News Archive:
July 20, 2007 - Professor Champions Nanotechnology
Sunday's International Herald Tribune featured a profile of UCLA professor of molecular and medical pharmacology Roy Doumani, an international financier and real estate investor who helped establish the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA and the University of California, Santa Barbara. Doumani sits on the institute's advisory and oversight board.
July 19, 2007 - New Cancer Therapy Uses Targeted Drugs
CBS Radio's Osgood File featured an interview Thursday with Anna Wu, UCLA professor of molecular and medical pharmacology, about a new class of drugs that use customized human antibodies to target specific cancers.
June 20, 2007 - Pharmacology Faculty Member Named to Endowed
Chair in GerontologyJorge Barrio, professor of molecular and medical pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been appointed to UCLA's Elizabeth and Thomas Plott Chair in Gerontology.
The endowed chair is held for a five-year term by a recipient who conducts research and educational activities related to aging and longevity in the areas of molecular biology, neuroscience and immunology. (Full Story)
May 21, 2007 - UCLA Nobel Laureate Honored With Membership in the American Philosophical Society
Louis J. Ignarro, distinguished professor of pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in medicine, has been elected to the American Philosophical Society. Founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, the American Philosophical Society is the countryÐs oldest learned society, recognizing extraordinary achievements in science, letters and the arts. Ignarro joins an illustrious group of members that has included Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Andrew Carnegie and Beverly Sills. (Full Story)
March 14, 2007 - Pharmacology Professor, Don Catlin, Anti-Sports-Doping Innovator, Returning to Research
Drawn to the anti-doping fight for the '84 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Don Catlin recently became famous for detecting the designer steroid THG in the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO) scandal. His "Olympic Lab" has tested tens of thousands of samples for the NCAA and the NFL. Catlin is departing the testing arena to focus on research and development of new tests at the Anti-Doping Research Institute, an institute he founded just a mile from UCLA. Dr. Catlin will continue to teach as an emeritus professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine.(Full Story)
October 11, 2006 - Three UCLA Faculty Are Among 65 New Members Named to Prestigious Institute of Medicine
Three UCLA faculty representing the David Geffen School of Medicine, the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, and the School of Public Health were among 65 new members named this week to the prestigious Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. They are Emmett B. Keeler, John C. Mazziotta, and Thomas H. Rice.(Full Story)
