Faculty Bulletin Board

David Neelin, professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, directs a new multi-institutional research project.

Dr. Patricia Lester was recognized for her research on trauma prevention.

Under the expansion, UCLA will share new models of care for the elderly, such as those for falls prevention and for Alzheimer’s and other dementias, with other locations.

Steven Wallace, professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was honored with the inaugural Mario Gutierrez Award on Migrant Health.

UCLA’s Nancy Wayne and David Yoo have been named ACE Fellows for the 2018-19 academic year by the American Council on Education.

Kathleen McGarry, UCLA professor of economics, will serve on the national senate for Phi Beta Kappa.

Bryonn Bain, associate professor of African American studies, was awarded the Los Angeles Theater Award for solo performance for his play, “Lyrics from Lockdown.”

Georgiana Galateanu, who teaches in the department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian languages and cultures, was honored for promoting Romanian culture.

The $150,000 grant will fund a fellowship aimed at boosting the number of rheumatologists practicing in underserved areas throughout the country.

Carolyn Parkinson and Mason Porter will combine methods from cognitive neuroscience with research in network science in their research.

Catherine Crespi has been appointed by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute as a member of its advisory panel on clinical trials.

Jiann-Wen “Woody” Ju, professor of civil and environmental engineering at UCLA, was recently presented with a lifetime achievement medal for his work.

Nzhde Agazaryan was honored for his contributions in research, education and leadership to the medical physics community.

The project will attract and support more underrepresented students to succeed in science, technology, engineering and math.

UCLA’s Todd Millstein and his team have won first place for their tool LoopInvGen in the 5th Syntax Guided Synthesis Competition.

Ohyun Kwon was awarded $200,000 to develop new technologies to address unmet medical needs.

Adriana Lleras-Muney, professor of economics at UCLA, was recently elected to the nominating committee of the Population Association of America.

Tomasz Sadzik received the 2018 Scoville Teaching Award for his game theory course.

UCLA professors were recently awarded a $2.8 million grant to test an obesity prevention program in Los Angeles.

The Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies collaborates with KCET for new series “Food Futures.”

Leah Vriesman, associate adjunct professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was honored for academic leadership.

Miryung Kim has received the Robert M. Stevenson Faculty-in-Residence Award.

Two gifts totaling $450,000 will support research directed by Alex Hall, professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.

Researchers will study interrelated areas of mobility, electrification and freight movement.

$1.9 million award to the UCLA urology department will help evaluate an online tool developed by Dr. Christopher Saigal.