Past Major Events

The BUILD team was proud to present our new Black Health Equity Speaker Series (BHESS) where speakers from disparate disciplines share their research and personal journey with BUILD trainees. This speaker series provides a unique opportunity to address health disparities and this year’s theme of promoting “racial health equity” at BUILD.

You can learn about each year's event by clicking these links.

2021

During the Summer program, BUILD holds its Annual Summer Symposium. This gives new BUILD trainees an opportunity to practice presenting their research to both scientific and lay audiences. Families of the trainees are invited to learn about the BUILD program, as well as the research their student and their fellow trainees are conducting. Having the families on board with the program and supporting the trainees research education can be critical to BUILD Scholars and Fellows completing the program and moving on to earn their Ph.D.

You can learn about each year's event by clicking these links.

2015
2016
2017
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2019
2020

BUILD trainees work hard to complete their research training progam. We celebrate their success each May, sending off another cohort of future Ph.D.s into the world. The first cohort of BUILD trainees was honored during the first annual Commencement held at the Scottish Rite Event Center. Later Commencement events were held in the USU Ballroom.

You can learn about each year's event by clicking these links.

2017 (Full recap and photos)
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(Facebook photos)
2020 (Full story and videos)
2021 (Full story and videos)

Regular research colloquia inform BUILD trainees on a variety of topics and give them opportunities to network with others.

Fall 2020

October 16 - Dr. Ghaidaa Kashgari, Department of Medicine, UC Irvine
November 6 - Dr. Breauna Spencer, Department of Sociology, UC Irvine

Spring 2020

February 28 - Dr. Tatiane Lima, Postdoctoral Scholar, Immunology, UC Irvine
March 27 - Alma Patricia Olaguez, PhD Candidate, Psychological Science, UC Irvine

Fall 2019

September 27 - Dr. Camila Uzcategui
November 8 - Dr. Richard Watanabe, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Spring 2019

March 8 - Dr. Alicia Izquierdo, Psychology, UCLA
March 29

Fall 2018

September 28 - Dr. Jacob Barrera, Harvard University
November 9 - Dr. Leonardo Leon, Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science at UC San Diego

Spring 2018

March 10 - Dr. Carlos Bolános-Guzman, Behavioral & Cellular Neuroscience, Texas A&M
April 4 - Dr. Kim Barrett, Medicine, UC San Diego

Fall 2017

September 29 - Dr. Elisa Maldonado, Marine Biology, UC San Diego
November 17 - Dr. Adam Leventhal, Keck School of Medicine, USC

Spring 2017

March 10 - Carlos Bolaños-Guzmán, Texas A&M University
April 14 - Dr. Kim Barrett, UCSD

Fall 2016

September 30 - Martin Lee, Biostatistics, UCLA
November 4 - Dr. Brian Ruhe, VA Hospital

Spring 2016

January 29 - Dr. Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Keck School of Medicine, USC
February 26 - Dr. Christie D. Fowler, Neurobiology and Behavior, UC Irvine
March 25 - Dr. Roberta McKean-Cowdin, Keck School of Medicine, USC
April 29 - Dr. Marcelo Wood, Neurobiology and Behavior, UC Irvine

Fall 2015

October 2 - Dr. Lordes Baezconde-Garbanati, Keck School of Medicine, USC
November 9 - Dr. Elizabeth Jarvo, Chemistry, UC Irvine

During BUILD Phase 1, the program held its Annual Research Symposium during the Spring semester. This event featured a nationally recognized researcher engaged in NIH-funded research as keynote speaker, who would share his or her research journey, presentations by BUILD Faculty Mentors, research demonstrations, and a poster session where BUILD trainees could present their research.

You can learn about each of them by clicking the links below.