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Nupur Agrawal named 2025 Macy Faculty Scholar
She became the first scholar from UCLA to receive this honor.
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Bhavana P - Sat, 17, May 2025
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Nupur Agrawal / UCLA
The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation has named physician Nupur Agrawal a 2025 Macy Faculty Scholar. Her term will begin on July 1.
As a scholar, Agrawal will receive $100,000 annually, 50 percent protected time, and $25,000 yearly for development and project support.
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An assistant professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Agrawal is also a practicing physician at the UCLA Medicine-Pediatrics Comprehensive Care Clinic in Santa Monica.
She is widely recognized for her compassionate, patient-centered care. Her clinical and educational interests include primary and preventive care, adolescent and gender health, and advocacy for improved access to healthcare. Additionally, she is a member of the UCLA Gender Health Program, where she provides affirming care to transgender and gender-diverse patients.
Commenting on the scholarship, Agrawal said, “As the first Macy Faculty Scholar ever selected from UCLA, I’m incredibly excited to use the protected time, mentoring, curricular activities and national network of colleagues that comes with being part of the program to advance advocacy education across the medical education continuum and hopefully support the careers of our faculty here at UCLA in the process.”
A Cornell University alumna with an MPH from Columbia and an MD from UT Health San Antonio, Agrawal completed her Med-Peds residency at Baylor College of Medicine. She has received multiple honors, including the 2019–2020 Med-Peds Outstanding Faculty Award and being named a Super Doctors Southern California Rising Star since 2020.
The Macy Faculty Scholars Program was established by Kate Macy Ladd in 1930 to honor the memory of her father, a well-known philanthropist. The foundation supports initiatives that reform health professions education to better meet the needs of society, with a particular emphasis on equity, diversity, and innovation.
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