Sustainable LA Grand Challenge receives $543,000 commitment for clean water research
The funds will support undergraduate, graduate and faculty activities.
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Jeffrey Inaba among winners of Architects Newspaper’s 2022 Best of Design Awards
Inaba and his Brooklyn- and Los Angeles-based practice Inaba Williams Architecture, were honored for their Brooklyn Biomedical Lab.
Bioengineer Mireille Kamariza featured as one of 11 up-and-coming researchers
Kamariza researches new tools to selectively probe molecular activity of live cells, in real-time, with versatile applications in research and medicine.
Researchers receive grant to study equitable distribution of COVID therapies
A team led by Dr. John Mafi was awarded $200,000 from the Commonwealth Fund to study the equitable distribution and effects of FDA-authorized therapies.
Bioengineer Jennifer Wilson receives NIH grant to improve drug efficacy
The five-year, $1.6 million grant will help fund Wilson’s research to enhance the understanding of how drugs affect cellular proteins.
Sarah Haley receives Marguerite Casey Foundation Freedom Scholars Award
The honor provides a one-time $250,000 award for academics to conduct work that benefits movements led by Black and Indigenous people.
Ayako Miyashita Ochoa named lead investigator of sex worker project
UCLA’s Hub for Health Intervention, Policy and Practice was awarded a $1.4 million grant from the California HIV/AIDS Research Program.
Physicist James Rosenzweig receives Advanced Accelerator Prize
The award honors his pioneering contributions to advanced accelerators, light sources and beam physics.
Gender studies scholar Joshua Javier Guzmán receives Warhol Foundation grant
Guzmán has been awarded a $50,000 grant to support his new book, “Brown Exposures: Queer Photography and the Literary Aperture.”
Dr. Evelyn Chung appointed associate dean of academic affairs
The clinical professor will oversee development and advancement of the UCLA School of Dentistry’s doctorate programs.
Kang Wang named National Academy of Inventors fellow
The distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering is being honored for inventions he has patented.
Jun Chen receives young investigator grant for sleep disturbance research
The two-year, $70,000 grant from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation will support development of a smart bedsheet.
Cesar Favila and Paul Feller honored by American Musicological Society
The assistant professor and research assistant won the Noah Greenberg Award, which will fund a concert in 2023.
Computer scientist named Samsung AI Researcher of the Year
The assistant computer science professor was one of five winners of the award, which honors researchers under 35.
M.C. Frank Chang honored with 2023 James Clerk Maxwell medal
The distinguished professor was honored by the International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering this month.
Dwight Read honored by American Anthropological Association
The distinguished professor emeritus at the UCLA College received the 2022 Conrad M. Arensberg award.
UCLA researchers receive grant from Prostate Cancer Foundation
The team is part of a multi-institutional group that was awarded $10 million to develop a new treatment.
Aparna Bhaduri receives career development award for brain cancer research
The assistant professor was honored with the 2022 Distinguished Scientist Award from the Sontag Foundation.
Fernando Torres-Gil honored by American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
Torres-Gil, the director of the Center for Policy Research on Aging at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, was elected as a 2023 fellow.
Stephen Acabado receives grant for work with Indigenous communities in Asia
The director of director of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies is an expert in decolonization of knowledge.
Steven Wallace posthumously honored by Journal of Aging and Health
The journal has published a special edition as a tribute to the work of the late Fielding School professor.
Maureen Russell and Helen Rees honored with public service award
The archivist and professor at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music were recognized by the Society for Ethnomusicology.
Prineha Narang named 2023 U.S. Science Envoy
The physical sciences professor will help initiate new partnerships with countries that are building quantum programs.
Kristopher Kersey receives international fellowship
The art history assistant professor will continue his research into Japanese art at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
Jessica Schwartz honored with ethnographic writing book prize
The associate professor’s book, which explores Marshallese music, was recognized by the Society for Humanistic Anthropology.