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Behavioral Health,
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George Slavich's research contributions to psychiatry, psychology win three awards
He studies links between stress, inflamation, depression, cancer
November 5, 2015
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Cancer,
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
Bouncing basketballs raise more than $1 million for pediatric cancer research
UCLA Athletics’ annual Dribble for the Cure drew 650 participants and their basketballs to campus on Sunday, Oct. 11, raising a record $186,700 for pediatric cancer research and treatment.
October 15, 2015
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Cancer,
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
Grant to support research to find strategies to treat Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
A $250,000 grant from Hyundai Hope On Wheels and Los Angeles area Hyundai dealers is going to Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA for pediatric cancer research.
September 14, 2015
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2 min read
Cancer,
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Entertainment industry executive Ted Gagliano Joins Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation board of directors
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation, the fundraising arm of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, is proud to announce the addition of Ted Gagliano to its Board of Directors.
August 26, 2015
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2 min read
Behavioral Health,
Cancer
Expert advice: How to help an addicted friend or family member get help
Experts understand that addiction isn’t a weakness or moral failing; it’s an illness, much like cancer or heart disease.
July 31, 2015
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5 min read
Behavioral Health,
Cancer
UCLA faculty voice: Let people make their own end-of-life decisions
There is a growing awareness of the critical need for such communication between health care providers, patients and family members
July 28, 2015
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4 min read
Behavioral Health
New UCLA-University of Texas checklist helps identify children, teens with bereavement disorder
Everybody grieves the death of a loved one, and the process helps most mourners adjust to their loss.
July 22, 2015
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5 min read
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health
UCLA Health hospitals rank among nation’s best in U.S. News survey
UCLA Health’s hospitals in Westwood and Santa Monica have been named to U.S. News and World Report’s 2015-2016 Best Hospitals Honor Roll. UCLA, which previously ranked No. 5 in the country, tied for No. 3 this year.
July 21, 2015
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3 min read
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
Jonsson Cancer Center researcher named Chair of the UCLA Department of Biological Chemistry
The UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center is proud to announce that Dr. Siavash Kurdistani, Associate Director of the JCCC Gene Regulation Program, has been appointed to Chair of the UCLA Department of Biological Chemistry, beginning July 1, 2015.
July 2, 2015
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Cancer,
News about UCLA Health
Margaret Steele named executive director of Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation
The UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center is proud to announce that Margaret Steele, a veteran of development and fundraising for more than 30 years, has been named Executive Director of the Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation.
June 24, 2015
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2 min read
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital ranks among nation’s best in U.S. News survey
U.S. News and World Report has recognized UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital for excellence in nine specialties in the 2015-16 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings.
June 9, 2015
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3 min read
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
UCLA receives $1 million from Revlon to fund breast cancer research
Gift to Revlon/UCLA Women’s Cancer Research Program honors Dr. Dennis Slamon’s achievements
June 8, 2015
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3 min read
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
20th annual Taste for a Cure raises over $1 million for UCLA
Event honored David Madden of Fox Broadcasting Company
May 14, 2015
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4 min read
News about UCLA Health
David Geffen School of Medicine celebrates naming of UCLA Agi Hirshberg Center for Pancreatic Diseases
UCLA celebrated the naming of the UCLA Agi Hirshberg Center for Pancreatic Diseases on Feb. 28 at a gathering of Hirshberg’s family and friends.
March 2, 2015
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3 min read
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health
In memory: Victor Marder
Victor Marder, a UCLA scientist and recognized leader in the field of hematology research, died January 29 at his home in Los Angeles, California, after a long battle with myelofibrosis complicated by acute leukemia. He was 80.
February 2, 2015
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3 min read
Behavioral Health,
Cancer,
Healthy Lifestyle,
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
Top UCLA stories of 2014: A year in images
The year 2014 at UCLA featured the debut of a multi-year fundraising campaign, research breakthroughs in several fields, stunning achievements by students and faculty members — and one afternoon in July, an unexpected flood that impacted the campus for months.
December 24, 2014
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4 min read
Behavioral Health,
Cancer
Helping seriously ill children, families cope with the unfathomable
The news Jeannie Malabanan received last January was devastating. Following a year of difficult and aggressive chemotherapy for a rare bone tumor, the cancer at the base of her daughter Ashlee’s spine had metastasized to her brain. After a recurrence of her symptoms, Ashlee began to have seizures and was re-hospitalized at UCLA.
December 17, 2014
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6 min read
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
Big data in biosciences and health care is focus of new UCLA research center
A new research institute at UCLA may eventually provide doctors with tools to more accurately tailor medicines for individual patients, which could both improve quality of care and minimize the side effects associated with today’s medicine.
December 16, 2014
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6 min read
News about UCLA Health
UCLA vice chancellor for research elected to Institute of Medicine
Dr. James Economou has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
October 20, 2014
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2 min read
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health
Special Recognition for UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
It was a 39-mile journey promoting Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention that began in Santa Barbara and ended in Carpinteria, California on Sunday.
September 10, 2014
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2 min read