Faculty Bulletin Board

Award supports young scientists who will study how to rapidly evaluate and implement changes in information technology and new clinical innovations.

Rebeca Méndez’s exhibit is the 17th installation of the New York museum’s “Select” series, which investigates the interaction of humanity, nature, design and science.

Among other applications, quantum systems hold the promise of new sensitive sensors, with a variety of possible medical, national security and scientific applications.

Roshan Bastani, professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, will lead the three-year, $910,000 effort.

Trueblood developed computer programs for determining chemical structures.

The Association of Community Cancer Centers will present UCLA’s Dr. Patricia Ganz with its clinical research award at its national conference in October.

UCLA researchers from medicine, engineering, life sciences, physical sciences and dentistry, are among the recipients of the medical school’s 2018 Seed Grant Program.

The center, which is based in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, includes faculty who work with immigrant communities in California and faculty who collaborate in more than 50 countries.

Chee Wei Wong has received the 2018 NIH trailblazer award for new and early stage investigators.

Amy Richlin received a C.J. Goodwin Award of Merit for her book “Slave Theater in the Roman Republic: Plautus and Popular Comedy.”

Andrew Goldstein, an assistant professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology and urology at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, received the Giants of Science Hope award.

Sudipto Banerjee, professor of biostatistics at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was honored by the International Society for Bayesian Analysis.

Elihu Abrahams, UCLA distinguished adjunct professor of physics and astronomy, has been honored by the American Physical Society.

Caroline Beghein joins the agency’s InSight team, which will study of Mars’ crust, mantle and core using seismic data.

UCLA’s Dr. Kenneth Wells, the David Weil Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, is the recipient of the Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize.

The grant will be used create a program to help train the next generation of scientific leaders to use “big data” to tackle complex societal problems.

Mark Kaplan will serve a four-year term on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

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.