Faculty Bulletin Board

The assistant professor of epidemiology has been named a recipient of an Alzheimer’s Association grant for his research into preventing the disease in vulnerable populations.

The National Water Research Institute named Hoek the 2022 Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize laureate. 

Johnson, a member of the Broad Stem Cell Research at UCLA, has received $2.9 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

Newman Giger was one of six people chosen as a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing.

The assistant professor is studying ways to improve sleep among people with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers.

Karen Grimley, Mary Rezk-Hanna and David Bailey are part of a class of 250 nursing leaders around the world to be inducted this tear.

The center, which will be led by Professor Anastassia Alexandrova, will break new ground in chemistry.

Researchers will investigate how telemedicine affected equitable access to care and whether it ultimately raised or lowered costs.

Assistant professors Bridget Callaghan, Dave Clewett and Lauren Ng have been being selected for the program.

Gipson has been appointed director of the Bixby Center on Population and Reproductive Health.

Bruce Dunn and Morris Wang will lead the project, which is being funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

An associate professor of urology, Frencher was one of 21 health care leaders selected to join the program.

At a time when people’s sexuality and reproductive rights are at issue, UCLA professor hopes to make relevant academic insight more readily available to policymakers.

The award will support the clinical instructor’s research focuses on integrative ways to understanding psychosis risk.

The honor recognizes Chen’s work in training AI systems to learn high-level knowledge through the observation of human experts.

The Wintek Professor of Electrical Engineering at UCLA was chosen in the association’s technical and environmental sciences category.

The associate professor is being honored for her research into how the gut microbiome interacts with the nervous system.

Anne Rimoin has studied monkeypox for two decades; Dr. Zunyou Wu is recognized for his work on infectious diseases.

The professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering has received the 2022 William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award.

Li, an assistant professor at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received the award to support his research into creating better batteries.

The Fielding School professor was honored for her research on chronic diseases and neurodegenerative disorders.

Saul Friedländer, Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati will be honored in Switzerland next month.

The English professor will lead the medieval and early modern studies journal’s new editorial team

The highly competitive distinction supports advanced independent work and research in the arts and humanities.

Ongoing funding from the state has allowed the institute to grow from a start-up initiative to a permanent research fixture at UCLA.