Faculty Bulletin Board

Tao, the James and Carol Collins Chair in the UCLA College, was honored by Italy’s Riemann International School of Mathematics.

Willy Hugo, of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, has received $75,000 to study how deep learning can improve treatment.

Paul Weiss has been awarded the Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology Division 2019 Recognition Award from the American Vacuum Society.

Mary Rezk-Hanna, an assistant professor in the UCLA School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Research Article of the Year Award.

Willeke Wendrich, professor of near eastern languages and cultures, was elected president of the International Association of Egyptologists.

Jessica Rett, associate professor of linguistics, has been honored for her work in the “Pop-Up Mentoring Program.”

Dr. Jeremie Calais, a member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been awarded $105,000 from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

Dr. James McGough has received the Elaine Schlosser Lewis Award for Research on Attention-Deficit Disorder from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

UCLA’s Susan Bookheimer, the Joaquin M. Fuster Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, received the honor.

“Playing the Flute in Shanghai: the Musical Life of Dai Shuhong” was honored with the Biographical Documentary Award at a film festival in China.

Ziva Cooper, research director of the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative, will conduct a five-year study assessing the pain-relieving effects of cannabis and cannabinoids.

Carter is a recipient of the 2019 John Scott Award for her research that has made her a leading voice on climate change.

Chandra Ford and Gilbert Gee were chosen as co-recipients of the 2019 Paul Cornely Award for their work on the impact of racism on health.

Laura Abrams is a professor of social welfare in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

The center will share $3.5 million with other institutions to examine topics including: content moderation by social media companies and antitrust enforcement in big tech.

Jason Cong has won the association’s 2019 University Research Award.

Cho-Jui Hsieh and Kai-Wei Chang have been awarded the 2019 Facebook Research Award on computationally efficient natural language processing.

Miryun Kim served as a program co-chair for the International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution 2019.

Héctor Calderón received the Best Academic Themed Book Award for his work on “The Aztlán Mexican Studies Reader, 1974­-2016.”

Xiaoyu “Rayne” Zheng’s award is from program designed to develop the next generation of scientists and engineers who will work on defense and national security.

Nina Hyams, distinguished professor of linguistics at UCLA, has been chosen as a member of the society’s 2020 class of fellows.

UCLA’s Dr. Amar Kishan and Dr. Jeremy Shelton have received PCF Young Investigator Awards.

Sarah T. Roberts has been awarded part of a $1.5 million Future of Work Grant by the National Science Foundation.

The center has been named the winner of the Editor/Publisher Award for the 40th annual American Book Awards by the Before Columbus Foundation.

UCLA’s Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services has received three one-year grants.