A CNN anchor gestured with her right hand, moving it away from the center of her body to the left, as she gave updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during an Ebola crisis in 2014. UCLA statistics and communication studies professors are working to annotate thousands of hours of news clips by […]
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U.S. official calls for focus on gender equality as means to end AIDS
The U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator called for an end to the AIDS epidemic by 2030 in a speech at UCLA Wednesday afternoon. Around 70 professors, students and international delegates attended a speech by Dr. Deborah Birx, a retired army colonel who began her term as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and U.S. Special Representative for Global […]
Professor emeritus Paul Terasaki remembered for medical innovation
Dr. Paul Terasaki, a professor emeritus of surgery who worked in the David Geffen School of Medicine, died Monday from kidney disease. He was 86 years old. Terasaki was a pioneer in transplantation and remained dedicated to UCLA until his death, said Ricardo Ordóñez, director of management at Terasaki’s research company, One Lambda. After graduating […]
FuturizeX challenge finalists develop solutions to global problems
Six undergraduate students were selected Thursday as finalists in a campuswide challenge that encourages students to develop solutions to global problems. UCLA and XPRIZE, a nonprofit organization that facilitates competitions, launched the FuturizeX Student Challenge, which is open to undergraduate students. More than 250 applicants participated in the contest and submitted proposals that aim to […]
UCLA study finds protein buildup may contribute to Alzheimer’s
A UCLA School of Nursing study concluded that a protein buildup in the brain’s synapses impairs memory recall and development, and may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease. Karen Gylys, who is a nursing professor, and her research team compared cognitively normal brains against brains with dementia. Alzheimer’s patients’ brains had higher concentrations of the protein amyloid […]
Alum meets UCLA blood donors who saved his life
Jorge Sincuir donated blood 27 times as a UCLA student, but never fully understood his impact as a donor until he needed a transfusion himself. Last Wednesday, Sincuir met three donors who helped save his life at a UCLA Blood and Platelet Center event organized to honor frequent donors. Last April, Sincuir, a UCLA alumnus, […]
Hospitals, manufacturers failed to report superbug prior to UCLA outbreak
A United States Senate investigation found the superbug outbreak at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in January 2015 may have resulted from hospitals’ and manufacturers’ failure to report previous outbreaks of a drug-resistant bacteria. Senator Patty Murray launched the investigation after multiple international and domestic outbreaks prompted officials to search for changes that can […]