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Dean Dubinet standing in office
Direct From the Dean

The Dean's List: A Few Things to Know in October

The DGSOM is internationally recognized as a leader in medical education, patient care, public service, and, importantly, research.

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physician in lab coat sitting in office
Faculty, Leadership

Newly Appointed Chair of MIMG

Hector Aguilar, Ph.D., appointed Chair of UCLA's Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, effective July 1, 2025.

2 min read
Photographic depiction of UCLA’s computer model SLIViT (SLice Integration by Vision Transformer)
Research & Labs

New AI model efficiently reaches clinical-expert-level accuracy in complex medical scans

New AI framework teaches itself to analyze MRIs and other 3D medical images with accuracy matching that of medical specialists in a fraction of the time.

4 min read
garmin vivoactive 5 watch on hand
Research & Labs

Recruiting Healthcare Workers with Anxiety to Participate in Research

Seeking medical residents for an efficacy stage clinical trial for a novel therapeutic solution to improve anxiety.

1 min read
UCLA’s first medical informatics PhD, Samir Akre, pictured with his family on the day of his dissertation defense.
Research & Labs, Spotlight, Students

Meet UCLA’s First Medical Informatics PhD

Samir Akre is getting a PhD in medical informatics at UCLA. He studies how consumer wearable devices can inform mental health interventions.

5 min read
First-year medical students received their white coats during a ceremony Sept. 6 at UCLA's Royce Hall.
Students

Three medical students driven by social justice

First-year medical students received their white coats during a ceremony Sept. 6 at UCLA's Royce Hall.

3 min read
Dean Dubinet standing in office
Direct From the Dean

The Dean's List: A Few Things to Know in September

The DGSOM community officially recognized and welcomed its newest members, the class of 2028.

1 min read
PhD Student Rochelle Lai in the Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology program
Research & Labs, Students

Clinical Dietitian Pursues Basic Science Research to Help Patients

UCLA PhD student Rochelle Lai investigates ways for treating metabolic diseases at the cellular level.

5 min read
Gary Michelson, left, and Aya Michelson stand with arms around each other
Community

UCLA receives $120 million from Alya and Gary Michelson for new California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

Transformative donation will spur breakthrough discoveries and drive economic growth for the region.

5 min read
Pills
Research & Labs

Effect of Metformin on Overweight/Obese Patients

You may be eligible if you are 18 years of age or older and have a BMI of ≥ 27 kg/m2.

1 min read