Jun Chen receives young investigator grant for sleep disturbance research January 4, 2023 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 January 4, 2023 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 December 19, 2022 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 December 19, 2022 The distinguished professor was honored by the International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering this month.
Dwight Read honored by American Anthropological Association December 16, 2022 The distinguished professor emeritus at the UCLA College received the 2022 Conrad M. Arensberg award.
UCLA researchers receive grant from Prostate Cancer Foundation December 14, 2022 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 December 13, 2022 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 December 12, 2022 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 December 12, 2022 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 December 8, 2022 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 December 7, 2022 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 December 6, 2022 The physical sciences professor will help initiate new partnerships with countries that are building quantum programs.
Kristopher Kersey receives international fellowship November 30, 2022 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 November 28, 2022 The associate professor’s book, which explores Marshallese music, was recognized by the Society for Humanistic Anthropology.
Dr. Olujimi Ajijola receives science diversity leadership award November 22, 2022 The associate professor was awarded $1.15 million from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to help boost diversity in science and medicine.
UCLA Nursing honored for commitment to diversity and inclusion November 18, 2022 The winner of the Health Professions HEED award is the only nursing school in the state to receive year’s honor.
Staff news: Chief information officer Lucy Avetisyan wins award November 17, 2022 The associate vice chancellor was recognized for her role in leading the information technology strategy at UCLA.
Richard Jackson receives National Academy of Medicine award November 15, 2022 The Fielding School professor emeritus was honored for his work in the environmental health sciences field.
Victor Agadjanian awarded $2.7 million from NIH for research on aging November 15, 2022 The five-year study will look at older women’s health and well-being in Mozambique.
History professors on New Yorker’s best books of 2022 list November 14, 2022 Kelly Lytle Hernández and David Myers were recognized for their respective books about the magonistas and a Hasidic village in New York.
Cindy Yee-Bradbury receives Society for Psychophysiological Research’s highest honor November 7, 2022 The Society for Psychophysiological Research fosters research at the intersection of the psychological and physiological aspects of human behavior.
Device developed by Dr. Abbas Ardehali could improve results for patients undergoing ECMO November 7, 2022 The dual lumen cannula he invented helps increase oxygen delivery for people with lung failure.
Martha Bailey receives economics award November 7, 2022 The professor was honored by an American Economic Association committee for advancing the status of women in the field.
Fielding School program receives $3 million from the CDC November 7, 2022 The UCLA Public Health Scholars Training Program introduces a diverse group of undergraduates to the field.
An Yin receives Penrose Medal from Geological Society of America November 1, 2022 The professor was honored for his work in helping understand how planetary lithospheres form and deform.