Research & Labs

UCLA Kind Minds Program

Recruiting teens ages 12-17 and their parents to participate in a mindfulness research study.

UCLA Launches Effort to Expand Its COVID Test to Detect Other Emerging Viruses

CLA Health is joining a new effort to increase the ability to quickly respond to emerging pathogens by creating the capability to detect all existing ...

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 ...

UCLA Memory Study

Earn $600 for your participation. We are seeking older adult participants with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), or who may be experiencing memory loss.

UCLA receives $20M to establish Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center

Andrea and Donald Goodman and Renee and Meyer Luskin have made a gift to establish the UCLA Goodman–Luskin Center.

UCLA receives $21 million grant to study health effects of Aliso Canyon gas leak

A UCLA research team has received a five-year, $21 million grant from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to study the health consequen...

UCLA receives $500,000 to study the impact of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic

UCLA has received $500,000 from Arnold Ventures to study how the use of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic affected access to, utilization of a...

UCLA Research Contributes to Study Linking Protein to Long-Term Damage Following Brain Injuries

Blocking a key function of cells known as astrocytes in the brain's thalamus can prevent the risk of seizures in mice with brain injuries, according t...

UCLA research team receives $1M grant to study long COVID

A team of researchers at UCLA Health has received a $1 million research grant from the American Heart Association to study the cardiovascular effects ...

UCLA researcher receives NIH grant to develop a more affordable gene therapy for sickle cell disease

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $773,763 grant to UCLA physician-scientist Dr. Donald Kohn.

UCLA researchers awarded Department of Defense funding to improve prostate cancer treatment outcomes

A team led by Paul C Boutros, PhD, MBA has been awarded over $2.7 million in research funding from the U.S. Department of Defense....

UCLA researchers develop base editing approach for rare genetic immune disorder

UCLA researchers engineer resistance-proof CAR T cells

In a Phase 1 clinical trial, the 'bispecific' therapy showed safe, long-lasting results.

UCLA researchers identify model for studying treatments targeting MS progression

A new study from UCLA researchers identified an animal model that could be used to study treatments for improving disabilities in multiple sclerosis p...

UCLA researchers identify possible approach to prevent cancer from evolving to resist treatment