Celebrating Excellence: March–June 2025 Award and Grant Recipients
Nigel Wilkinson-Maitland, MD
2025 Inspirational Physician Award
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center Board of Advisors
Mingxia Gu, MD, PhD
2025 - 2026 Innovation Award Recipient
UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center (BSCRC)
Brittany Burton, MD, MHS, MAS
2025 SOAP/FAER Mentored Research Training Grant
Brittany Burton, MD, MHS, MAS
2025 DGSOM Bruin Scholar
John Park, MD, PhD
American Thoracic Society (ATS) and Johnson & Johnson Grant
"Emerging role of LOXL2 in Right Heart Failure due to Pulmonary Hypertension: Novel Druggable Target"
Louis A. Saddic III, MD, PhD
Marfan Foundation Career Development Grant
"Estrogen mitigates thoracic aneurysm development through a shift in macrophage identity"
K. Elliot Higgins III, MD
2025 SEAd Grant, a starter educational research grant sponsored by the Society for Education in Anesthesia
"Validating a Novel Inventory to Assess Well-Being Influencers and Guide the Cultivation of Supportive Learning Environments in Anesthesiology Training"
Alex Olender, MS, CRNA
2025 1st Quarter "Top CRNA"
Jason Tang, MD
AY24-25 Q3 Resident of the Quarter
Dikran Nalbandian, MD, MS
AY24-25 Q3 Resident Educator Award
Olivia Diaz & Eraka Bath, MD
UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute Research Fellowship