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February 8, 10:36 pm

Professors discuss implications of US withdrawing from World Health Organization

The United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organization on Jan. 22, marking the end of its 78-year membership. The United Nations agency – established in 1948 – encourages international collaboration to achieve the “highest attainable standard of health,” according to the WHO constitution. Read more...

Photo: President Donald Trump addresses members of the media after meeting with the White House Task Force on the 2026 FIFA World Cup Monday, November 17, 2025, in the Oval Office. (Courtesy of The White House)

A Closer Look, Academics, California, Campus, Los Angeles, News, Science & Health

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February 8, 8:30 am

Statistics and data science symposium hosts early-career scientists

Researchers celebrated the role of numerical data in scientific research at a Jan. 26 event at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. The Lange Symposium on Computational Statics and Biomedical Data Science – hosted by the UCLA Department of Computational Medicine and Human Genetics – invited six speakers from across the country to discuss their research. Read more...

Photo: The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, the site of the sixth annual Lange Symposium, is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)

A Closer Look, California, News, Science & Health

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February 6, 8:50 am

UCLA researchers look into cannabis health effects with California state grant

The California Department of Cannabis Control gave UCLA four grants in January totaling $7.3 million for cannabis research. These grants will fund four research studies that will allow UCLA to develop the science and evidence to help guide public policy related to cannabis availability, safety and accessibility, said Ziva Cooper, a professor-in-residence of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is pictured. The UCLA Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids is located here. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Academics, Higher Education, National, News, Science & Health

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February 3, 10:55 pm

UCLA professor discussed students, class with Jeffrey Epstein, DOJ documents show

Editor’s Note: This article contains references to sex offenses, including against minors, which some readers may find disturbing. This article was updated Feb. 13 at 4:55 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Mark Tramo, an associate adjunct professor of neurology, holds a guitar. Tramo corresponded with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein via email between 2010 to 2019, including about Tramo’s UCLA class. (Daily Bruin file photo)

California, News, Science & Health

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February 2, 5:38 pm

Court reverses former UCLA gynecologist sexual battery conviction, orders retrial

This post was updated Feb. 3 at 10:55 p.m. A state appeals court reversed a ruling Monday against a former UCLA gynecologist who was sentenced to prison for felony sexual battery and penetration, sending the case back to court. Read more...

Photo: James Heaps, a former UCLA gynecologist who was sentenced to prison for felony sexual battery and penetration, sits in court. A state appeals court reversed a ruling Monday against Heaps, sending the case back to court for a retrial. (Daily Bruin file photo)

A Closer Look, California, Fire, Los Angeles, News, Science & Health, Westwood

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January 30, 4:50 pm

LA Fires Research Conference fosters discussion on fire survivors’ experiences

More than half of tested homes in Los Angeles county fire-impacted communities had unsafe contaminant levels one year after the January 2025 fires, a survivor advocacy group said at the first annual LA Fires Research Conference on Jan. Read more...

Photo: A professor in the department of environmental health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is pictured speaking at the event. The conference centered on the experiences of fire survivors from the January 2025 Los Angeles county fires. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin)


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