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Professor Valerie Tornini awarded the 2026 Life Sciences Excellence Research Award for Assistant Professor

Professor Valerie Tornini awarded the 2026 Life Sciences Excellence Research Award for Assistant Professor

The Life Science Excellence Awards award individuals who have demonstrated exceptional achievemEnt, innovation, leadership, and dedication across research, education, inclusion, and service within the Life Sciences community. This year’s nominees reflected the extraordinary breadth of talent, commitment, and impact across the division. We extend our sincere congratulations not only to this year’s recipients, but to all nominees whose work continues to strengthen our teaching, research, operations, and community.
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Congratulations to our Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research and Creativity: Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Award Winners 2026

Congratulations to our Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research and Creativity: Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Award Winners 2026

Congratulations to our Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research and Creativity: Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Award Winners 2026: Kaitlyn Fletcher, Julian Wang, Alexandra Tabacu, and Jeslyn Zhang
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Professor Valerie Tornini is named a 2026 Faculty Mentor Award Winner

Professor Valerie Tornini is named a 2026 Faculty Mentor Award Winner

Professor Professor Valerie Tornini is named a 2026 Faculty Mentor Award Winner. The Faculty Mentor Award honors the considerable dedication of UCLA faculty who consistently and enthusiastically serve as effective mentors to undergraduate students involved in research or creative inquiry. Faculty are nominated by undergraduate students they supported in their research or creative practice and professional development.
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IBP postdoc, Dr. Vartika Sharma, profiled in The Scientist

IBP postdoc, Dr. Vartika Sharma, profiled in The Scientist

IBP postdoc, Dr. Vartika Sharma, profiled in The Scientist
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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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