Catalyst Awardees
UCLA CTSI awards investigators grants of up to $5,000 to support team-building activities that advance translational science and promote collaborations across disciplines and CTSI institutions.
View all previously funded Catalyst awardees and their funded projects below.
2023 Awardees
Cycle 1
![Kristen Choi](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Kristen%20Choi.jpg?h=bd1509e3&itok=VyrtTV7T)
![Andrea Hevener](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Andrea%20Hevener.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=BBoF8Cf7)
![Kaye, Jonathan](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Kaye%2C%20Jonathan_0.jpg?h=bc6c5b97&itok=1DFvlrsc)
UCLA
Project Title: "Developing a UCLA/CDU Nursing Research Collaborative"
UCLA
Project Title: "2023 Joint UCLA SCORE Symposium on Sex Differences"
Cedars-Sinai
Project Title: "ImmunologyLA 2023"
![Donald Kohn](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Donald%20Kohn.png?h=334794a6&itok=R6VLODUn)
![Wafa Tawackoli](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Wafa%20Tawackoli.jpg?h=bc6c5b97&itok=wJX2oCMu)
UCLA
Project Title: "Gene Therapy Mini Symposium"
UCLA
Project Title: "CSMC RMI High School Outreach Program 2023-2024"
2022 Awardees
Cycle 3
![Theodore Friedman](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Theodore%20Friedman.png?h=a5d903e7&itok=_URroMfZ)
![Tama Hasson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Tama%20Hasson.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=fkVU-ntt)
![Brennan Spiegel](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-200x200-spiegel_0.png?h=ffba7bc9&itok=H6TtcQbs)
Charles R. Drew
Project Title: "DHS Diabetes Day"
UCLA
Project Title: "CTSI-sponsored Undergraduate Research Center-Sciences Activities"
Cedars-Sinai
Project Title: " 2023 Cedars-Sinai Virtual Medicine Conference (vMed23)"
![Szilagyi, Peter](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Szilagyi%2C%20Peter.jpg?h=ffba7bc9&itok=b2toguYD)
UCLA
Project Title: "The 10th Annual Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute (CDI) Symposium: The Science of Cannabis Across the Developmental Spectrum: From Intrauterine to Young Adult"
Cycle 2
![Jason Ernst](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Jason%20Ernst.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=x5N5_xu2)
![William Hsu](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/William%20Hsu.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=BCq_x0Eh)
![Wafa Tawackoli](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Wafa%20Tawackoli.jpg?h=bc6c5b97&itok=wJX2oCMu)
UCLA
Project Title: "Support for the UCLA Bioinformatics-Human Genetics Seminar Series"
UCLA
Project Title: "Promoting Multidisciplinary Analysis of Radiology-Pathology Data: The Integrated Diagnostics Program"
UCLA
Project Title: "Cell Symposium 2022: Advances in Therapeutic Applications of Stem Cells"
![UCLA Technology Development Group](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/UCLA%20Technology%20Development%20Group.png?h=32ec1649&itok=cZgvM2zI)
![Amanda Velazquez](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Amanda%20Velazquez.jpg?h=ab7839c4&itok=J0hpI7L4)
UCLA
Project Title: "UCLA 11th Annual Medtech Partnering Conference"
Cedars-Sinai
Project Title: "The role of weight stigma on weight loss and attrition after bariatric surgery"
Cycle 1
![Andrea Hevener](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Andrea%20Hevener.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=BBoF8Cf7)
![Robert Reiter](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Robert%20Reiter.jpg?h=c595702e&itok=ZkBHwDQ1)
![Jenny Shen](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Jenny%20Shen.jpg?h=07487260&itok=yYuUgTye)
UCLA
Project Title: "Joint SCORE Symposium on Sex Differences in Brain-Gut Disorders and Metabolism"
UCLA
Project Title: "4th Annual Prostate Cancer Research Symposium"
Lundquist/Harbor-UCLA
Project Title: "Catalyzing Peer Mentorship and Patient Navigation for Spanish-speakers with Kidney Disease"
2021 Awardees
Cycle 2
![Nicolas Berthnal](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Nicolas%20Berthnal.jpg?h=52119415&itok=73OOQceO)
![Brigette Gomperts](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Brigette%20Gomperts.jpg?h=a1bd8f51&itok=DjjvZpes)
![Tama Hasson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Tama%20Hasson.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=fkVU-ntt)
UCLA
Project Title: "Growing the next generation of Surgeon-Scientists through the NIH T32 Program"
UCLA
Project Title: "UC-NL ATTACK Antiviral Drug Discovery Conference"
UCLA
Project Title: "CTSI-sponsored Undergraduate Research Center-Sciences Activities"
