Health Sciences

Statement from Gerald S. Levey, vice chancellor of medical sciences and dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, on the naming of his successor:   I believe the selection of A. Eugene Washington to serve as the next dean of the David...

Message to UCLA administrative officers, deans, department chairs, directors, vice chancellors and faculty of the medical echool and medical sciences from Scott Waugh, executive vice chancellor and provost:   Dear Colleagues:   I...

Washington was proposed to the Board of Regents as dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine and vice chancellor of health sciences at UCLA, effective February 1, 2010.

Michael Jung, UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and his research group designed and synthesized the molecule that has become Medivation's investigational prostate-cancer drug.

Statement responding to Nov. 1, 2009, news broadcast on liver transplants at UCLA.

The UCLA School of Public Health has received a $5.2 million gift from Kaiser Permanente to endow the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity. The center, formerly known as the Center to Eliminate Health Disparities, is dedicated...

Despite being in the hospital, pediatric patients will get to celebrate Halloween by dressing up in costumes, face-painting and watching a magic show.

The hospital has been honored by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association for its success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients.