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Rosenfeld Hall is new hub for cutting-edge training, technology and collaboration
UCLA medical education, clinical and other campus leaders celebrated the opening of a newly expanded facility that consolidates the latest technology under one roof to enhance continuous training for future and practicing physicians and other health care professionals.
October 31, 2023
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UCLA scientists receive $16.1 million in CIRM grants to advance novel stem-cell based treatments
Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have received more than $16 million in grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state’s stem cell agency, to advance new stem cell-based treatments for a metabolic disorder and two rare genetic immune disorders.
October 26, 2023
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UCLA urologists receive Young Investigator Award to help improve prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment
Two UCLA Health urologists have been awarded the Young Investigator Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation to support work in improving the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Adam Weiner, MD and Wayne Brisbane, MD are among twenty-eight researchers receiving the awards totaling $6.1 million.
October 26, 2023
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Dr. Gerardo Moreno elected to National Academy of Medicine
Dr. Gerardo Moreno, chair of the UCLA Department of Family Medicine and professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
October 9, 2023
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New startups in UCLA Health’s TechQuity Accelerator continue focus on equity-driven innovation
The eight companies selected to participate in UCLA Health’s second TechQuity Accelerator – launched in September – are creating innovative health care tools and services in harmony with the program’s special attention to equitable access for vulnerable populations.
October 9, 2023
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Researchers uncover critical clues about the origin of heart arrhythmias
September 28, 2023
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Engineered compound shows promise in preventing bone loss in space
September 18, 2023
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UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center awarded $11.5 million NIH grant to study cardiac neuromodulation to prevent lethal arrhythmias
Kalyanam Shivkumar MD PhD, Director & Chief of Cardiovascular & Interventional Programs for UCLA Health, will lead a multidisciplinary team on a new $11.5 million NIH Program Project Grant (PPG) to study the ability of the nervous system to prevent fatal arrhythmias.
September 12, 2023
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UCLA Neurology receives $250,000 to establish the Waxman Family Drive Award for Alzheimer’s Disease
September 5, 2023
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Dr. Jeffrey Veale receives Terasaki Medical Innovation Award
The award, presented by the National Kidney Registry, recognizes Veale for his contributions and scientific breakthroughs in kidney transplantation.
August 25, 2023
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E. Dale Abel Receives Endocrine Society Lifetime Achievement Award
E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and executive medical director of the UCLA Health System’s Department of Medicine has received the Endocrine Society Fred Conrad Koch Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, the group’s highest honor, recognizes individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the field of endocrinology through their lifetime.
August 17, 2023
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Dr. Kymora Scotland awarded grant by Urology Care Foundation
August 11, 2023
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UCLA Joins NIH RECOVER Initiative to address long COVID neuropsychiatric and cognitive symptoms
UCLA will be one of several sites for a clinical trial launched by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to address the neuropsychiatric and cognitive symptoms of long COVID. The UCLA effort will be led by Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS, the site principal investigator.
August 1, 2023
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UCSF-UCLA study is first in the U.S. to measure the toll of silicosis in stone fabricators.
July 25, 2023
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UCLA scholars earn contract to re-envision care for young people in the juvenile legal system
With a three-year, $1 million contract from California Health & Human Services’ new state Office of Youth and Community Restoration, two UCLA professors will help California create standards of care for young people moved to county-run programs after the closure of the statewide juvenile prison system.
July 10, 2023
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UCLA Health radiation oncology care available in downtown L.A.
UCLA Health has radiation oncology services in downtown Los Angeles available to patients with cancer.
June 28, 2023
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UCLA Health seeks applicants for next TechQuity Accelerator to support startups with solutions for health inequity
UCLA Health is now accepting applications for a new cohort of innovators to be part of its TechQuity Accelerator. Launched in 2022 to address COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on under-resourced and vulnerable communities, TechQuity supports early-stage startups in improving health equity among underserved and vulnerable populations.
June 21, 2023
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UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital earns national recognition for broad excellence
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital placed in California’s top 5 and was nationally ranked in multiple subspecialties in a widely watched assessment of pediatric care published June 20 by U.S. News & World Report.
June 20, 2023
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Dr. Ambre Marguerite Solange Bertholet selected as a 2023 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
Dr. Ambre Marguerite Solange Bertholet, assistant professor of physiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine has been selected by the Pew Charitable Trusts as one of 22 early-career researchers to become a 2023 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.
June 13, 2023
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