![Steven Mittelman](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Steven%20Mittelman.png?h=c595702e&itok=lzJYc5ep)
![UCLA Technology Development Group](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/UCLA%20Technology%20Development%20Group.png?h=32ec1649&itok=cZgvM2zI)
UCLA
Project Title: "9th Annual Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute (CDI) Symposium: The Science of Gender"
UCLA
Project Title: "10th Annual MedTech Partnering Conference"
Cycle 1
![Theodore Friedman](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Theodore%20Friedman.png?h=a5d903e7&itok=_URroMfZ)
![Wafa Tawackoli](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Wafa%20Tawackoli.jpg?h=bc6c5b97&itok=wJX2oCMu)
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
Project Title: "8th Annual DHS Diabetes Day"
Project Title: "CSMC RMI High School Outreach Program 2021-2022"
Project Title: "Community engagement to bring culturally appropriate integrative health programs to serve the ethnic Chinese patients in the Los Angeles County"
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
Project Title: "Virtual International Womens Sc'ience Day Panel: Learning from our mistakes: Struggles of international women-scientists pursuing an academic career in translational research."
2020 Awardees
Cycle 2
![Tama Hasson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Tama%20Hasson.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=fkVU-ntt)
![Andrea Hevener](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Andrea%20Hevener.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=BBoF8Cf7)
![Szilagyi, Peter](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Szilagyi%2C%20Peter.jpg?h=ffba7bc9&itok=b2toguYD)
Project Title: "CTSI-sponsored Undergraduate Research Center - Sciences Activities"
Project Title: "Joint Score Symposium - Sex Differences in Brain-Gut Disorders and Metabolism"
Project Title: "CDI Symposium 2021"
![UCLA Technology Development Group](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/UCLA%20Technology%20Development%20Group.png?h=32ec1649&itok=cZgvM2zI)
Project Title: "9th Annual UCLA MedTech Partnering Conference"
Cycle 1
![Theodore Friedman](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Theodore%20Friedman.png?h=a5d903e7&itok=_URroMfZ)
Project Title: "6th Annual DHS Diabetes Day"
2019 Awardees
Cycle 3
![Paris Adkins-Jackson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Paris%20Adkins-Jackson.jpg?h=510c267c&itok=GkaQP1FF)
![Tama Hasson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Tama%20Hasson.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=fkVU-ntt)
![Moscicki, Anna-Barbara](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Moscicki%2C%20Anna-Barbara.jpg?h=7a8183d2&itok=rdu96rEZ)
Project Title: "Interdisciplinary Forums to Address the Implications of Racial Violence and Racial Stress on Health and Wellbeing"
Project Title: "CTSI-sponsored Undergraduate Research Center - Sciences Activities"
Project Title: "7th Annual Children’s Discovery Institute Symposium"
![Sarkisian, Catherine](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Sarkisian%2C%20Catherine.jpg?h=ffba7bc9&itok=jIZgS61b)
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
![UCLA Technology Development Group](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/UCLA%20Technology%20Development%20Group.png?h=32ec1649&itok=cZgvM2zI)
Project Title: "UCLA Value-Based Care Research Consortium Symposium"
Project Title: "2nd Annual Los Angeles Postdoctoral Research Symposium"
Project Title: "8th Annual MedTech Partnering Conference"
Cycle 2
![Evgeny Bondarenko](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Evgeny%20Bondarenko.jpg?h=b26af281&itok=grdw54Nm)
![Priyanka Fernandes](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Priyanka%20Fernandes.png?h=bd1509e3&itok=1J6rv2YW)
![Theodore Friedman](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Theodore%20Friedman.png?h=a5d903e7&itok=_URroMfZ)
Project Title: "BCLA Annual Biotech Summit 2019 - Mapping out LA's biotech landscape"
Project Title: "Park Rx Los Angeles County Summit"
Project Title: "6th Annual DHS Diabetes Day"
![Szilagyi, Peter](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Szilagyi%2C%20Peter.jpg?h=ffba7bc9&itok=b2toguYD)
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
![James Waschek](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/James%20Waschek.jpg?h=cc350d28&itok=JWz47KYG)
Project Title: "The UCLA Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute (CDI) Scientific Seminar Series: Promoting Team Science Collaborations in Translational Child Health Research"
Project Title: "UCLA Mitochondria Symposium"
Project Title: "VIP/PACAP and Related Peptides International Symposium: 30 years after PACAP Discovery."
