UCI-led team develops new biopsy technology for analyzing multiple tumor tissue biomarkers

Mapping cellular spatial organization and interactions will advance personalized treatment

Rami Khayat

The sleep detectives

UCI Health’s one-stop Sleep Center treats slumber disorders of every stripe

Gut feelings

Tackling cancer with innovation and compassion at UCI’s H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center

Saving Mother and Child

Multidisciplinary teams of UCI oncologists and maternal-fetal specialists utilize scientific advances to treat patients with high-risk pregnancies

Stemming the Tide of Alzheimer’s

Philanthropist on a mission to help others turns $150,000 into $20 million effort to fight disease at UCI MIND

AI in the ER

UCI center designs artificial intelligence systems to speed critical diagnoses

The American Dream Personified

From helping homeless youths to leading California’s community college system, UCI alumni are living out the American dream in myriad ways. Tenacious, intelligent and driven, they have overcome adversity to achieve their visions and make a difference in their communities and in the world. Below, we explore just a small sampling of the fascinating success stories created by UCI graduates.

UCI announces 2018-19 Hellman Fellows

Seven early-career faculty members receive funding to support research

Petra Wilder-Smith

Better than biopsies

UCI’s Dr. Petra Wilder-Smith has pioneered the use of laser technology to noninvasively detect and treat oral cancers

Prominent materials science physicist to join UCI faculty

Xiaoqing Pan, an internationally recognized researcher in the physics of materials, will join the UC Irvine faculty and lead a $20 million initiative to establish a world-class electron microscopy and materials science research facility.