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Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD
Awards & Recognition

Dr. Ajijola, recipient of Diversity Leadership Award, helps tackle systemic challenges

Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD, associate professor, Medicine-Cardiology and Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program at UCLA, was selected for the inaugural ...

December 02, 2022
3 min read
Mentor Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD and mentee Jay Lathen Gill II, PhD (MD candidate) connected through the UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
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Finding Mentorship as an MD-PhD Student

Fostering future physician-scientists at UCLA

October 27, 2023
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Clockwise, from top left, Dr. Carol Mangione, Dr. Steve Dubinett, Dr. Keith Norris, Dr. Helena Hansen and Dr. Thomas Rando discuss how they are fulfilling the David Geffen School of Medicine's guiding principle to "make things better."

How UCLA Health physician-scientists are making things better

A guiding principle of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA approach to leadership is “making things better.”

December 15, 2021
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Mohit Gangwani, postdoctoral scholar,  in the Khakh Lab
Residents & Fellows

Research Opportunities with The ASCEND Program

What is Advancing Scientific Careers and Excellence in Physician Development (ASCEND)?

February 14, 2024
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Donald Kohn
Research & Labs

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.

December 16, 2020
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