Message from the Chair

Our early career faculty represent the future. The recent reduction in federal funding of scientific research puts that future at risk. While we do not fully[...]

By sjmartinez • March 31, 2025

Last Friday, we experienced the annual tradition in academic medicine when senior medical students learn where they will be spending the next period of their[...]

By sjmartinez • March 24, 2025

The UCLA Department of Medicine’s (DoM) success is owed in large part to the women LEADERS among our faculty and staff. They are driving change in healthcare[...]

By sjmartinez • March 17, 2025

Central to our department’s strategic plan is to be LEADERS in all missions that exemplify our status as a premier academic department of medicine. In[...]

By sjmartinez • March 10, 2025

Excellence in our education mission is an essential pillar of our strategic plan. The UCLA Department of Medicine (DoM) trains over 250 residents and over 200[...]

By sjmartinez • March 3, 2025

As a leading department of medicine, research represents an important pillar of our core missions. Despite many recent headwinds facing our research enterprise, we remain committed to[...]

By sjmartinez • February 24, 2025

As many of you know, February is Black History Month. Initially started as a weeklong period of reflection nearly 100 years ago, it became a[...]

By sjmartinez • February 18, 2025

Happy Monday everybody. Late Friday, the National Institutes of Health released a memo outlining new guidance describing an updated policy on the payment of indirect[...]

By sjmartinez • February 10, 2025

A core strength of our department is our unwavering commitment to advancing the field of medicine through innovative research that transforms how we treat disease[...]

By sjmartinez • February 3, 2025

Diversity is a beautiful thing. The department of medicine (DoM) is committed to fostering, encouraging and supporting an inclusive environment in which all our members[...]

By sjmartinez • January 27, 2025