![Kabir Yadav](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Yadav%2C%20Kabir.jpg?h=07487260&itok=HL7Ccbzw)
Project Title: "Los Angeles BioMedical Research Institute"
Cycle 1
![Jason Ernst](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Jason%20Ernst.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=x5N5_xu2)
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
![Kaye, Jonathan](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Kaye%2C%20Jonathan_0.jpg?h=bc6c5b97&itok=1DFvlrsc)
Project Title: "Support for the UCLA Bioinformatics Seminar Series"
Project Title: "CSMC RMI High School Outreach Program"
Project Title: "immunologyLA 2019"
![Mangione, Carol](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Mangione%2C%20Carol_resized.png?h=144b0371&itok=sWd9jgVM)
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
Project Title: "Network and Mentoring with RCMAR CHIME"
Project Title: "Inaugural Los Angeles Postdoctoral Research Symposium"
2018 Awardees
Cycle 3
![Ish Bhalla](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Ish%20Bhalla.jpg?h=5504ee08&itok=X_KCFgfV)
![Brigette Gomperts](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Brigette%20Gomperts.jpg?h=a1bd8f51&itok=DjjvZpes)
![Tama Hasson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Tama%20Hasson.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=fkVU-ntt)
Project Title: "Communities for Wellness (C4WE)"
Project Title: "Catalyzing lung research in Los Angeles with the LA Lung Day Symposium"
Project Title: "CTSI-sponsored Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences Activities"
![Ali Khademhosseini](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Ali%20Khademhosseini.jpg?h=a2c11649&itok=5_WynklY)
![Song Li](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Song%20Ly.png?h=823fa7f5&itok=qH9hkgDB)
![Martin Martin](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Martin%20Martin.jpg?h=8916a265&itok=0bZl23xb)
Project Title: "Micro and Nanotechnologies for Medicine: Emerging Frontiers and Applications Symposium 2019"
Project Title: "NSF Engineering Research Center for Convergent Mechano-Therapeutics and ImmunoEngineering (CMTIE)"
Project Title: "The 6th Annual Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute (CDI) Symposium: Novel Therapeutics"
![Nader Pouratian](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Nader%20Pouratian.jpg?h=7c3cbe7f&itok=Tf4-m92h)
![UCLA Technology Development Group](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/UCLA%20Technology%20Development%20Group.png?h=32ec1649&itok=cZgvM2zI)
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
Project Title: "Interdisciplinary Research Ethics Symposium: The Emerging Field of Neuroethics"
Project Title: "7th Annual UCLA MedTech Partnering Conference"
Project Title: "UCLA School of Nursing Annual Research Days: Catalyzing Multidisciplinary Research Collaboration"
Cycle 2
![Evgeny Bondarenko](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Evgeny%20Bondarenko.jpg?h=b26af281&itok=grdw54Nm)
![Satiro De Oliveira](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Satiro%20De%20Oliveira.jpg?h=6818b859&itok=5epY6A1i)
![Theodore Friedman](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Theodore%20Friedman.png?h=a5d903e7&itok=_URroMfZ)
Project Title: "BCLA Biotech Summit 2018 - Healthcare Innovations from Local to Global"
Project Title: "Symposium on Cellular Therapies: Engineering the Future (at Geffen Hall)"
Project Title: "DHS Diabetes Day"
![Tzung Hsiai](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Tzung%20Hsiai.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=x3WAUt6Y)
![Alejandro Riera](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Alejandro%20Riera.jpg?h=0dd27e13&itok=EqWkJkQj)
![Fuyuhiko Tamanoi](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Fuyuhiko%20Tamanoi.jpg?h=07b5ded3&itok=4EmfVGV8)
Project Title: "The 3rd Cardiovascular Symposium"
Project Title: "2nd UCLA Mitochondria Symposium"
Project Title: "Harnessing Physical Forces for Medical Application"
Cycle 1
![Manish Butte](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Manish%20Butte.png?h=510c267c&itok=_UNBArst)
