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Dr. Thomas Strouse, professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute and Medical Director of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, was featured in a pain medicine commentary-video on the website PAINClinician.com. Strouse spoke about the importance of simultaneous management of an active disease while providing pain relief to patients.
A Nature study by Dr. Daniel Geschwind, professor of neurology and human genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the Semel Institute, uncovering how the evolution of a single gene may explain why humans can speak and chimpanzees cannot, was covered Nov. 11 by the New York Times, Science, New Scientist, Nature, USA Today, Associated Press, Reuters, the Times of London, the Daily Telegraph (U.K.), Science News, CanWest News Service (Canada), Wired, Agence France Press, El Mundo (Spain), ABC News Espanol, Live Science and others. Geschwind was quoted.
Dr. James McGough, professor of clinical psychiatry at the Semel Institute, appeared in a special report by KBFX Ch. 58 (Bakersfield) airing Nov. 1 and Nov. 4 about teenage mental illness. McGough talked about his intervention with a teen diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Edythe London, professor of psychiatry and molecular and medical pharmacology, was quoted in a Nov. 3 Washington Post article about growing heroin use among young people in a suburban Virginia town. Her comments were cited in a Nov. 4 New York Times blog post about kids who turn to drugs.
Dr. Gary Small, professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute and director of the UCLA Center on Aging, commented in a Nov. 3 CNN website article about the effect digital technologies that allow individuals to increasingly document their daily lives may have on human memory.
Dr. Neil Martin, chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, and Dr. Gary Small, professor of psychiatry and director of the UCLA Center on Aging, were featured in an Oct. 29 KPCC Radio 89.3FM "AirTalk" segment discussing new technologies in health care that will be presented at the upcoming UCLA Technology & Aging Conference. In addition, “Life After 50” magazine’s Oct. issue also highlighted the upcoming conference that will feature national academic and industry leaders who will explore cutting-edge innovations affecting every aspect of senior life, from driving and home design to health monitoring and medical advances.
Dr. Timothy Fong, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute and co-director of the Gambling Studies Program, was featured in an Oct. 26 article in The Epoch Times newspaper about the problem of gambling addiction in the Asian-American community.
Dr. Arif "Reef" Karim, an assistant clinical professor, voluntary, at the Semel Institute, was interviewed Oct. 26 on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 about sexual addiction and an ESPN analyst who was fired for having an affair with an employee.
Retirement Revised.com reported on UCLA research by Dr. Gary Small, a professor with the Semel Institute, on technology’s impact on the brain. The story also noted the upcoming UCLA Center on Aging’s second annual “UCLA Technology & Aging Conference,” to be held on Oct. 30.
KPCC-89.3 FM reported Oct. 22 on UCLA's full-page advertisement in last Sunday's Los Angeles Times urging support for animal research. The report cited plans by UCLA researchers, students and supporters from Pro-Test for Science to counter a Saturday vigil by anti-research activists. David Jentsch, associate professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute, was quoted.
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