A professor of chemistry and biochemistry as well as materials science and engineering, Weiss will explore the development of wearable external and internal sensor arrays for personalized health monitoring.
Professors Sholmo Benartzi and Alan Castel say that as people age, they tend to focus on positive memories and those blindspots to past negatives can have bad financial consequences.
Findings from UCLA-led research lend support to the idea that physician assistants and nurse practitioners could fill gap in health care services as nation faces doctor shortage.
A UCLA-led research team used big data analysis and new levels of precision to study three decades of data. The new tool could be useful for studying other regions.
Part of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s campus complex, the center provides faculty and students access to the latest advances in music technology, research and pedagogy.
The recognition “reflects our commitment to delivering the highest quality of care to this community,” said Karen Grimley, UCLA Health’s chief nurse executive.
The L.A. Energy Atlas project, a first-of-its-kind interactive website, enables policymakers and the public to sort energy consumption and emissions by building size, neighborhood and other metrics.
Many midlife and older gay men experience the stress of being part of a sexual minority group. They perceive that they need to conceal their sexual orientation, or that others are uncomfortable with or avoid them because they are gay.
Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board and a UCLA faculty member, is a fierce fighter for the environment. She has championed a difficult cause without succumbing to bitterness or wallowing in the polarization that has crippled Sacramento and Washington.
One honoree, UCLA alumna Kelly Dumke, is already working on the front lines in communities in L.A. County against a well-known and entrenched enemy, early childhood obesity.