Cover illustration by SHOUT
Three artists represented by Dutch Uncle have contributed illustrations to the Winter 2026 issue of UCLA Health Magazine: SHOUT, Hsiao-Ron Cheng and Clara Dupré. Their commissions appear across the publication, from its cover illustration to a portrait and an editorial feature exploring developments in transplant medicine.
This edition marks a new chapter for the publication. Formerly known as U Magazine, it now appears under the title UCLA Health Magazine. The Winter 2026 edition is Volume 46, Issue 01 – the first issue under the new name – and is published by UCLA Health and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles, California.
The issue’s central theme is A New Era of Transplant Medicine, examining UCLA Health’s work in transplantation, from pioneering surgical procedures to research intended to improve life for transplant recipients. The complete Winter 2026 issue is available online.
The cover features an illustration by SHOUT, the professional name of Italian illustrator Alessandro Gottardo.
Created for the issue’s A New Era of Transplant Medicine theme.
Hsiao-Ron Cheng: Remembering Dr. Jonathan M. Tobis
Hsiao-Ron Cheng was commissioned to illustrate Remembering Dr. Jonathan M. Tobis, an In Memoriam feature by Lauren Ingeno.
Cheng’s contribution is a painted portrait of Dr. Tobis, shown wearing a blue jacket and orange tie against a softly rendered landscape. The portrait accompanies an article remembering the pioneering interventional cardiologist, who spent more than 40 years working in medicine and helped define an emerging field of cardiology.
The feature also reflects on Dr. Tobis’s influence as a physician, scientist, teacher and mentor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he joined the Division of Cardiology in 1999. Read the full UCLA Health tribute to Dr. Jonathan M. Tobis.
Clara Dupré: Rewriting the Future
Clara Dupré, also known as Clara Super Duper, illustrated Rewriting the Future, a feature by Sandy Cohen about UCLA Health’s retroactive tolerance protocol.
The article explores research that offers the possibility of transplant recipients living without antirejection medication, even when the treatment is undertaken years after transplant surgery. The protocol uses stem cells from the organ donor to help the recipient’s immune system accept the transplanted organ.
Dupré’s illustration features two women, sisters Karina and Rosa, positioned back-to-back, their long dark hair braided together, with their hands raised and a network of flowering branches surrounding them. The image accompanies a story about the potential for transplant medicine to change patients’ lives long after their original operations.
The feature follows the sisters’ experience and the work of UCLA Health’s transplant team. Further information about the research is available through the UCLA Health Kidney Transplant Tolerance Programme.
UCLA Health Magazine: Winter 2026, Volume 46, Issue 01
The Winter 2026 edition introduces UCLA Health Magazine under its new name, bringing together reporting on clinical innovation, medical research, patient experiences and the people shaping healthcare at UCLA.
Among the stories in this issue are the first human bladder transplant performed at UCLA Health, a patient’s journey through a double lung transplant, and research into immune tolerance that could reduce the need for antirejection drugs. The magazine also looks at the impact of UCLA Health’s work on patients, families and the wider medical community.
The issue includes Paving the Way, a further feature on the support of Connie Frank and Evan Thompson for transplant tolerance research. Read the related UCLA Health feature on their contribution.
For Dutch Uncle, the issue brings together three different editorial commissions by represented artists. SHOUT’s cover illustration introduces the new edition, Hsiao-Ron Cheng’s portrait accompanies a tribute to a distinguished cardiologist, and Clara Dupré’s work supports a feature on the future of transplant medicine.
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