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Brown Alumni Magazine

Class of 1987

Dr. Linda Liau ’87, a professor and chair of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, is the recipient of the J.E. Wallace Sterling Lifetime Achievement Award in Medicine. Dr. Liau’s pioneering research has advanced the development of innovative immunotherapy approaches for glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive primary brain malignancies. She has held various prestigious positions, including the first woman to chair the American Board of Neurological Surgery, and is an elected member of Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Medicine.

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Class of 1987