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friends The space shuttle Endeavour in the California Science Center took center stage at the 2014 Golden Portal Awards.
Art and Science Take Flight at
the Space Shuttle Pavilion
Photography by Vince Bucci
On July 12, 2014, against the backdrop of
the Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour
Pavilion in the California Science Center,
co-chairs Loic Bailly and Ted Gagliano,
president of feature post production at 20th
Century Fox, brought together hundreds
of members of the entertainment industry,
as well as UCLA physicians, research staff,
patients and their family members, for the
2014 Golden Portal Awards . Gagliano
and Bailly launched the annual event, which
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recognizes and honors the art and science
of film and medicine, three years ago. They
have raised nearly $450,000, in addition to
their personal commitment of $1 million,
to support the innovative clinical trials
led by Dr. Linda Liau (RES ’97, FEL ’98,
PhD ’99), director of the UCLA Brain
Tumor Program. The trials develop
new, personalized therapies to train the
body’s immune system to recognize and
eradicate brain cancer.
The 2014 awards included:
• Best Film Science: Gravity
• Tom Sherak Best Film Innovation:
Adobe Premiere Pro
• Tenacious Discovery: Dr. Susan
Bookheimer, professor-in-residence in
the UCLA Department of Psychiatry
and Biobehavioral Sciences
• Tenacious Bravery: Brian O’Connor