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Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Leal on receiving a 2026 UCLA-CDU Dana Center Seed Grant

Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Leal on receiving a 2026 UCLA-CDU Dana Center Seed Grant

Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Leal on receiving a 2026 UCLA-CDU Dana Center Seed Grant to learn from community voices and inform research on brain health, cognitive aging, and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias among Latino older adults.
Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Dr. Tania Rodriguez

Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Dr. Tania Rodriguez

Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Dr. Tania Rodriguez, who will be working on Dr. Stephanie Leal's 2026 UCLA-CDU Dana Center Seed Grant project to learn from community voices and inform research on brain health, cognitive aging, and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias among Latino older adults. Dr. Rodriguez will do so as a 2026 UCLA-CDU Dana Center Fellow, recognized for her academic achievements, leadership, and dedication to Neuroscience and Society!
Professor Alan Garfinkel is awarded a ‘gift in support of research’ from Rallypoint One, a philanthropic LLC that supports military-related research

Professor Alan Garfinkel is awarded a ‘gift in support of research’ from Rallypoint One, a philanthropic LLC that supports military-related research

Professor Alan Garfinkel was awarded a ‘gift in support of research’ from Rallypoint One, a philanthropic LLC that supports military-related research. The gift, which is for $100K/yr renewable for 2 years, will be used to study the mechanisms of arrhythmic death in the setting of post-hemorrhagic shock.
Professor Ketema Paul, along with his collaborator, as they are awarded a UCLA-CDU Dana Center 2026 seed grant

Professor Ketema Paul, along with his collaborator, as they are awarded a UCLA-CDU Dana Center 2026 seed grant

Congratulations Professor Ketema Paul, along with his collaborator, Dr. Courtney Thomas Tobin, Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences and the Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence at the Fielding School of Public Health, as they are awarded a UCLA-CDU Dana Center 2026 seed grant for their project, "Sleep, Self-Awareness, and Clinical Mental Health Decision-Making: A Systematic Review of the Neuroscience, Genetics, and Social Determinants”

Educational Programs

The department is proud of its long history in training the next generation of thinkers and leaders in science and medicine. The department offers an Undergraduate Program (B.S. in Physiological Science) as well as a two-year, research-oriented Master’s Program (M.S. in Physiological Science). We are a co-founder and home to the Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP) Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program, which is one of 11 Ph.D.-granting programs in the Graduate Programs in Biosciences (GPB) at UCLA. The department is also highly engaged with the Undergraduate Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program (UNSIDP). Specifically, IBP provides administrative expertise and support for UNSIDP’s leadership; staff; instruction; curriculum; courses; teaching assistants; and financial support for selected activities.

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