Names & Faces

Robert H. Brook, professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine and professor of health services in the School of Public Health, has won the David E. Rogers Award, given by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The award goes to a faculty member who has contributed greatly to improving the health and health care of Americans.

Vay Liang W. Go, professor of medicine at the Geffen School of Medicine, has received a five-year, $6-million grant from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine to develop the UCLA Center for Excellence in Pancreatic Diseases. The new center studies the effects of plant-derived compounds on pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis.

Namhee Lee, assistant professor of modern Korean history, has published her fourth book, “The Making of Minjung: Democracy and the Politics of Representation in South Korea.” Published by Cornell University Press, her book has already garnered considerable praise by scholars in the field and has made a major contribution to the study of the struggle for democracy and social justice.