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Five UCLA faculty members are among a distinguished group of 198 scholars, scientists and creative professionals from the U.S.

UCLA Computational Medicine is actively searching for outstanding candidates to join our faculty. In addition, several other active UCLA faculty searchers are relevant to our community. 

The Department of Computational Medicine has sponsored the Computational Genomics Summer Institute (CGSI) with funding from the NIH since 2016.

By Kevin McClanahan
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The Dissertation Year Award is intended to support doctoral students who are within one year of completing and filing their dissertation. This is the first time the Department of Computational Medicine has received two Dissertation Year Awards! The department is very proud of both Mariana and Xiangting and we look forward to the great work they will do during the upcoming academic year.

This fall, the Department of Computational Medicine at UCLA welcomes nine new students to its Biomathematics Ph.D. program. The incoming students have a diverse backgrounds in mathematics and biology, and they aspire to integrate different disciplines in their research. 

Vivek Agarwal

By Kevin McClanahan

Researchers say a machine learning tool can identify many patients with rare, undiagnosed diseases years earlier, potentially improving outcomes and reducing cost and morbidity. The findings, led by researchers at UCLA Health, are described in Science Translational Medicine.