UCLA Graduate Programs in Bioscience

We’d like to invite you to the Grad School Hacks Fall seminar series which is designed to help facilitate the transition of incoming students to graduate school. The series "Grad School Hacks" provides discussion of strategies for effective integration into a Ph.D. program (including lab and department) and offers a forum for students to share experiences with peers and build community. The series is facilitated by Dr. Azurdia, who leads student centered learning where partic...ipants consider a range of topics on academic culture and challenges. Additionally, it offers GPB an opportunity to assess the needs of its students in real-time to allow for intervention should a student experience difficulties in their first quarter and beyond. These workshops are highly recommended for first and second year PhD students in the Life Sciences or other STEM disciplines. #GPBUCLA #STEMatUCLA #BIPOCSTEM #TrueDiversityinSTEM #GradSchoolHacks

The principal aim of the Indigenous/Black/Latinx/Asian/Queer (IBLAQ) Bioscience Alliance is to provide a safe space for underrepresented and marginalized communities in the Biosciences. However, we also enthusiastically welcome our allies to join us. Please feel free to share this information with other graduate students and postdocs in other STEM fields at UCLA, as well! Our aim is to increase the visibility and presence of our community that have shown resilience and resist...ance during this challenging 2020. If you’d like to attend the virtual celebration (Happy Hour) and/or join our listserv, please fill out the short survey below: https://forms.gle/HgBM75iwKpmGQTo78 #GPBUCLA #IBLAQUCLA #STEMatUCLA #BIPOCSTEM #QueerSTEM #TruediversityinSTEM #UCLA Diana Azurdia

Congratulations to Dr. Diana Azurdia, Director for Recruitment and Inclusion at GPB, for becoming a recipient of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion award at UCLA! Dr. Azurdia leads the development and implementation of a strategic plan to enhance diversity in the biomedical graduate student population. Dr. Azurdia also oversees and directs the Research Mentor Training Program, and works with the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Research Experiences (CIMER). Both aforem...entioned initiatives provide research mentor and mentee training to scientists at all career stages at UCLA and nationwide. Finally, Dr. Azurdia currently serves on the Executive Board of Directors for #SACNAS . Dr. Azurdia is a first-generation Guatemalan-American and the first in her family to attend college. Dr. Azurdia believes that fostering equal access to STEM degrees is important for representation of all identities in STEM, innovations that serve all communities, and income equity. #GPBUCLA #IBLAQUCLA #SACNASATUCLA #STEMATUCLA #BIPOCSTEM #QueerSTEM #TrueDiversityinSTEM

Sunday, June 14. LA Pride Black Lives Matter solidarity protest march

Wednesday, June 10. #ShutDownSTEM and Black Lives Matter

Nearly 40 international students joined together on February 6th for a Lunar New Year Celebration dinner. What are you most looking forward to in the year of the pig (boar)?

Greg Payne, PhD, professor and Director of Graduate Programs in Bioscience at our CSU Summer Symposium at UCLA.