Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Beau Alward and Stephanie Leal's Bruins roots run deep.

Not only are the two assistant professors of integrative biology and physiology, they both direct their own research labs at UCLA.

This Bruin duo believes in #ThePowerOfHigherEducation.

"As scientists and parents of three kids," said Alward, "we want to see science moving forward, diseases being cured, discoveries being made."