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Physician-scientist honored by Society for Pediatric Research
Dr. Steven Jonas has been honored with the 2024 Society for Pediatric Research Young Investigator Award. The recognition marks his contributions to unraveling mysteries of childhood development and disease.
January 26, 2024
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Breast surgical oncologist Dr. Mediget Teshome named chief of breast surgery at UCLA Health
UCLA Health has appointed leading breast surgical oncologist Dr. Mediget Teshome as the new chief of breast surgery and director of breast health.
January 18, 2024
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Researchers awarded $3 million to develop AI to better detect aggressive prostate cancer
Researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have received a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to identify novel cancer biomarkers and develop AI that can detect and predict aggressive prostate cancer to help avoid unnecessary treatments and their associated negative side effects.
December 21, 2023
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Sanaz Memarzadeh awarded $1.2 million to study recurrent ovarian cancer
Dr. Sanaz Memarzadeh received a $1.2 million grant from the Veterans Affairs Office to better understand what causes ovarian cancer to recur and how to better target the aggressive, and often deadly, malady.
December 18, 2023
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Two UCLA Engineers Named to 2023 National Academy of Inventors
Eric P. Y. Chiou and Paul Weiss at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have been elected as fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.
December 12, 2023
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UCLA scientists receive $9.1 million from the NCI to improve early detection methods for cancer
Researchers have received two grants totaling $9.1 million from the NCI to advance liquid biopsy technologies for the early detection of cancer, which can significantly improve treatment outcomes and reduce the number of deaths caused by the disease.
December 5, 2023
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Cancer,
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Cancer researchers awarded $4.6 million to advance liquid biopsy test for lung cancer
UCLA investigators received a $4.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop and improve liquid biopsy technologies for the early detection of lung cancer — the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women in the U.S.
October 13, 2023
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Researchers awarded $2.8 million to develop AI models
A team of investigators was awarded $2.8 million from the National Cancer Institute to develop an artificial intelligence model capable of improving the identification of prostate cancer in Black men, addressing a critical health care disparity.
October 4, 2023
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Cancer,
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Tanya Stoyanova receives Department of Defense award to find new lung cancer treatments
Dr. Tanya Stoyanova, associate professor of molecular and medical pharmacology and urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was awarded a $350,000 Idea Development Award from the Department of Defense.
October 3, 2023
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Cancer,
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Dr. Mina Sedrak receives $3.4 million grant from National Institutes of Health
Dr. Mina Sedrak has received a five-year, $3.4 million grant from the NIH to examine how exercise and certain drugs may be able to slow chemotherapy-related accelerated aging seen in breast cancer survivors.
September 27, 2023
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Dr. Edward Garon receives $3.5 million from NIH to personalize immunotherapy based on individual patients’ mutations
Dr. Edward Garon was awarded two grants totaling over $3.5 million from the National Institutes of Health to help improve outcomes for patients with early and advanced stages of non-small cell lung cancer.
September 27, 2023
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Dr. Melissa Lechner receives grant from Doris Duke Foundation
Dr. Melissa Lechner has received a $495,000 grant from the Doris Duke Foundation to help develop ways to minimize harmful immune reactions some people diagnosed with cancer experience when undergoing immunotherapy treatment.
September 8, 2023
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Cancer,
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Researchers awarded $2.5 million to develop brain cancer treatment
A multidisciplinary team of investigators from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center was awarded a $2.5 million Translational Team Science Award from the Department of Defense to develop a tailored treatment for glioblastoma, a deadly brain tumor with limited treatment options.
September 5, 2023
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Dr. Jihane Benhammou receives grant from Veterans Affairs Research
Dr. Jihane Benhammou was awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development to study how statins can be used as chemoprevention for hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common form of primary liver cancer.
August 29, 2023
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Dr. Kymora Scotland awarded grant by Urology Care Foundation
August 11, 2023
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Cancer,
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Cancer researcher awarded dermatology fellowship
Xiao Zhang, a postdoctoral scholar in Dr. Roger Lo’s laboratory at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, was named a dermatology fellow by the Melanoma Research Alliance.
August 8, 2023
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Cancer,
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UCLA physician-scientist awarded $400,000 for pediatric cancer research by Hyundai Hope on Wheels
A $400,000 grant will support the pediatric cancer research being conducted by Dr. Steven Jonas.
July 27, 2023
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Dr. Tanya Stoyanova awarded $1.5 million to uncover new ways to treat advanced prostate cancer
Dr. Tanya Stoyanova was awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to identify new treatment strategies for neuroendocrine prostate cancer, a highly aggressive form of the disease.
July 27, 2023
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Dr. Roger Lo receives grant to find ways to prevent melanoma resistance
Dr. Roger Lo received an $800,000 grant from the V Foundation to study new ways to defeat malignant melanoma, an aggressive type of skin cancer that often becomes resistant to current cancer treatments.
July 18, 2023
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Researchers awarded $2 million grant from National Cancer Institute
Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have been awarded a $2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to design better combination therapies that target the immune system to treat metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, which continues to spread even when testosterone levels are significantly reduced.
July 11, 2023
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