The Wounded Warrior Project announced a $15.7 million grant Tuesday for UCLA Health’s Operation Mend, a treatment program for wounded veterans and their families. Melanie Gideon, director of Operation Mend, said the money will be granted in installments of $5 million per year over the next three years. She said $15 million will be used […]
Category Archives: Science & Health
UCLA study reports efficient way to evaluate organ donations
A UCLA study released Thursday indicated a device attachable to fingers of organ donors who are brain dead can determine the functionality of their liver by detecting the amount of a drug remaining in the bloodstream. Ali Zarrinpar, the study’s lead researcher, said he thinks using the device could save the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical […]
All of Us holds vigil to fight stigma of suicide, mental health
Nicole Moreland lost two friends to suicide during her four years at UCLA. One was Sam Oliver, a fourth-year economics student who died from an apparent suicide in December. Before his death, Oliver was involved in discussion panels about depression and suicide, which have continued on campus. Moreland, a fourth-year psychology student and programming director […]
Professor receives grant to research on improving astronauts’ health
Having grown up listening to his father’s stories of survival in the Holocaust, Raphael Rose developed an interest in behavioral psychology and the effects traumatic experiences can have on a person. “I realized that (behavioral psychology) is something that could help a lot of people and my interest took off from there,” he said. Rose, […]
UCLA graduate student stands behind research despite accusations
A graduate student accused of falsifying data said he stands behind his research in an email statement Friday. In a study published in December, Michael LaCour and his co-author, Columbia professor Donald Green, reported results that suggested voters’ support for same-sex marriage increases following a 20-minute conversation with a gay advocate for same-sex marriage. After […]
UCLA professors launch campaign for son’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Dylan Miceli-Nelson took his final steps when he was 14 years old. Doctors diagnosed him with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or DMD, when he was 3 years old. Since then, Nelson’s muscles have deteriorated from the lack of dystrophin in his body, a protein essential for muscle stabilization and repair. He lost the ability to walk […]
NCAA, Department of Defense fund $30 million study on concussions
Each time a UCLA football player experiences a head-on-head collision during a practice or game, researchers can track the hit to detect the speed, angle, velocity and force imparted on the athlete’s head. This new development is part of a three-year national concussion study which planted sensors in the helmets of 27 UCLA football players […]