Thrilled to receive this grant to support our research into mechanisms of gut-brain communication in the context of early life adversity, and links to mental illness. The Brain and Body Lab - UCLA team has worked so hard on this and I am really proud of us!

Dr. Elizabeth J. Videlock (Beth Videlock, MD PhD) 🏆 NIH NIDDK K08 project grant award! 🔬5-year, $854k supports her research on “Intestinal Mitochondrial Dysfunction and the #GutBrain Immune Axis in Models of #Parkinson’s Disease.”

Excited to share this paper in final form, now with more supporting experiments in supplement and main figs! rdcu.be/dH1m5 Many thanks to Ping Fang and colleagues for their hard work and dedication through this journey.

Excited to announce that I was selected by the UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and, starting today, am ~officially~ a UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow!🥳Thank you to everyone who supported me in this especially #UCLARiseToTheChallenge and my PI Elaine Hsiao! 🙌🏼

Excited to receive this ~$10 million award from The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Science Foundation Ireland HealthResearchBoard Health and Social Care Northern Ireland to study the effects of polyphenols on cognitive health #braingutmicrobiome UCLA Health Department of Medicine at UCLA Health UCLA Gastroenterology and Hepatology Eric Esrailian Emeran Mayer, MD John F. Cryan Del Rio’s Lab @Unipr #GoodmanLuskinMicrobiomeCenter

🌟Dr. Lia Farahi (LIA FARAHI), UCLA Division of Cardiology, named Goodman-Luskin #Microbiome Center inaugural fellow! 🔹Role of gut bacteria-derived indole propionic acid in protecting against abdominal aortic aneurysm 🔹Mentor: Aldons J. Lusis, PhD 👉uclahealth.org/departments/me…

🌠#UCLAGI & GI surgery ranked #4 in @USNews Best Hospitals rankings! This also makes us the top ranked GI & GI surgery hospital for a public university in the country. We thank our patients for continuing to choose our dedicated and exemplary team to provide their care.

I'm thrilled to kick start the 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 affinity group Brain Research Institute. Our inaugural event will have Ali Hanson to share her pioneering work on 𝘏𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘢 neural dynamics. Thank Elaine Hsiao and Alan Garfinkel for supporting this initiative!