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UCLA Oncologist Receives 2022 Ellen Stovall Award
Dr. Patricia Ganz has been awarded the 2022 Ellen L. Stovall Award for Innovation in Patient-Centered Cancer Care.
September 26, 2022
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Study of targeted and sequentially timed cancer inhibitors and immunotherapies receives $13.3M National Cancer Institute grant
The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year, $13.3 million grant to a collaborative study on sequential combinations of inhibitors and immunotherapies targeting cancer.
September 23, 2022
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Vaccinating women infected with COVID during pregnancy prior to delivery provides antibodies to newborns
Women with COVID in pregnancy who are subsequently vaccinated after recovery, but prior to delivery, are more likely to pass antibodies on to the child than similarly infected but unvaccinated mothers are.
September 22, 2022
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UCLA scientists awarded $10 million by NIH to study developing brain
The research projects, funded through the NIH's BRAIN Initiative, aim to shed light on the developing brain’s cellular infrastructure to better understand brain disorders.
September 22, 2022
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Artificial intelligence tools quickly detect signs of injection drug use in patients’ health records
An automated process that combines natural language processing and machine learning identified people who inject drugs (PWID) in electronic health records more quickly and accurately than current methods that rely on manual record reviews.
September 20, 2022
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Researcher awarded National Academy of Medicine prize for work on genetics of autism
Dr. Daniel Geschwind was awarded the National Academy of Medicine’s 2022 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health in recognition of his pioneering research and leadership in autism genetics.
September 15, 2022
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UCLA leads CDC-funded study on effectiveness of vaccines, boosters in ‘next phase’ of COVID
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has been awarded a $13.6 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue to study the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and the long-term impact of infection among U.S. health care workers.
September 13, 2022
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UCLA takes leading role in NIH Bridge2AI initiative to generate ‘computable knowledge’ that propels biomedical research forward
UCLA is one of three sites chosen to oversee a new ‘computable knowledge’ program that will develop strategies, standards and tools to transform the way data is collected and prepared. The NIH Common Fund’s Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) program will unlock the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) and propel biomedical and behavioral research forward, addressing current and future challenges.
September 13, 2022
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Dr. Timothy Miller receives Congressional Medal of Honor Distinguished Citizen Award
Dr. Timothy Miller was honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor Distinguished Citizen Award for his work reconstructing the faces of veterans severely disfigured during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
September 12, 2022
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Antoni Ribas receives renewal of NCI Outstanding Investigator Award
Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, has received a renewal of an Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Cancer Institute. The $4.2 million grant over the next seven years will allow Ribas and his team to continue their innovative research on metastatic melanoma.
September 7, 2022
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UCLA Health notifying ophthalmology patients about lost storage device
UCLA Health is notifying 2,190 ophthalmology patients that an unencrypted, portable data-storage device containing patient information has been lost.
September 6, 2022
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Learning from disaster: UCLA mental health researchers offer insights on overcoming trauma
Lessons learned in trauma response have grown more important amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing plague of gun violence, and the increasing threat of climate-related disasters.
August 15, 2022
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UCLA brain researchers receive $4 million NIH grant to supercharge miniature microscope
The four-year award, part of the NIH's BRAIN Initiative, will support the design, manufacturing and distribution of two types of new miniscopes that will allow scientists to peer much deeper into the brain.
August 5, 2022
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UCLA researchers receive early career researcher awards from the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers Katie Campbell, PhD, and Gabriel Abril Rodriguez, PhD, have been named early career researcher awardees by the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI). Awardees pursue bold research through support from PICI’s world-class network of immunotherapy experts and research institutions, including UCLA, as well as access to leading-edge technology, informatics and clinical data.
July 27, 2022
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UCLA researchers awarded Department of Defense funding to improve prostate cancer treatment outcomes
A team led by Paul C Boutros, PhD, MBA and co-led by Huihui Ye, MD, MS, has been awarded over $2.7 million in research funding from the U.S. Department of Defense to support two projects that will use computational models and DNA sequencing to improve prostate cancer treatment outcomes.
July 22, 2022
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UCLA launches effort to expand its COVID test to detect other emerging viruses
UCLA Health is joining a new effort to increase the ability to quickly respond to emerging pathogens by creating the capability to detect all existing and new respiratory RNA viruses in a single test. The project is being funded by Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)’s Division of Research, Innovation and Ventures (DRIVe), which leverages new authorities given under the 21st Century Cures Act.
July 21, 2022
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UCLA Homeless Healthcare Collaborative brings critical services to Los Angeles' unhoused population
July 21, 2022
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UCLA Health’s TechQuity Accelerator announces inaugural cohort advancing equitable innovations
The inaugural cohort of innovators has been selected to participate in UCLA Health’s new TechQuity Accelerator. The class represents pre-seed through Series A-stage companies that are championing health equity-driven innovations across the life sciences, spanning the medical device, digital health, diagnostic, and biopharma sectors.
July 20, 2022
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Pediatric Heart Transplant Program brings hope -- and hearts -- to UCLA's smallest patients
The team transplants 10 to 13 hearts in pediatric patients annually, with excellent survival rates
July 18, 2022
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New biomedical data science training program focuses on precision health equity
UCLA’s Institute for Precision Health and the Department of Computational Medicine have launched a new training program for predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees to foster a diverse, interdisciplinary environment to learn to invent and develop computational approaches and tools to deliver on the promise of precision health for everyone.
July 18, 2022
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