IN THE NEWS:
Report Uncovers Further Records Breaches
The Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, KNBC-Channel 4 and KABC-Channel 7 report today on a California Department of Public Health report that identified 14 more UCLA employees connected to the improper accessing of celebrities’ medical files at UCLA Medical Center.
Case Explores Childhood Vaccines and Autism
The Associated Press reported Monday on the testimony of Dr. Sander Greenland, professor of epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health, in a federal court case brought by families who claim that childhood vaccines caused autism and other neurological disorders in their children.
Chinese Consumers Unite for Discounts
Monday’s Wall Street Journal featured a column by Christopher Tang, UCLA’s Carter Professor of Business Administration at the Anderson School of Management, about a phenomenon in China known as “group buying,” in which individual consumers seeking the same product band together to receive group discounts from merchants.
Woman Saved by Experimental Cancer Therapy
KABC-Channel 7 reported Friday on a woman whose advanced breast cancer was successfully treated using an experimental new therapy at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. John Glaspy, professor of hematology and oncology and director of the women's cancers program at the Jonsson Center, was interviewed in the story.
Can You Hear This Mating Call?
A study co-authored by Peter Narins, UCLA professor of physiological science, that found that males and females of a particular species of Chinese tree frog communicate their desire to mate using ultrasonic squeaks was covered today by United Press International and Monday by Science magazine. Narins was quoted in Science.
Mom Helps Student Navigate Disabilities
The Los Angeles Daily News reported Sunday on the relationship between Matthew Rudes, a graduating UCLA senior who suffers from a severe form of a genetic disorder known as Marfan syndrome, and his mother. Dr. Rena Falk, professor of pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was quoted.
OBITUARY:
Murray Jarvik, 84, UCLA Professor, Nicotine Patch Co-inventor
Dr. Murray E. Jarvik, UCLA professor emeritus of psychiatry and pharmacology and co-inventor of the nicotine patch, died May 8. See today’s New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.
QUOTABLE:
Donald Morrison
Morrison, UCLA’s William E. Leonhard Professor of Management at the Anderson School of Management, is quoted today in an ESPN.com article about athletes who leave college after a single year to compete professionally.
Dr. Nick Shamie
Shamie, UCLA assistant professor of orthopedic surgery, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times story about basketball star Kobe Bryant’s recent back injury.
