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NEJM editorial by UCLA’s Sara Hurvitz: DESTINY-Breast04 results are ‘practice-changing’
A Phase 3 trial showing positive results for a drug given to breast cancer patients who have low levels of the HER2 protein is “immediately practice-changing,” UCLA’s Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, writes in an editorial published in The New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday.
July 6, 2022
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UCLA receives Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
UCLA has received a $59 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). The five-year award supports the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), a research partnership among UCLA, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, the Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
June 29, 2022
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UCLA Health earns Comprehensive Center of Excellence designation for radiopharmaceutical therapy as work continues on new facility
UCLA Health’s Ahmanson Translational Theranostics Division, part of the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been designated a Comprehensive Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Center of Excellence by the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging (SNMMI).
June 29, 2022
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UCLA Health designated as Clinical Center for treatment of cavernous malformations
UCLA Health is one of only ten clinical centers nationwide to receive designation as a Clinical Center by the Alliance to Cure Cavernous Malformation for the treatment of cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM).
June 23, 2022
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UCLA scientists receive CIRM Quest Awards to develop novel stem cell-based technologies
Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have received more than $6.8 million in grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state’s stem cell agency, to help develop new stem cell-based technologies to improve patient care.
June 23, 2022
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UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital honored for broad excellence in national rating
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital ranked in California’s top 5 and once again was recognized for broad excellence in a widely watched assessment of pediatric care.
June 13, 2022
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Dr. Thomas Rando receives prestigious NOMIS Foundation award to study stem cell quiescence
Dr. Thomas Rando, director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA, has received the NOMIS Foundation’s Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award.
June 10, 2022
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UCLA Health receives recognition as a Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center from the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation
UCLA Health has received the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award from the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation for a demonstrated record of superior clinical outcomes resulting from evidence-based, guideline-directed care and high volume in mitral valve repair for degenerative mitral valve regurgitation.
June 7, 2022
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Two cancer researchers chosen as dermatology fellows by melanoma foundation
Dr. Zhentao Yang and Dr. Yujue Wang, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers, have been chosen as dermatology fellows by the Melanoma Research Alliance, the largest nonprofit funder of melanoma research. The year-long fellowship provides funding to promising clinicians and researchers-in-training to help advance research in melanoma prevention and early detection.
June 1, 2022
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UCLA researchers develop base editing approach for rare genetic immune disorder
New research indicates the novel gene editing technique base editing could be used as a one-time therapy to restore the production of T cells in patients born with the rare genetic immune disorder CD3 delta severe combined immunodeficiency.
May 17, 2022
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Call for Submissions Open for the 2022 Hearst Health Prize in Partnership with the UCLA Center for SMART Health
The UCLA Center for SMART Health, an interdisciplinary collaborative that looks to the integrated transformation of healthcare through emergent data and technologies, and Hearst Health, a division of Hearst and leader in care guidance, today announced the call for submissions is open for the 2022 Hearst Health Prize, a $100,000 award given in recognition of excellence in data science for managing or improving health in the U.S. In addition, up to two finalists will each receive $25,000.
May 17, 2022
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Healthy Lifestyle,
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Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital's new chief nursing officer has eyes on being best in U.S.
‘This is where I belong, and this is where I feel like I can help the most people,’ says Patrick Loney
May 12, 2022
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UCLA researchers, doctors to present at American Urological Association annual meeting
May 11, 2022
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UCLA Sound Body Sound Mind opened first school fitness center since start of pandemic
A UCLA Health program to enhance physical education throughout Los Angeles schools opened its first new school fitness center since the pandemic put openings on hold in March 2020.
May 10, 2022
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UCLA Health nurses advocate for change in sessions with the Surgeon General
'Something the health care system needs is change, and nurse-driven change should be at the forefront,' says UCLA Health nurse Dahlia Maldonado
May 9, 2022
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E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, elected to the National Academy of Sciences
E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, the William S. Adams Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Chair and Executive Medical Director of the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Health, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished achievements and contributions to endocrinology and cardiology.
May 4, 2022
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Amy L. Cummings named Jonsson's Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI)
April 28, 2022
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UCLA Distinguished Professor elected as Cancer Research Fellow
Dr. Patricia Ganz, UCLA distinguished professor of health policy and management, has been elected a fellow of the Philadelphia-based American Association for Cancer Research Academy.
April 22, 2022
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Pitch of a lifetime: Dr. Langston Holly threw out the first ball on Jackie Robinson Day at Dodger Stadium
The UCLA Health neurosurgeon marked the 75th anniversary of Robinson’s landmark debut
April 13, 2022
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UCLA Health opens second clinic in Thousand Oaks, expanding medical services in Conejo Valley to four multispecialty offices
UCLA Health has opened another primary and specialty care clinic in the Thousand Oaks area, further expanding the community’s access to its nationally ranked medical care. Thousand Oaks Hampshire Primary & Specialty Care is located at 248 Hampshire Road, just south of the 101 Freeway in Thousand Oaks in the former Chase Bank building.
April 13, 2022
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