2020
Two UCLA Health executives have been recognized among the top health care leaders in the region in awards announced August 26 by Los Angeles Business Journal. Two other UCLA Health individuals, two hospitals and a research center were finalists. John Mazziotta, MD, PhD, vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences and CEO of UCLA Health, was named health system executive of the year. Karen Grimley, PhD, RN, chief nursing executive of UCLA Health, was named hospital executive of the year.

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How UCLA scientists are using stem cells to take on COVID-19
08/20/2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, UCLA researchers are rising to the occasion by channeling their specialized expertise to seek new and creative ways to reduce the spread of the virus and save lives. Using years’ — or even decades’ — worth of knowledge they’ve acquired studying other diseases and biological processes, many of them have shifted their focus to the novel coronavirus, and they’re collaborating across disciplines as they work toward new diagnostic tests, treatments and vaccines. At UCLA, more than 230 research projects, including several being led by members of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA, are contributing to that mission.

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UCLA launches major mental health study to discover insights about depression
08/04/2020
While the capability to diagnose cancer and heart problems has advanced by giant steps in recent years, methods to detect depression have stubbornly stayed the same for more than a century: Observe patients, and ask them how they are doing. UCLA has launched a major new study, sponsored by and in collaboration with Apple, designed to help revolutionize detection and treatment of depression.

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UCLA Health hospitals retain #1 ranking in L.A. and California, rise to #4 in nation
07/28/2020
31 consecutive years among country's best in U.S. News' annual health care assessment: UCLA Health hospitals in Westwood and Santa Monica placed #1 in both Los Angeles and California and #4 nationally in annual rankings published today by U.S. News & World Report.