![Jason Ernst](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Jason%20Ernst.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=x5N5_xu2)
![Kaye, Jonathan](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Kaye%2C%20Jonathan_0.jpg?h=bc6c5b97&itok=1DFvlrsc)
Project Title: "Mechanobiology Training Grant at UCLA"
Project Title: "Support for the UCLA Bioinformatics Seminar Series"
Project Title: "immunologyLA"
2017 Awardees
Cycle 3
![Eric Fein](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Eric%20Fein.jpg?h=4bb70678&itok=MAskbggU)
![Tama Hasson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Tama%20Hasson.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=fkVU-ntt)
![Andrea Hevener](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Andrea%20Hevener.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=BBoF8Cf7)
Project Title: "Engaging Local Academics and Community Members to Explore Adolescent Emotional Well-Being"
Project Title: "CTSI-sponsored Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences Activities"
Project Title: "UCLA-UCSD Diabetes Research Center Retreat and Junior Faculty Workshop"
![Ali Khademhosseini](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Ali%20Khademhosseini.jpg?h=a2c11649&itok=5_WynklY)
![Szilagyi, Peter](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Szilagyi%2C%20Peter.jpg?h=ffba7bc9&itok=b2toguYD)
![UCLA Technology Development Group](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/UCLA%20Technology%20Development%20Group.png?h=32ec1649&itok=cZgvM2zI)
Project Title: "Workshop on Micro and NanoTechnologies for Medicine"
Project Title: "UCLA CDI 5th Annual Symposium"
Project Title: "6th Annual UCLA MedTech Partnering Conference"
Cycle 2
![Joel Braslow](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Joel%20Braslow.jpg?h=40b52727&itok=7IZHRaqb)
![Theodore Friedman](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Theodore%20Friedman.png?h=a5d903e7&itok=_URroMfZ)
![Alejandro Riera](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Alejandro%20Riera.jpg?h=0dd27e13&itok=EqWkJkQj)
Project Title: "American Association for the History of Medicine Meeting"
Project Title: "UCLA CTSI Catalyst funding for Drug Abuse Research Day and Diabetes Day"
Project Title: "UCLA Mitochondria Symposium"
![Rose Rocchio](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Rose%20Rocchio.png?h=537dab08&itok=23XPIfcS)
![Sarkisian, Catherine](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Sarkisian%2C%20Catherine.jpg?h=ffba7bc9&itok=jIZgS61b)
![Rose Rocchio](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Rose%20Rocchio.png?h=537dab08&itok=23XPIfcS)
Project Title: "Mobile Experience Conference - creating novel research workflows with mobile and immersive technologies"
Project Title: "UCLA Value-Based Care Research Consortium Kickoff Symposium"
Project Title: "2017 UCLA mHealth Training Institute"
![Yibin Wang](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Yibin%20Wang.jpg?h=6503500a&itok=P4ZOJ2nD)
![Yi Xing](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Yi%20Xing.jpg?h=38f9ee00&itok=6D7XiMXm)
Project Title: "Annual UCLA Cardiovascular Symposium"
Project Title: "Support for the UCLA Bioinformatics Seminar Series"
Cycle 1
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
![Rachelle Crosbie](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Rachelle%20Crosbie.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=SKHsdk5B)
![Oliver Hankinson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Oliver%20Hankinson.jpg?h=24dbce2c&itok=9U4WwyzW)
Project Title: "Biotech Entrepreneurship Summit 2017: The Conscious Entrepreneur"
Project Title: "Collaborative Seminar Series to Advance Training in Interdisciplinary Regenerative Medicine"
Project Title: "Support for Meetings of the Molecular Toxicology Program"
![Tzung Hsiai](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Tzung%20Hsiai.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=x3WAUt6Y)
![Kaye, Jonathan](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Kaye%2C%20Jonathan_0.jpg?h=bc6c5b97&itok=1DFvlrsc)
