Meymuna Hussein-Cattan

A Taste of Empowerment

CNN ‘Hero’ helps refugees and immigrants resettle in SoCal

90% of people who lose sense of smell or taste from COVID-19 regain it within 2 years

Healthline, Aug. 10, 2022

Majority of patients with mild Covid-19 experience altered smell/taste

Physician’s Weekly, July 6, 2020

‘It’s a mess’: Paterson voter fraud just a taste of mail-in ballot issues plaguing New Jersey

New Jersey Herald, June 30, 2020

Opinion: When the mask you’re wearing ‘tastes like socialism’

The New York Times, May 20, 2020 (Opinion)

‘Taste sensor’ genes in female butterflies vital to species’ survival, UCI study finds

Giving the phrase “Mother knows best” a whole new meaning, UC Irvine biologists have identified unique genes in female butterflies that enable them to select the best host plant for their larvae – and avoid deadly ones.

UC Irvine News Brief: Forum will give local teens a taste of medical school

Participants in April 9 event will tour UC Irvine Douglas Hospital, shadow physicians on their patient rounds, and speak with doctors and med students about careers in healthcare.

Mechanical engineering major Ozzy Aidan Sanchez-Aldana and the workshop where he works on unmanned aerial vehicles.

The sky’s the limit

Undergraduate paves the way for a future career in space exploration

An elderly woman who had never seen a physician in her life hugs Dr. Cristobal Barrios Jr. of UCI Health during his humanitarian visit to Ecuador last year.

Surgeon leads overseas medical missions to poor villages

UCI doctor most recently took a group of volunteers to Ecuador

Tobin Hammer, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, leans over a colony of bumblebees inside a climate-controlled room at UCI. On the shelf by his right arm is a modified hand-held vacuum used to capture escapees.

The secret life of bumblebees

UCI scientist uncovers surprising facts about the fuzzy insects