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Awards & Honors

Dr. Reza Ardehali, assistant professor of medicine in the division of cardiology, was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

Dr. Keriann Backus, assistant professor of biological chemistry, was named 2019 Beckman Young Investigator by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation.

Dr. Elizabeth Barnert (FEL ’14), assistant professor of pediatrics, received an Outstanding New Member Science Award from the Society for Pediatric Research.

Dr. J. Paul Finn, professor of radiological sciences and medicine, was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Dr. Jonathan Flint, professor-in-residence of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and a senior scientist at the Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics at the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, was named a fellow of the Royal Society, the national science academy of the United Kingdom.

Dr. Gregg Fonarow (MD ’87, RES ’90, FEL ’93), Eliot Corday Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and Science and director of the Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, received the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Heart Association’s Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research.

Dr. Beth Karlan, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of cancer populations at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, was inducted into the 2019 class of Giants of Cancer Care in gynecologic malignancies by OncLive.

Dr. Deborah Krakow (FEL ’89), chair of obstetrics/gynecology and a professor of human genetics and orthopaedic surgery, was inducted into the Association of American Physicians.

Dr. Siavash Kurdistani, professor of biological chemistry, was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

Dr. Keith Nuechterlein, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and director of the Aftercare Program in the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, received the 2019 Outstanding Clinical/Community Research Award from the Schizophrenia International Research Society.

Dr. Antoni Ribas (FEL ’98, ’01), professor of medicine and director of the tumor immunology program at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy Center at UCLA, received the Thought Leader Award from Agilent Technologies.

Dr. Maureen Su, professor of microbiology, immunology and medical genetics, was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation.


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  • Unlocking the Unknown: The Power and Promise of Collaboration
  • Students Travel to a Remote Peruvian City to Learn about Medicine with Limited Resources
  • The Brains of Pairs of Animals Synchronize during Social Interaction
  • More HPV Vaccinations could Prevent Cancer in 1,300 Californians
  • Antibiotics before Liver Transplants Leads to Better Results
  • Immunotherapy Improves Five-year Survival Rate of People with Advanced Lung Cancer
  • Research Explains How Eyes See Continuously in Bright Light
  • Three-drug Combination Helps Curb the Growth of Deadly Type of a Cancer
  • Peptides that Mimic ‘Good Cholesterol’ Reverse Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Mice
  • Giving Where the Rubber Meets the Road
  • The Accidental Scientist
  • Answers, At Last
  • Coal Miner’s Son
  • A Day in the Life: Child Life Specialists in the Operating Room
  • Journey of a Lifetime
  • Awards & Honors
  • In Memoriam
  • Sold-out Wonder of Women Summit Celebrates Whole Health
  • UCLA Receives $10 million from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to Support Stem Cell Research
  • Taste for a Cure Raises Money for Cancer Research
  • Cyclists Help Tour de Pier Surpass Fundraising Target
  • UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Names New Research Suite
  • Semel Institute Introduces 2018-19 Max Gray Fellows
  • UCLA Women’s Cardiovascular Center Hosts a Community Update on Women’s Heart Health
  • Vision Specialists Establish Smotrich Family Optometric Clinician-Scientist Chair
  • UCLA Stein Eye Institute Celebrates the Bert O. Levy Chair
  • Innovations in Nutrition and Mindfulness on the Road to Health and Wellness
  • Two Young Friends Launch Toy Drive to Benefit Mattel Patients
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  • Thanks to the Ants
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