Faculty Bulletin Board

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.

Research by UCLA School of Law professor Ingrid Eagly and UCLA Law alumni, Steven Shafer and Jana Whalley, has been cited by federal judge and American Immigration Council.

Henry Friedman has been recognized for his work studying how information is produced and used in firms and capital markets.

Paul Weiss and the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital received the award to research pediatric cancer from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.

Kelly Lytle Hernández wins the award for “City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles.”

Lixia Zhang, Stan Osher, Judea Pearl and Mani Srivastava were received the honor.

Juli Feigon, a distinguished professor of biochemistry, has been recognized for her outstanding research achievements in biophysics.

Steven Nelson was awarded a two-year research fellowship at the museum’s center for advanced study in the visual arts.

UCLA’s Jennifer Silvers received the 2018 Kucharski Young Investigator award from the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology.