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RESEARCH CAREERS OVERVIEW

The cure is out there. And you have the knowledge, experience, and passion to find it. At UCLA Health, you’ll be able to make exciting discoveries and achieve breakthroughs that can solve the world’s most complex medical challenges. Within our network of 290 research centers, you’ll work with world-class colleagues and cutting-edge technology as you strive to alleviate suffering by passionately pursuing solutions for illness and disease.

Join us in an environment of collaboration and support that empowers you to reach beyond what you thought possible. We have a wide variety of options available for experienced, visionary clinical research professionals as well as those individuals with expertise in the areas of contracts, grants and funding.

DID YOU KNOW?

PRECISION CANCER TREATMENT

In 1998, Dennis Slamon characterized an oncogene, the target for a breakthrough breast-cancer therapy.

MOLECULAR SIGNALING

Lou Ignarro receives the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for demonstrating the signaling properties of nitric oxide.

SUCCESSFUL GENE THERAPY

Donald Kohn cures ADA-deficient SCID, also known as “Bubble Baby” disease, using gene therapy.

Awards & recognition

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