Faculty Bulletin Board

Dr. John Clemens, professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been selected as co-recipient of the 2018 Prince Mahidol Award.

Adnan Darwiche, Mario Gerla and Amit Sahai have been elected as fellows of the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society.

Dr. Inma Cobos is one among just 17 young researchers in the United States to receive the award, which she will use to study Alzheimer’s disease.

The five-year award Elaine Hsiao will support her research into mapping cellular networks to better understand how the microbiome contributes to neurodegenerative diseases.

Kelly Lytle Hernández was announced today as one of two 2018 Local Heroes honored by KCET.

Lauren McCarthy was selected to participate in the 2019 American Arts Incubator program.

Janet Mentes, professor at the UCLA School of Nursing, assumed the presidency of the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence.

Gilbert Gee, professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, received the 2018 Award for Innovative Public Health Curriculum.

Ellen Sletten, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCLA, has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Tony Nowatzki received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how to sustain exponential single-thread performance growth in microarchitecture.

Haruzo Hida was honored by the American Mathematical Society for his landmark contributions to the field.

Dr. William Oppenheim received the distinguished service award in orthopaedic surgery from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Burt Totaro, professor of mathematics at UCLA, was recognized for his career of contributions and service.

Jane Chang, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at UCLA, is the first female scientist to ever receive the Plasma Prize.

Teeter, who is lecturer in American Indian studies and archaeology curator at the Fowler Museum at UCLA, received the Honored One award.

Achuta Kadambi research focus aims to give robots extraordinary vision capabilities beyond what human eyes are capable of.

Aaswath Raman will receive the inaugural Nelson “Buck” Robinson Science and Technology Award for Renewable Energy.

Dr. Hans David Ulmert, member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, is being honored by the Society for Basic Urologic Research.

Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Joshua Groban to fill the vacancy created when Justice Kathryn Werdegar retired in 2017.

Martin Monti received the International Guiseppe Sciacca award for using ultrasounds to stimulate brain activity in people with serious brain injuries.

The $3.5 million, five-year grant will go toward creating a center dedicated to developing an effective and affordable blood-based, cancer-screening test.

Blaire Van Valkenburgh received the Joseph T. Gregory award for her contributions to the organization’s welfare.

Alain Mabanckou received the 2018 Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright legacy award for his novel, “Black Moses.”

UCLA’s Baljit Khakh will receive $1.5 million over three years for research into astrocytes, which are thought to play an important role in Alzheimer’s disease.

Casey Reas’ work, “Software Structures,” is in the museum’s “Programmed: Rules, Codes and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018” exhibition.