Faculty Bulletin Board

Recipients include Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the UCLA Fielding School’s Department of Epidemiology and Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health.

The professor, who leads UCLA’s Plasma Accelerator Group, is the first holder of the Mukund Padmanabhan Term Chair in Excellence.

The professor was honored for his contributions to mobile sensing, computational imaging, microscopy and medical diagnostics.

He was honored for his contributions to mental health access and nurse-led innovation.

The UCLA Fielding's Department of Health Policy and Management professor was named to the board of directors of the Pasadena-based UniHealth Foundation.

The UCLA physics and astronomy assistant professor and UC Santa Cruz’s Kevin Bundy will receive $3.7 million over four years.

She received the association’s Edward M. Bruner Book Prize.

The engineering professors were recognized for contributions to experimental fluid dynamics and advances in thermal photonics, respectively.

The nursing school assistant professor’s work focuses on the study of nutrition and the neurophysiology of eating behavior.

The award honors Kang’s contributions to high-energy nuclear and particle physics, particularly his work on quantum chromodynamics.

His research focuses on surgical education, training innovation and engineering novel treatments for gastrointestinal motility disorders.

The UCLA professor and director of Momentum conducts nationally recognized research that seeks to broaden participation in computing.

Ponce is director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and principal investigator for the California Health Interview Survey.

The assistant professor is being honored by the International Cardio-Oncology Society.

The association recognized Wyatt for extraordinary contributions to addressing women’s health disparities, trauma and domestic violence prevention.

She’s one of 10 faculty members nationwide selected for the American Association for Dental, Oral and Cranofacial Research program.

He was honored for his research on early structures in the universe and their impact on cosmic reionization.

The honor comes with an award of $1.3M to fund new and imaginative projects in physics. 

Li, a professor of environmental health sciences and epidemiology, was recognized by International Commission on Occupational Health.

The interim chief of the division of pediatric surgery discussed health care policies, legislation and programs he and his team have spearheaded.

Ribas was named the 17th Annual Weinman Award recipient in recognition of his pioneering research in cancer immunotherapy.

The award recognizes Peterson’s decades-long contributions to understanding and shaping health policy.

The honor is intended to support the laureates’ own writing and to fund public service activities in their home cities.

The UCLA Fielding professor received the highest honor presented to alumni of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The UCLA professor will also receive the Derrick Bell Award at the Western Center on Law and Poverty’s annual event.