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- Dr. Tim Donahue to receive Serge & Yvette Dadone Clinical Teaching Award
Timothy R. Donahue, MD, will be honored with the Serge & Yvette Dadone Clinical Teaching Award when the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine holds its annual Awards for Education Reception on June 7.
May 20, 2022 6:00 AM
detail - Roger S. Lo receives $900K grant to study melanoma therapy resistance
A team led by Dr. Roger Lo has received a $900,000 grant from the Melanoma Research Alliance to study how to prevent melanoma patients from relapsing on two key types of melanoma therapy.
May 12, 2022 11:00 AM
detail - UCLA researchers, doctors to present at American Urological Association annual meeting
Physicians and scientists from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center will be joining more than 32,000 scientists, clinicians, advocates and industry luminaries from institutions around the world to discuss the most recent advancements in cancer research at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting.
May 12, 2022 9:00 AM
detail - UCLA Hosts Inaugural On-Campus Swim Across America Event
Over 100 participants gathered at Spieker Aquatics Center on the UCLA campus for the Swim Across America – Los Angeles charity swim, raising over $12,000 and counting for the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
May 12, 2022 6:00 AM
detail - Veterans lung cancer treatment study is largest ever
The Veterans Affairs Lung Cancer Surgery or Stereotactic Radiotherapy (VALOR) trial aims to discover whether traditional lung-resection surgery or Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) is best for treating stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer.
May 12, 2022 6:00 AM
detail - Jeremie Calais receives award at nuclear medicine conference
Dr. Jeremie Calais has received the Hal O’Brien Rising Star Award at the 2022 High Country Nuclear Medicine Conference.
April 22, 2022 8:00 AM
detail - UCLA-led team creates first comprehensive map of human blood stem cell development
UCLA scientists and colleagues have created a first-of-its-kind roadmap that traces each step in the development of blood stem cells in the human embryo, providing scientists with a blueprint for producing fully functional blood stem cells in the lab.
April 19, 2022 8:00 AM
detail - UCLA student Mildred Galvez earns award to attend major cancer meeting
MD/PhD student Mildred Galvez has received one of the Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Awards at the American Association for Cancer Research’s annual meeting.
April 14, 2022 8:00 AM
detail - UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers earn awards from UCLA Technology Development Group
Several members of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have received awards from the UCLA Technology Development Group’s UCLA Innovation Fund Biomedical Competition.
April 07, 2022 6:00 AM
detail - UCLA Distinguished Professor elected as Cancer Research Fellow
Dr. Patricia Ganz, UCLA distinguished professor of health policy and management, has been elected a fellow of the Philadelphia-based American Association for Cancer Research Academy.
April 04, 2022 6:00 AM
detail - Colorectal cancer screenings require building trust with patients
As a former health educator who taught the importance of early cancer screenings, Gloria Riley knew better than to put off her colorectal cancer screening.
March 30, 2022 6:00 AM
detail - Timothy F. Cloughesy elected to the Association of American Physicians
Dr. Timothy F. Cloughesy has been elected to the Association of American Physicians, an honor society recognizing exemplary physician-scientists who contribute to clinical medicine through the pursuit of basic science.
March 29, 2022 6:00 AM
detail - UCLA physician-scientist receives $5 million grant to move wound healing gel to clinical trial
A potential new treatment for glioblastoma that recently received approval for clinical trials not only was developed by three UCLA faculty members but also traces its roots back to 2005, when one of the researchers was a UCLA graduate student.
March 28, 2022 9:00 AM
detail - Potential glioblastoma treatment has roots in UCLA graduate research
A potential new treatment for glioblastoma that recently received approval for clinical trials not only was developed by three UCLA faculty members but also traces its roots back to 2005, when one of the researchers was a UCLA graduate student.
March 24, 2022 9:00 AM
detail - Artificial intelligence may soon help doctors treat patients with ovarian cancer
UCLA’s Dr. Joshua G. Cohen is the principal investigator on a multi-campus study launching in the spring.
March 14, 2022 6:00 AM
detail - UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher urges caution on AI in mammography
Analyzing breast-cancer tumors with artificial intelligence has the potential to improve healthcare efficiency and outcomes. But doctors should proceed cautiously, because similar technological leaps previously led to higher rates of false-positive tests and over-treatment.
February 28, 2022 9:00 AM
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