Press Release 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. October 04, 2024 2 min read Faculty, Leadership Newly Appointed Chair of Neurobiology Genevieve Konopka, Ph.D., appointed Chair of UCLA's Department of Neurobiology, effective July 1, 2025. October 11, 2024 2 min read Faculty, Leadership Newly Appointed Chair of Radiological Sciences Jonathan Goldin, MD, Ph.D., appointed Chair of UCLA's Department of Radiological Sciences, effective April 1, 2025. April 01, 2025 2 min read Faculty, Leadership Newly appointed Director of the Crump Institute Arion Hadjioannou, Ph.D., appointed Director of the Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging (CIMI) effective June 1, 2025. April 28, 2025 2 min read Faculty, Leadership Newly Appointed Inaugural Associate Dean and Special Advisor for Professionalism Tara Peris, PhD, Associate Dean for Professionalism, and Melinda Maggard-Gibbons, MD, Special Advisor for Clinical Professionalism, appointed May 1, 2025 April 25, 2025 3 min read