The five-year award Elaine Hsiao will support her research into mapping cellular networks to better understand how the microbiome contributes to neurodegenerative diseases.
Gilbert Gee, professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, received the 2018 Award for Innovative Public Health Curriculum.
Jones, associate director of the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute, received the UCLA Medal for her work to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care.
Melissa Reider-Demer, nurse practitioner who specializes in neurology in the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, received the Nurse of the Year award from Press Ganey.
They are among 416 members so honored by the association for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
Tony Nowatzki received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how to sustain exponential single-thread performance growth in microarchitecture.