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Oct 22, 2009

Verbatim — Internet brains, medical pot,  soda sweeteners and animal research

UCLA faculty are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection:
 
Small"Performing Internet searches for even a relatively short period of time can change brain activity patterns and enhance function."
 
Dr.Gary Small, professor of psychiatry and director of the UCLA Center on Aging, discusses his research in an Oct. 19 LiveScience article. The tests, which were conducted at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, revealed that activity in certain areas of the brain expanded in older patients with little Internet experience after they practiced web searches for just one week.
 
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Kleiman“If the states decide it's within the scope of medical practice, then it's not unreasonable for the feds to get out of the way."
 
In an Oct. 20 piece in the Oakland Tribune, Mark Kleiman, professor of public policy at the School of Public Affairs, comments on the recent Obama administration memo instructing federal drug prosecutors not to pursue medical marijuana dispensaries and buyers in the 14 states — including California—that have legalization laws.
 
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Eckhert"There are a lot of risks and none of the big players seem to care. … We thought the risk was high enough because of the data that's out there.” 
 
Curtis Eckhert, professor and vice chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, gave his opinion in a Toronto Globe and Mail story published Oct. 22 about new zero-calorie, natural sweeteners derived from the plant stevia that are going into products without “rigorous studies.”
 
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Jentsch2"UCLA has been very supportive of my work and that of other researchers who utilize lab animals.” 
 
David Jentsch, associate professor of psychology and psychiatry, comments in an Oct.20 post on the LAist blog about a recent full-page ad that UCLA placed in the Los Angeles Times in support of responsible animal research.
 
 
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 Gates
“It recognizes the reality of the legal ambiguities around same-sex marriages right now in the United States."
 
Gary Gates, a senior research fellow at the School of Law's Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, discusses the fact that same-sex marriages will be counted in the U.S. 2010 census in an Oct. 20 Oakland Tribune story.
 
 
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