![Mangione, Carol](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Mangione%2C%20Carol_resized.png?h=144b0371&itok=sWd9jgVM)
Project Title: "18th Annual UC System-Wide Bioengineering Symposium at UCLA: Translating Discovery into Health Technologies "
Project Title: "immunologyLA 2017"
Project Title: "RCMAR Annual Investigators Meeting and RCMAR & CTSI Scientific Retreat"
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
Project Title: "2018 Regenerative Medicine High School Outreach Program"
2016 Awardees
Cycle 3
![Robert Damoiseaux](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Robert%20Damoiseaux.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=pYTiPHLH)
![Andrea Hevener](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Andrea%20Hevener.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=BBoF8Cf7)
![Donald Kohn](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Donald%20Kohn.png?h=334794a6&itok=R6VLODUn)
Project Title: "UC Drug Discovery Symposium"
Project Title: "15th Annual CNSR Symposium, Bringing the Brain Back into Medicine: Focus on Obesity, Microbiome, and Women's Health"
Project Title: "Manufacturing Cell and Gene Therapies - A Workshop"
![Shouri Lahiri](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Shouri%20Lahiri.jpg?h=c7c52b19&itok=uFVD46Dl)
![Mangione, Carol](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Mangione%2C%20Carol_resized.png?h=144b0371&itok=sWd9jgVM)
![Theodore Moore](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Theodore%20Moore.jpg?h=a3b1a774&itok=uqAwuLru)
Project Title: "Death By Neurological Criteria Educational Symposium"
Project Title: "RCMAR Annual Investigators Meeting and RCMAR & CTSI Scientific Retreat"
Project Title: "Symposium on Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology: The Next Generation of Care"
![Gerardo Moreno](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Gerardo%20Moreno.jpg?h=6892f986&itok=sS9xfFU3)
![UCLA Technology Development Group](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/UCLA%20Technology%20Development%20Group.png?h=32ec1649&itok=cZgvM2zI)
Project Title: "2017 Annual University of California PRIME Statewide Conference"
Project Title: "5th Annual Medical Device Partnering Conference"
Cycle 2
![Theodore Friedman](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Theodore%20Friedman.png?h=a5d903e7&itok=_URroMfZ)
![Ganz, Tomas](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Ganz%2C%20Tomas_resized.png?h=eebc2ab3&itok=rGq2-dMT)
![Tama Hasson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Tama%20Hasson.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=fkVU-ntt)
Project Title: "DHS Diabetes Day"
Project Title: "7th Congress of the International Biolron Society, LA"
Project Title: "Research Poster Day and Undergraduate Research Week"
![Andrew Leuchter](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Andrew%20Leuchter.jpg?h=6818b859&itok=cR2GpOU0)
![Martin Martin](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Martin%20Martin.jpg?h=8916a265&itok=0bZl23xb)
![Yi Xing](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Yi%20Xing.jpg?h=38f9ee00&itok=6D7XiMXm)
Project Title: "Neuroscience and Society"
Project Title: "CDI Scientifc Seminar Series: Promoting Team Science Collaborations in Translational Child Health Research"
Project Title: "Support for the UCLA Bioinformatics Seminar Series"
Cycle 1
![Katrina Choe](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Katrina%20Choe.jpeg?h=d72ff27f&itok=kUkQnMyk)
![Eleazar Eskin](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Eleazar%20Eskin.jpg?h=8a33b5e6&itok=G8CiAksz)
![Uta Greishammer](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Uta%20Greishammer.png?h=c595702e&itok=1XLPjoCY)
Project Title: "Biotech Connection Los Angeles (BCLA) Entrepreneurship Summit 2016"
Project Title: "Computational Genomics Summer Institute"
Project Title: "California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine: A convening to promote collaborators throughout the state"
![Mangione, Carol](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Mangione%2C%20Carol_resized.png?h=144b0371&itok=sWd9jgVM)
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
