Our work holds therapeutic potential for conditions such as Alzheimers, HIV, blindness, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and neuromuscular disorders.

Profs Grinnell Khakh and O'Dell in meeting

Chairman's Fund

Invest in areas of the greatest need. The Physiology Chairman's Fund provides support in areas that the Department Chair chooses as a programmatic priority.

Support Priorities
Ernest Wright

Ernest M. Wright Fund

Help junior faculty members to advance their research. To honor the career of Ernest M. Wright, FRS, the UCLA Department of Physiology started a fundraising initiative with the goal of securing a minimum of $500,000 for the Ernest M. Wright Term Chair in Physiology.

Fund young innovators