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. Read more...
Photo: Jorge Sincuir, a UCLA alum who was in a car accident, received 27 blood donations after being a frequent donor at UCLA. (Meghan Hodges/Daily Bruin)
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. Read more...
Photo: Hospitals’ and manufacturers’ failure to report previous outbreaks of a drug-resistant bacteria may have been responsible for the superbug outbreak at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in January 2015. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Dr. James Economou stepped down last quarter from his role as vice chancellor for research to return as a full-time faculty member, but left behind new programs such as campus-wide Grand Challenges initiatives, among others. Read more...
An engineering professor will serve as the university’s interim vice chancellor for research, effective immediately, the UCLA Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost announced Monday. Read more...
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UCLA selected a new health care leader for the UCLA Health System, officials announced Friday. Johnese Spisso will become the president of UCLA Health, CEO of UCLA Hospital System and associate vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences on Feb. Read more...
The UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge project released a report Wednesday detailing its research plan to make Los Angeles more environmentally sustainable by 2050. The five-year plan outlines goals such as powering Los Angeles County entirely with renewable energy, switching to locally-sourced water supplies and increasing native biodiversity and ecosystem health. Read more...
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, voted Tuesday to rescind UCLA professor Patrick Harran’s nomination to be a fellow. The association rescinded his nomination after learning the Los Angeles District Attorney filed felony charges in 2011 against Harran, a chemistry and biochemistry professor, for labor code violations that led to the death of one of his lab technicians. Read more...
Photo: (UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry)