![Pamela Miller](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Pamela%20Miller.jpg?h=c571c713&itok=6ggWWwM5)
Project Title: "RCMAR CHIME & Project EXPORT & CTSI Scientific Retreats"
Project Title: "Board of Governor’s (BOG) Regenerative Medicine Institute (RMI) High School Outreach Program"
Project Title: "15th Annual UCLA Health Research and Evidence-Based Practice Conference"
![Robert Reiter](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Robert%20Reiter.jpg?h=c595702e&itok=ZkBHwDQ1)
Project Title: "3rd Annual Prostate Cancer Research Symposium"
2015 Awardees
Cycle 3
![Carolyn Crandall](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Carolyn%20Crandall.jpg?h=9f66afc7&itok=ebFge2rH)
![Eleazar Eskin](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Eleazar%20Eskin.jpg?h=8a33b5e6&itok=G8CiAksz)
![Brigette Gomperts](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Brigette%20Gomperts.jpg?h=a1bd8f51&itok=DjjvZpes)
Project Title: "The Women’s Health and Gender Differences Research multidisciplinary planning symposium"
Project Title: "The RECOMB 20th Annual International Conference on Research Computation Molecular Biology"
Project Title: "The 3nd Annual Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute (CDI) Symposium: Generating cross-campus collaborations to advance translational child health research"
![Oliver Hankinson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Oliver%20Hankinson.jpg?h=24dbce2c&itok=9U4WwyzW)
![Robert Modlin](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Robert%20Modlin.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=HsgXDqf1)
![UCLA Technology Development Group](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/UCLA%20Technology%20Development%20Group.png?h=32ec1649&itok=cZgvM2zI)
Project Title: "Support for Meetings of the UCLA Molecular Toxicology Program"
Project Title: "UCLA Global Collaboration Network of Transnational Research in Hansen's Disease"
Project Title: "The 4th Annual UCLA Medical Device Partnering Conference "
Cycle 2
![Adams, John](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Adams%2C%20John_resized.png?h=3dcb8587&itok=hfotAJFt)
![Tama Hasson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Tama%20Hasson.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=fkVU-ntt)
![Andrea Hevener](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Andrea%20Hevener.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=BBoF8Cf7)
Project Title: "Multidisciplinary Musculoskeletal Research Seminar Series and Journal Club"
Project Title: "UCLA Undergraduate Initiatives: CTSI Sponsored PEERS Research Talk, Research Poster Day & Undergraduate Science Journal"
Project Title: "UCLA Women’s Health and Gender Medicine Research Institute Symposia"
![Andrew Leuchter](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Andrew%20Leuchter.jpg?h=6818b859&itok=cR2GpOU0)
Project Title: "Open Mind Community Lecture: Panel with Dr. Leuchter & Dr. Stephen Hinshaw, and Lecture on the Stigma of Mental Illness"
Cycle 1
![Katrina Dipple](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Katrina%20Dipple.jpg?h=8e059a00&itok=OVEVphHL)
![Theodore Friedman](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Theodore%20Friedman.png?h=a5d903e7&itok=_URroMfZ)
![Kaye, Jonathan](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Kaye%2C%20Jonathan_0.jpg?h=bc6c5b97&itok=1DFvlrsc)
Project Title: "UCLA/USC/USCF Craniofacial Biology and Translational Medicine Retreat"
Project Title: "Drug Abuse Research Day"
Project Title: "immunologyLA"
![Mangione, Carol](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Mangione%2C%20Carol_resized.png?h=144b0371&itok=sWd9jgVM)
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
![Robert Reiter](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Robert%20Reiter.jpg?h=c595702e&itok=ZkBHwDQ1)
Project Title: "RCMAR CHIME & Project EXPORT & UCLA CTSI 2015 Scientific Retreats"
Project Title: "The RMI High School Outreach Program"
Project Title: "2nd Annual Prostate Cancer Research Symposium- Precision Medicine in Prostate Cancer Research"
![Vivek Shetty](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Vivek%20Shetty.jpg?h=293a76cb&itok=4RW2zIoU)
