NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Webinar

Upcoming LRP application deadline: November 21, 2024

Learn more at the webinar:
Date: September 10, 2024
Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM
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The UCLA CTSI and DGSOM Office of Physician Scientist Career Development (OPSCD) invites you to attend this webinar to learn about the NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP). This is designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. The LRPs counteract financial pressure by repaying up to $50,000 annually of a researcher's qualified educational debt in return for a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research.

Panelists:

Patricia Ganz, MD
Bio: Dr. Ganz is Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, in the Fielding School of Public Health, Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Director of the Center for Cancer Prevention & Control Research at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is a pioneer in the assessment of quality of life in cancer patients and has focused much of her clinical and research efforts in the areas of breast cancer and its prevention. Dr. Ganz is one of the Co-Directors of the Office of Physician Scientist Career Development and has successfully mentored several individuals who were recipients of the LRP.

Benjamin Meza, MD - Recipient in 2021 & 2023
Grant Title: Longitudinal Effects of School Climate on Adolescent Social Networks and Substance Use
Bio: Dr. Meza is an Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the UCLA Department of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research. He is an internal medicine and pediatrics trained clinician-investigator whose research interests include the role of social networks in health equity and development throughout the life course.  He is currently studying the effect of cooperative group goals on the formation of social networks and prevention of adolescent substance use.

Deborah Oyeyemi Walton, MD - Recipient in 2024
Grant Title: Effect of Medical School Diversity on Alzheimer’s Disease Care Inequities
Bio: Dr. Oyeyemi Walton is an internal medicine physician and postdoctoral research fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program at UCLA. Her research focuses on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia care. She is currently studying dementia caregiver network changes and how contextual factors like race and ethnicity impact older adult dementia outcomes.


For questions, please email Shannon Tsang (smtsang@mednet.ucla.edu)
This webinar will be recorded and posted to the CTSI website under “Other Resources”