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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $20.6M million grant over five years to establish one of five Human Virome Characterization Centers (HVCC), leveraging UCLA leadership and the collective expertise of interdisciplinary scientists nationwide to advance understanding of the virome's role in human health and disease across the oral–gut–brain axis.

The UCLA School of Dentistry has announced the appointment of Dr. Hung Ton-That as the new Chair of the Division of Oral and Systemic Health Sciences, effective Feb. 1, 2025. He will also hold the Dr. No-Hee Park Chair in Dentistry.

Reprinted with permission from the Western Los Angeles Dental Society, from the winter 2024 edition of WestViews Magazine.

By Teresa Yang, D.D.S. ‘83