• MD-PhD Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program

    This 10-week summer program provides hands-on research experience, individualized mentorship, and preparation for MD-PhD applications. Students work alongside leading UCLA faculty and students to gain insight into MD-PhD training.

  • 2025 DGSOM Alumni Reunions

    DGSOM is celebrating the class reunions of '75, '80, '85, '90, '95, '00, '05 & '10! Join us on campus for a festive evening! Registration and more information will be […]

  • Dissertation Defense: Michael Gongwer

    PhD Candidate:  Michael Gongwer Mentor:  Laura DeNardo, PhD Title:  Cell type-specific mechanisms driving the rapid antidepressant effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation  

  • Dissertation Defense: Elisa Fazzari

    Neuroscience Dissertation Defense PhD Candidate:  Elisa Fazzari Mentor:  Dr. Aparna Bhaduri Title: From Lineage Architecture to Immune Landscape: Frameworks for Rational Therapeutic Targeting in Glioblastoma  

  • Dissertation Defense: Kenin Qian

    Kenin Qian, a PhD candidate of the Genetics and Genomics Home Area in the Department of Human Genetics, will defend his dissertation on " Applications of Next Generation Sequencing in […]

  • Dissertation Defense: Sara Blagburn Blanco

    PhD Candidate:  Sara Blagburn Blanco Mentor: Laura DeNardo, PhD Title: Sex-dependent effects of early life adversity on avoidance behavior, nucleus accumbens spine development, and microglial maturation