Department of Medicine Blog

On My Mind... Reflections from the Chair

Welcome to the Department of Medicine at UCLA (DoM). With a 70-year history of innovation in education, research, and patient care, the DoM has grown to become the largest department of medicine in the UC system. We have one of the largest NIH funding portfolios in the country and 6 of our clinical programs are nationally ranked within the top 10 in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report.

We take great pride in our achievements, but most importantly in our commitment to advancing health equity while training future leaders in internal medicine. Our accomplished trainees learn alongside world renown faculty who are innovators in health care delivery and drivers of scientific advances that are transforming many areas of medicine. Learn more about our department’s work, accomplishments, and goals directly from Chair and Executive Medical Director Dr. E. Dale Abel who shares his reflections each week.

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Six DoM Physician-Scientists Honored by the American Society for Clinical Investigation

The UCLA Department of Medicine is pleased to announce the election of Hrishikesh S. Kulkarni, MD, MS; Folasade May, MD, PhD; Philip O. Scumpia, MD; and Marmar Vaseghi, MD, PhD to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). The ASCI is one of the oldest and most recognized medical honors societies and among the few focused on honoring the accomplishments of…
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Supporting Our Research Mission

Updated 2/28 MESSAGE FROM DoM LEADERSHIP Dear Colleagues, We continue to closely track the latest developments that affect federally funded research. This week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) partially lifted the freeze on study sections. Study sections are responsible for reviewing the thousands of grant submissions submitted to the NIH for funding consideration. As a…
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In Memoriam: Jeffrey Ardell, PhD

Dear colleagues: It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jeffrey Ardell, PhD, an esteemed colleague, mentor and friend to many in the UCLA Department of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Cardiology, and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Ardell was a professor-in-residence with dual appointment in…
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A Randomized Phase 3 Study of MRTX849 in Combination with Cetuximab Versus Chemotherapy in Patients with Advanced Colorectal Cancer with KRAS G12C Mutation with Disease Progression On or After Standard First-Line Therapy...

Early Lipid Accumulation and Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Heart Transplant Recipients

Adalimumab vs. Conventional Immunosuppression for Uveitis Trial

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