An author. A professor. A surgeon. A survivor.

These are just a few of the roles that Dr. Susan Love ’98 has taken on in her lifelong pursuit to battle cancer. Today, she continues to make strides as the chief visionary officer of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation and a UCLA Professor of Surgery. Previously, she founded the Faulkner Breast Center (Boston) and the Revlon UCLA Breast Center (Westwood), in addition to authoring the definitive book on breast cancer Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book.

These accomplishments, however, did not come without hurdles. Susan faced sexism as a female surgeon and wasn’t offered a job following her stint as chief surgical resident at Harvard. So, she decided to forge her own path. “I hung up a shingle, and the people that were referred to me were all women with breast problems. And I found that I could make a much bigger difference in that arena than I could fixing hernias and doing general surgery.” Now cancer free, she also happens to be a survivor of leukemia. “It taught me (about) the collateral damage, the long-term consequences of treatments — what we euphemistically in the medical profession call “side effects.” But really, they’re not side effects, they last forever.” Susan also served as a keynote speaker at the Velocity Women’s Leadership Summit earlier this month. Read more.

Did you know that UCLA Anderson offers benefits exclusive to you—our alumni—to support your career development after graduation? Alumni Career Services offers a comprehensive set of resources including career focused programming, job postings, one-on-one coaching and reference resources.

The Office of Alumni Relations is also excited to announce the launch of the new Alumni Career Services site. The refreshed site now boasts more user-friendly navigation and offers a curated set of content organized by key topics like interviewing, negotiating, career advancement and more. New content has also been added to the Career Resources and Webinars sections. Watch the latest webinar Creating a Successful Job Search Mindset or start exploring the new site today!

Check out a snapshot of cutting-edge research by UCLA Anderson’s expert faculty covered in this month’s UCLA Anderson Review.

Boo! Does Merely Mentioning an Audit Increase Taxpayer Compliance?
Ricardo Perez-Truglia
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Hospital Hand-Washing: The Limits of Electronic Monitoring
Hengchen Dai
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In China, Big Investors Have Brilliant Timing — or Do They Know Someone?
Avanidhar Subrahmanyam
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How Very Small Stocks Skew Investing Wisdom
Carla Hayn
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Perceived Gender Equity: How 2016's U.S. Presidential Election Widened a Gap
Margaret Shih
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Mobile Workers More Likely to Cold-Shoulder a Dishonest Co-Worker
Jennifer Whitson
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The inaugural Career Re-LAUNCH program, which kicked off January 18, brought 25 UCLA Anderson alumnae back to campus on February 9 for a three-day immersive experience featuring the Velocity Women’s Leadership Summit and two days of faculty led classroom sessions.

Inspired by an observation made by Beth Friedman ’87 and Cynthi Moffatt ’88, Career Re-LAUNCH was developed by the Office of Alumni Relations, in partnership with Executive Education, to provide support to alumnae who have stepped away from the workforce to relaunch their careers. Offering participants career guidance, skill-building coursework, online resources and a sisterhood, Career Re-LAUNCH also provides alumnae a way to explore career opportunities that might also bring personal fulfillment. “I want to do something that is meaningful and also has financial rewards. But you don’t stumble into a new career path without effort. This program provides tools, support and accountability, so I actually schedule the relaunch ‘work’ into my calendar,” said participant Irene Wang ’96 who left the corporate world to raise a family. Read more.

Recognized as one of the most accurate and unbiased provider of the national forecast, the Forecast puts on quarterly conferences and regional Economic Outlook events on a variety of current topics. Jerry Nickelsburg, who succeeded Edward E. Leamer as Director in June 2017, along with economists David Schulman and William Yu combine their expertise with the latest computer based econometric models to produce these forecasts. Join a cross section of business, government and academic leaders at one of the upcoming events:

March 7 | March 2018 Economic Outlook | UCLA Anderson, Westwood
Trade, Taxes & Trump
There are there are two major initiatives as part of the Trump administration that will impact our local economy; the tax overhaul passed last December and the ongoing renegotiation of trade relations with Mexico, Canada, South Korea and China. What if NAFTA falls apart? Will there be a trade war with China? How will the taxation of foreign source earnings affect U.S. corporate production and employment?

March 12 | UCLA/UC Hastings Joint Forecast Conference | UC Hastings, San Francisco
Innovation: The Economy, Technology, Bio-Tech and the Law
The second year of the Trump administration presents many uncertainties ahead including the new tax law and the change in the regulatory environment. Overlaid on the changing Bay Area economic environment is the fast paced and radical evolution of technology. Learn about these issues and hear special guest Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor, State of California, moderate a panel on technology.

March 28 | Orange County Economic Outlook | UC Irvine, Irvine
Regional Economic Outlook
Get the latest U.S. and California Forecasts along with a focused view of the regional economy and a discussion about Orange County’s residential and commercial real estate development.