![Szilagyi, Peter](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Szilagyi%2C%20Peter.jpg?h=ffba7bc9&itok=b2toguYD)
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
Project Title: "2015 mHealth Training Institute at UCLA"
Project Title: "The UCLA Children's and Innovation Institute (CDI) Scientific Seminar Series: Promoting Team Science Collaborations in Translational Child Health Research"
Project Title: "Entrepreneurship Summit – Challenges and Opportunities for Biotech Startups in Los Angeles"
![Amy Waterman](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Amy%20Waterman.jpg?h=7e988131&itok=VqnOXvUH)
Project Title: "UC Tele-Health Transplant Education Center"
2014 Awardees
Cycle 3
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
![Robert Modlin](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Robert%20Modlin.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=HsgXDqf1)
![Mangione, Carol](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Mangione%2C%20Carol_resized.png?h=144b0371&itok=sWd9jgVM)
Project Title: "Effective Collaboration and Diversity in Scientific Teams"
Project Title: "UCLA Global Collaboration Network of Translational Research in Hansen’s Disease"
Project Title: "RCMAR CHIME Annual Investigators Meeting at UC Davis"
![Satiro De Oliveira](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Satiro%20De%20Oliveira.jpg?h=6818b859&itok=5epY6A1i)
Project Title: "Scientific Symposium on Cellular Therapies: Recruiting and Enabling Cells to Fight Infections and Cancer"
Cycle 2
![Heather Christofk](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Heather%20Christofk.jpg?h=454c344b&itok=OMGAvQds)
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
![Theodore Friedman](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Theodore%20Friedman.png?h=a5d903e7&itok=_URroMfZ)
Project Title: "Symposium on Cancer Metabolism"
Project Title: "Advancing Bioengineering Innovations"
Project Title: "Drug Abuse Research Day and Diabetes Day"
![Oliver Hankinson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Oliver%20Hankinson.jpg?h=24dbce2c&itok=9U4WwyzW)
![Tama Hasson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Tama%20Hasson.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=fkVU-ntt)
![Loren Miller](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-200x200-miller.png?h=ffba7bc9&itok=q6s-Xc4Z)
Project Title: "Support for Meetings of the UCLA Molecular Toxicology Program"
Project Title: "UCLA Undergraduate Initiatives: CTSI Sponsored PEERS Research Talk, Research Poster Day & Undergraduate Science Journal"
Project Title: "LA BioMed/Harbor-UCLA South Bay Community Counsel"
![Shyam Natarajan](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Shyam%20Natarajan.jpg?h=f8f25e54&itok=USo3ZvIx)
![Enrique Rozengurt](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Enrique%20Rozengurt.jpg?h=29c7d8da&itok=ni9Yr0kb)
![Salusky, Isidro](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Salusky%2C%20Isidro.jpg?h=ffba7bc9&itok=jQGr_WQX)
Project Title: "Medical Innovation Challenge (Inventathon 2014)"
Project Title: "2015 CURE Annual Meeting"
Project Title: "The 2nd Annual Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute (CDI) Symposium: Catalyzing and Expanding Interdisciplinary Collaborations in Translational Child Health Research"
Cycle 1
![Michael Gitlin](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Michael%20Gitlin.jpg?h=86c18093&itok=ULdpEKTN)
![Kaye, Jonathan](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Kaye%2C%20Jonathan_0.jpg?h=bc6c5b97&itok=1DFvlrsc)
![Mangione, Carol](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Mangione%2C%20Carol_resized.png?h=144b0371&itok=sWd9jgVM)
Project Title: "Open Mind Community Lecture: Bipolar Disorder"
Project Title: "immunologyLA 2014 (iLA)"
Project Title: "UCLA/CDU RCMAR CHIME & Project Export and UCLA CTSI Scientific Retreat"
![Robert Reiter](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Robert%20Reiter.jpg?h=c595702e&itok=ZkBHwDQ1)
Project Title: "Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Prostate Cancer External Advisory Board Meeting"
2013 Awardees
Cycle 3
