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Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)’s Division of Research, Innovation and Ventures (DRIVe) is collaborating with multiple industries and academic partners, including the University of California, Los Angeles, to advance the ability to quickly respond to public health emergencies with a new diagnostic capability that covers all existing and new respiratory RNA viruses in a single test.

UCLA Samueli Newsroom

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from UCLA and UC Irvine has received an 18-month, $996,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a comprehensive, early-warning system to predict the emergence and spread of the next pandemic.

UCLA Health | JLMillman@mednet.ucla.edu

Analyzing genetic ancestry data from a large genomic repository – the UCLA ATLAS Precision Health Biobank – researchers have found a highly diverse patient population that’s consistent with the global diversity of Los Angeles – one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world and an ideal location to pursue personalized, precision medicine for underrepresented populations.

Computational Medicine faculty and trainees are presenting their research as platform presentations at the American Society of Human Genetics 2022 annual meeting:

Kodi Taraszka et al. A comprehensive analysis of clinical and polygenic germline influences on somatic mutational burden with implications for survival, Wed Oct 26, 2.00 pm.

Yi Ding et al. Polygenic score performance varies across the continuum of genetic ancestry in all human populations, Wed Oct 26, 5.35 pm.

Judy Packer-Tursman | UPI

Brain changes in people with autism are more far-reaching than previously thought, occurring throughout the cerebral cortex rather than being confined to certain areas thought to affect social behavior and language.

That's according to a new study -- lasting more than a decade and led by the University of California-Los Angeles -- that explored how autism spectrum disorder affects the brain at the molecular level.

Computational Medicine and Human Genetics at UCLA, with support from NIH, held the third Lange Symposium on Feb 3, 2023. The topic for this year’s symposium was Computational Statistics. This annual event celebrates the impact of Dr. Lange’s research, mentorship, and teaching over the course of an illustrious career spanning more than four decades. It features scientific talks by some of Dr. Lange’s esteemed colleagues and former trainees. 

Elizabeth G. Atkinson | Nature Genetics

Quantifying whether different populations share similar effect sizes of common causal variants is vital to understand the genetic basis of disease and build better prediction models. A new study proposes a method leveraging admixture to estimate the correlation of causal genetic variants and finds they are largely similar across ancestry backgrounds.

Nature Genetics

Charlotte Bhaskar, PLOS | cbhaskar@plos.org

The Department of Computational Medicine is pleased to announce a new online, self-supporting graduate program called the Master of Science in Data Science in Biomedicine. The program will combine foundational training in all areas of data science including machine learning, statistics, data mining, algorithms and analytics with understanding of application areas including genomics, medical imaging, and analysis of electronic health records as well as other types of medical data (wavefor

Please join us on May 15 for the prestigious, honorary John H. Walsh Young Investigators Research Prize Seminar.

Dr. Valerie A. Arboleda presents her research on Unraveling the Influence of Genetics in Human Disease.

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Dr. Weizhe Hong presents his research on Understanding the Social Brain.

Monday, May 15, 2023
Noon to 1:15 pm
NRB Auditorium

Lunch is provided after the seminar for all those who register for in-person attendance: