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Dr. Vatche Agopian, Director, Dumont-UCLA Liver Cancer Center; Dr. Yazhen Zhu, co-director of the liquid biopsy laboratory at UCLA; and Hsian-Rong Tseng of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

New Technology Aims Toward Earlier Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Primary liver cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, takes more than 30,000 lives in the United States each year....

Dr. Gerardo Moreno Appointed as Chair of the Department of Family Medicine

Gerardo Moreno, MD, MSHS has been appointed chair of the Department of Family Medicine. Dr....

UCLA Researchers Provide New Framework for Studying Brain Organization

UCLA researchers and colleagues at Emory University and other research centers have combined data simulation and experimental observation to bridge a gap betwee...

Self-Employed Women Report Lower Risk of High Blood Pressure and Obesity Compared to Women Who Work for Wages

Self-employed women report a lower risk of developing high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes compared to women who have a salary or work for wages, accordin...

UCLA awarded $11.5 million to improve organ, hand and face transplantation

The Dumont–UCLA Transplant Center has received two grants totaling $11.5 million from the federal government for research aimed at making donated organs last lo...

UCLA, UI Health Care, CDC Researchers Find PPE Highly Effective at Protecting Emergency Department Workers from COVID

Emergency department health care workers’ risk of infection in the early stages of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic was largely related to household and other...

Gabriel Abril Rodriguez, PhD and Katie Campbell, PhD

UCLA Researchers Receive Early Career Researcher Awards from the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers Katie Campbell, PhD, and Gabriel Abril Rodriguez, PhD, have been named early career researcher awardees by ...

UCLA Researchers Identify Previously Unobserved Type of White Blood Cell Involved in Development of Pimples

Acne affects more than 45 million people and is ranked third among chronic skin conditions that cause disability....

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....

DGSOM Students Receive Full-Ride Scholarships from L.A. Care

L.A. Care Health Plan marked its 25th anniversary with major announcements during a celebration on July 22 at Charles R....

Initiative seeks to adapt SwabSeq technology to detect all novel pathogens

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 and new re...

UCLA Health’s TechQuity Accelerator Announces Inaugural Cohort Advancing Equitable Innovations

The inaugural cohort of innovators has been selected to participate in UCLA Health’s new TechQuity Accelerator....

Dr. Stanley Frencher Joins Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship

Stanley K. Frencher, Jr., MD, MPH is one of 21 senior health care leaders chosen to join the Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship this year. Across the country, the program’s network of health care entrepreneurs and innovators are committed to finding viable solutions to confront U.S. health care's problems.

New Technology Aims Toward Earlier Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Dr. Gerardo Moreno Appointed as Chair of the Department of Family Medicine

UCLA Researchers Provide New Framework for Studying Brain Organization

Self-Employed Women Report Lower Risk of High Blood Pressure and Obesity Compared to Women Who Work for Wages

UCLA awarded $11.5 million to improve organ, hand and face transplantation

UCLA, UI Health Care, CDC Researchers Find PPE Highly Effective at Protecting Emergency Department Workers from COVID

UCLA Researchers Receive Early Career Researcher Awards from the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

UCLA Researchers Identify Previously Unobserved Type of White Blood Cell Involved in Development of Pimples

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

DGSOM Students Receive Full-Ride Scholarships from L.A. Care

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

UCLA Health’s TechQuity Accelerator Announces Inaugural Cohort Advancing Equitable Innovations

Dr. Stanley Frencher Joins Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship

Scientists develop blueprint for turning stem cells into sensory interneurons

Comparing Physicians’ Performance to Peers Decreases Job Satisfaction and Increases Burnout

New Biomedical Data Science Training Program Focuses on Precision Health Equity

RNA May Be an Informative Biomarker for Head and Neck Cancer Treatment, UCLA Study Says

Even in Sleep, Your Brain’s Neurons are Humming Along to Mozart

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

After facial feminization surgery, transgender people report better psychosocial health