🌟 Medical students: Apply to the MSTAR Program for Summer 2026! NIH-funded aging research with stipends, seminars & networking.
📅 Applications start Jan 16 📧 uclamstar@mednet.ucla.edu
#MedicalEducation #AgingResearch

Exciting News: UCLA Health, USC, and Cedars-Sinai have joined forces to create Southern California's newest Pepper Center—one of only 15 nationally funded centers dedicated to advancing aging research.

Congratulations to Dr. Grace Chen on being selected as a scholar in Technology and AI: Transforming Health Professions Education with the @HarvardMacy Institute! This prestigious program supports healthcare professionals in adapting new technologies and approaches into the learning environment.

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Arun Karlamangla on being named the inaugural holder of the David H Solomon Chair in Geriatric Medicine!
This prestigious chair honors Dr. Solomon's legacy as a founder of UCLA's Division of Geriatrics and the nation's largest geriatric fellowship program.

UCLA Geriatrician Dr. David Lee weighs in on the incredible story of 97 year-old Saturia Martinez, featured on ABC7!
Dr. Lee discusses the Stanford study on aging and explains “cognitive reserve”- a key concept in understanding healthy aging.

7.2M American live with dementia. Most family caregivers get no support- until now.

Medicare’s GUIDE pilot is expanding nationwide with 24/7 care navigation, respite services, and more.

Dr. David Reuben is leading the charge and explains why GUIDE matters here: www.aarp.org/health/brain...

Big News: NIH has reinstated grants to UCLA, including support for our MSTAR Program! This program connects medical students with leading aging researchers, inspiring the next generation of physician-scientists. We are grateful to continue this vital work #researchpowersprogress