LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The stars were out on the red carpet Tuesday night, but it wasn’t for a movie premiere – it was for the opening of a new cancer clinic.
The Ellison Institute celebrated its grand opening Tuesday night with a star-studded, red carpet event in the West LA area.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles, Mila Kunis, Dr. David Agus, Lorna Luft, and Ashton Kutcher attend the grand opening of The Lawrence J. Ellison Institute on September 28, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
Stars like Mila Kunis, her husband Ashton Kutcher, movie producer Judd Apatow, and LA Mayor Eric Garcetti were on hand to celebrate the Ellison Institute’s move from the campus of USC to a new, state-of-the-art facility in Sawtelle. Dr. David Agus, CBS News’ medical contributor, is the founding director and chief executive of the institute.
“This is the only city where this could be done,” Agus said. “The intersection of art, and engineering, and math, and cancer, and biology, all together. This is what LA really thrives at, is multi-disciplinary, bringing things together.”
Kunis serves on the institute’s board, while Kutcher and Apatow are active supporters of the facility.
The five-story facility is now home to cancer clinic research laboratories, a health policy think tank and community outreach program. The Ellison Institute aims to foster collaboration and connectivity between patients, researchers, and doctors.
The event required attendees to show proof of vaccination.
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