Category Archives: Science & Health

Professor names new species of fish in honor of late UCLA student

Kristina Louie, a student researcher who died in 2004, gave a small fish species its scientific name – the Eucyclogobius kristinae. Ecology and evolutionary biology professor David Jacobs decided to honor Louie by naming the fish after her because of her dedication to studying it as a graduate student. Louie died suddenly due to inflammation of […]

UCLA appoints associate vice chancellor for intellectual property, research

UCLA officials appointed a lawyer as the associate vice chancellor for intellectual property and industry sponsored research and leader of an entrepreneurship advising board Tuesday. Amir Naiberg has been leading the Office of Intellectual Property and Industry Sponsored Research and has been the chief executive officer of Westwood Technology Transfer since Aug. 3, according to a […]

Officials appoint permanent dean of UCLA medical school

Officials appointed professor and interim dean as permanent dean of the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine effective July 1. School officials chose Kelsey Martin after a national search, said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh in an email announcement. Waugh said in a statement that Martin had demonstrated leadership, scholarship and knowledge of […]

UCLA brings children together at annual pediatric craniofacial picnic

For one day each year, kids with craniofacial anomalies spend time with each other and their families at UCLA’s Sunset Canyon Recreation Center lawn. At the annual UCLA Pediatric Craniofacial Program picnic, held Aug. 6, kids of all ages will be able to play games, paint their faces and jump on bounce houses. These children […]

Professor pays about $10,000 in attorney’s fees after animal testing lawsuit

A UCLA professor paid about $10,000 in attorney’s fees in a lawsuit upholding the right of activists to protest her animal testing research on public property. Edythe London, a professor of psychiatry, biobehavioral sciences and molecular and medical pharmacology, returned $3,500 from an initial court ruling to Carol Glasser. Glasser is a co-founder of Progress for […]