![Alex Bui](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-bui.jpg?h=ab2ff351&itok=bqxKuPY6)
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
UCLA
Project Title: "UCLA BD2K (Big Data to Knowledge) Workshop"
UCLA
Project Title: "Addiction, An Open Mind Community Lecture"
UCLA
Project Title: "Society of Postdoctoral Scholars Research Seminar Series"
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
![Sarah McEwen](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Sarah%20McEwen.jpg?h=1fdbe0c3&itok=ZUrJrWNk)
![Bonnie Taub](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Bonnie%20Taub.jpg?h=9b93ffa5&itok=Zzug4wy5)
Cedars-Sinai
Project Title: "CSMC-UCLA Research Team for Non-Invasive IC Biomarker Development"
UCLA
Project Title: "UCLA Exercise and Cognition Research Program Symposium"
UCLA
Project Title: "Pediatrics, Surgery & Anthropology in Brazil Symposium"
Cycle 2
![Katrina Dipple](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Katrina%20Dipple.jpg?h=8e059a00&itok=OVEVphHL)
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
![Brigette Gomperts](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Brigette%20Gomperts.jpg?h=a1bd8f51&itok=DjjvZpes)
UCLA
Project Title: "UCLA/USC/USCF Craniofacial Biology and Translational Medicine Retreat"
UCLA
Project Title: "BSC-CTSI Medical Innovation Challenge (Inventathon)"
UCLA
Project Title: "The First Annual Children's Discovery and Innovation Symposium"
![Oliver Hankinson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Oliver%20Hankinson.jpg?h=24dbce2c&itok=9U4WwyzW)
![Tama Hasson](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Tama%20Hasson.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=fkVU-ntt)
![Leanne Jones](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Leanne%20Jones.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=hgtaJDNw)
UCLA
Project Title: "UCLA Molecular Toxicology Program"
UCLA
Project Title: "CTSI-sponsored Undergraduate Research Center-Sciences Activities"
UCLA
Project Title: "7th Annual Stem Cells 2.0 Meeting"
![Leslie Raffel](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Leslie%20Raffel.jpg?h=73592418&itok=wtcD3koY)
![Vivek Shetty](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Vivek%20Shetty.jpg?h=293a76cb&itok=4RW2zIoU)
UCLA
Project Title: "GUARDIAN Consortium Retreat"
UCLA
Project Title: "mHealth Training Institute @ UCLA (mHTI@UCLA)"
Cycle 1
![Nazleen Bharmal](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Nazleen%20Bharmal.jpg?h=a59c018e&itok=dmxYi7rA)
![Jeanne Black](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Jeanne%20Black.jpg?h=bfced127&itok=SMIeMimC)
![Peter Butler](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Peter%20Butler.jpg?h=73592418&itok=0gH99pvX)
UCLA
Project Title: "Community Symposium on Stroke Disparities"
Cedars-Sinai
Project Title: "Furthering Collaborative Relationships among Researchers, Clinicians, and Patients at CSMC and UCLA"
UCLA
Project Title: "2013 Western Region Islet Study Group Conference"
![No image for this profile](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/People-640x480-template-missing.png?h=ab2ff351&itok=dkKk3zMB)
![Peter Liu](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Liu_Peter-lrg-0022.jpg?h=0fdf4088&itok=D8rJdLIR)
![Nader Pouratian](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Nader%20Pouratian.jpg?h=7c3cbe7f&itok=Tf4-m92h)
UCLA
Project Title: "2013 UCLA RCMAR CHIME/Project EXPORT Triannual Scientific Retreat"
UCLA
Project Title: "Identifying Strategies to Optimally Address the Obesity Epidemic in Los Angeles County"
UCLA
Project Title: "UCLA Center for Neurobionics and Neuromodulation"
![Seeman, Teresa](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Seeman%2C%20Teresa.jpg?h=8f603148&itok=0T3AxJWb)
![Fuyuhiko Tamanoi](/sites/g/files/oketem271/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Fuyuhiko%20Tamanoi.jpg?h=07b5ded3&itok=4EmfVGV8)
UCLA
Project Title: "Developing Interdisciplinary Science Teams on Systems-level Inflammatory Processes"
UCLA
Project Title: "UCLA-USC-Caltech Symposium - Nanotechnology Innovations in Cancer, Regenerative Medicine and Infectious Diseases"