Faculty Bulletin Board

The national Clinical Research Forum has selected a study led by Dr. Jeffrey Saver to receive a Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award for 2018.

Dr. Kenneth Wells, has received the award for his career of contributions to mental health.

Dr. Richard Shemin has been elected to the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors as a Surgical Specialty Society.

Hugo Hopenhayn was recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for his proposal “Innovations, Innovators and Knowledge Transfer.”

The award, established in 2015, recognizes UCLA emeriti for exemplary service to the university and their department.

William Clark, Rita Effros and Judea Pearl are being recognized for contributions in their fields since retirement and for serving as examples of intellectual achievement.

Ankur Mehta, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at UCLA, aims to make robots as pervasive as computers are today.

The money from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation will establish the Hearst Theater Lab Initiative.

Lauren McCarthy’s work will be part of “Authenticate” at the Cypress College art gallery.

Alexander Spokoyny is among 24 scientists nationally to be selected. He is also senior author of research published recently in the journal Nature Materials.

Eighteen professors, researchers and clinicians have been named recipients of financial awards from the UCLA Innovation Fund Biomedical Competition.

The UCLA Academic Personnel Office has selected 67 lecturers across campus to receive the Unit 18 Professional Development Award for 2017-2018.

Yongjie Hu has received the National Science Foundation’s highest honor for faculty members at the start of their career.

MarySue Heilemann will participate in two events at the commission’s gathering in New York City this month.

Paolo Zimmaro was awarded the National Science Foundation’s Professional Development Award for this academic year.

Arjun Deb, associate professor of medicine and molecular, cell, and developmental biology, focuses on developing ways to help the heart heal better after a heart attack.

Jianwei “John” Miao, professor of physics and astronomy, and Yu Huang, professor of materials science and engineering, share the award with a colleague in Colorado.

Dominic Thomas is chair of the UCLA Department of French and Francophone Studies and an expert on Europe culture and politics.

Raymond Knapp’s new book is titled, “Making Light: Haydn, Musical Camp, and the Long Shadow of German Idealism.”

Adriana Lleras-Muney was given the department’s Fall 2017 Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award for her class on public finance.

Regen Projects announced its representation of Silke Otto-Knapp, associate professor of art at UCLA.

Neil Landau’s “Tad Jones: The Hero Returns” was named Best Animated Film of 2017 by the Goya Awards, Spain’s equivalent of the Academy Awards.

Lauren McCarthy is participating in the “Open Codes” exhibition at the ZKM Center for Art and Media in Germany.

Gov. Jerry Brown appointed 15 technology and education experts to the committee which will oversee implementation of K-12 computer science standards.

Dr. Joann Elmore will serve as director of the program that offers training for nurses and doctors to conduct research aimed at improving health and health care.