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![Kristofer Jones honored on Black Heritage Night at Dodger Stadium](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/3c/featured-image-kristofer-jones.png?h=ada05aa9&f=1bc234f9&itok=HnQbrOH0)
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A physician’s legacy shines at Dodgers’ Black Heritage Night
June 21, 2024
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3 min read
![Illustration of someone walking up stairs with a large book](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/e3/parini-r3.png?h=1eaf25d4&f=4c481ffb&itok=9Zp10RYn)
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They got into medical school, but the uphill journey continues for first-gen college graduates
They got into medical school, but the uphill journey continues for first-gen college graduates.
June 13, 2024
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5 min read
![Olivia Lopez celebrates on the Los Angeles Lakers basketball court during her Laker For a Day experience.](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/3b/olivia-retouched_0.jpg?f=2f280815&itok=DjYZenp0)
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After heart transplant, 4-year-old girl is now thriving
April 4, 2024
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7 min read
![(From left) Dr. Linda Liau, Medical Visionary honoree Johnese Spisso, Smokey Robinson, Courage Award honoree Erika Kort, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Dr. Eric Esrailian, Visionary Award honoree Byron Allen, Howie Mandel and Jay Leno.](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/ad/umagw24friendsvisionaryballopening-articlephoto-1todd-cnvb.jpg?h=c6980913&f=e3385c63&itok=ms2qSk-K)
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A Successful Return of the Visionary Ball
Friends - U Magazine Winter 2024
February 16, 2024
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4 min read
![Ralph and Shirley Shapiro with their son, Peter Shapiro.](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/6a/umagw24friendsshapiro.jpg?h=fee4874d&f=309be924&itok=dy56B7RW)
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![(Front row, from left) Rhea Turteltaub, UCLA vice chancellor for external affairs; Ronald Katz; Chancellor Gene D. Block. (Back row, from left) Dr. Kodi Azari (FEL ’04), medical co-director of Operation Mend; and Johnese Spisso, MPA, president of UCLA Health, CEO of the UCLA Hospital System and associate vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/b2/umagw24friendskatz-fiat-lux.jpg?h=9a7fff01&f=9f8d937b&itok=c7EwnQrp)
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Founder of Operation Mend Receives Highest UCLA Honor
Friends - U Magazine Winter 2024
February 16, 2024
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3 min read
![Dr. Jenny Tran presented at a metastatic breast cancer workshop for Mandarin-speaking patients.](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/60/12012023-mandarin-workshop-0052.jpg?f=9825d6bc&itok=8WMLRrdS)
Cancer,
Community
Simms/Mann Center hosts bilingual workshop to support Mandarin speakers with metastatic breast cancer
The program illustrates the Simms/Mann mission to provide culturally congruent care.
December 4, 2023
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3 min read
![Dodgers honor Gluck family with first pitch and promote stroke education](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/56/henry-gluck-dodgers-recognition.jpg?f=449866f1&itok=zOsmsW4i)
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Dodgers honor Gluck family with first pitch and promote stroke education
Friends - U Magazine Fall 2023
November 27, 2023
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3 min read
![UCLA Honors the Nancy and Jonathan Glaser Family for Endowed Chair](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/91/umagf23friendsglaserchairphoto1-0184.jpg?f=f1b2ec9c&itok=bLJcqDvo)
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UCLA Honors the Nancy and Jonathan Glaser Family for Endowed Chair in Pediatric Sarcomas
Friends - U Magazine Fall 2023
November 27, 2023
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3 min read
![UC Screen California](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/fe/uc-screen-california-cropped2.jpg?f=cc84d2c1&itok=sIgfGO3T)
Cancer,
Community
UC launches lung cancer screening website to boost number of Californians testing early, when it can be most beneficial
November 20, 2023
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6 min read
![Patty Canales manages the UCLA Health Auxiliary Thrift Shop, where she's worked for 27 years. (Photo by Milo Mitchell)](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/d8/2023-05-18-uclah-auxiliarythrift-099.jpg?f=2883fa21&itok=wfa7EmoI)
Community,
Healthy Lifestyle
UCLA Health Auxiliary Thrift Shop: 7 decades of good will
A blowout event showcasing the best of the thrift store merchandise is scheduled for July 19 to 21.
July 11, 2023
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4 min read
![Pancreas](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/22/pancreas.jpg?f=f569d255&itok=OJ6KGxZ5)
Cancer,
Community
Hirshberg Foundation builds community of support for those affected by pancreatic cancer
Survivors, patients and family members touched by pancreatic cancer will come together Saturday, March 11, to share their stories of resilience, along with top physicians discussing the latest research, for the 17th Annual Symposium on Pancreatic Cancer at UCLA.
March 8, 2023
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6 min read
![Dr. Maryte Gylys speaks to students at El Segundo High School as Dr. Dane Saksa plays the role of the patient. Drs. Gylys and Saksa, along with fellow members of the UCLA Health Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, were at the school as part of Project Lead the Way, a biomedical science curriculum aimed at inspiring high school students to pursue medical careers. (Photo by Joshua Sudock/UCLA Health)](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/1e/project-lead-way1-0216ucla-elsegundo02012023-js.jpg?h=f680b6b0&f=d22a7bd4&itok=nXyAfTfL)
Community,
Healthy Lifestyle
Ultrasound exams in the high school library: Project Lead the Way inspires tomorrow’s medical students
Guided by a team of UCLA Health anesthesiologists, about 40 El Segundo High School students got a hands-on experience with ultrasound technology.
February 21, 2023
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5 min read
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Community,
Healthy Lifestyle,
Behavioral Health
Ashley Judd opens up about emotional resilience during Friends of Semel program
A support network was crucial to helping the actress-activist process her mother’s death earlier this year.
November 1, 2022
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5 min read
![UCLA Chancellor Gene Block at Operation Mend’s 15th anniversary celebration.](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/2H2A4501%20%281%29.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=bXRWp6Wn)
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Operation Mend’s 15th anniversary celebration raises more than $1.1 million for wounded veterans
UCLA Health’s Operation Mend held its 15th anniversary Red, White & Denim Backyard Bash on Oct. 2 at the home of founding family members, Dana and Todd Katz.
October 14, 2022
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4 min read
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Community
UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind expands to Glendale Unified amid return to school season
The program encourages youth health and wellness by enhancing physical education in middle and high schools
October 3, 2022
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2 min read
![Group of student and staff cutting a ribbon](/sites/default/files/styles/square_004000_160x160/public/images/SMSM-Glendale_Wilson-39.jpg?h=41f55a5b&itok=N5falxBf)
Community,
News about UCLA Health
UCLA Sound Body Sound Mind opened first school fitness center since start of pandemic
A UCLA Health program to enhance physical education throughout Los Angeles schools opened its first new school fitness center since the pandemic put openings on hold in March 2020.
May 10, 2022
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2 min read
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Community,
Healthy Lifestyle
UCLA medical students celebrate first in-person Match Day in two years
About half of the new graduates will study primary care in the fall
March 23, 2022
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3 min read
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Community,
Healthy Lifestyle
UCLA Health Homeless Healthcare Collaborative joins Care Harbor clinic
200-plus volunteers from UCLA Health will staff the annual clinic, which provides medical services to underserved populations
March 3, 2022
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4 min read
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Community,
Healthy Lifestyle
Where to reach underrepresented students for health care professions? In community colleges
DGSOM Community Engagement pipeline partnerships expand
December 21, 2021
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5 min read