A team of UCLA-led researchers has received support from the National Institutes of Health to develop strategies for smoking cessation among high-risk, hospitalized patients.
The award honors emeriti professors for scholarly work or educational service performed, since retirement, in the fields of humanities or social sciences.
Judea Pearl, Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science at UCLA, was elected for his seminal contributions to causal inference in statistics and contributions to artificial intelligence.
Faculty and staff can still contribute to efforts to help end poverty in the greater Los Angeles region, focusing on housing, education and financial stability.
Heather Maynard, professor of organic chemistry, received the Bioconjugate Chemistry Lectureship Award for her contributions in interfacing synthetic and biological systems.
Team members are using social media, reaching out to friends and family, and doing outreach around campus to share information about the effort and ask for their support.
The External Environmental Economics Advisory Committee, launched by J.R. DeShazo, will advise the Environmental Protection Agency on the benefits and costs of its policies.
Jason Cong received the Google Faculty Research Award, which honors faculty working on problems that will impact how future generations use technology.