UCI assistant professor of medicine receives MERIT grant from National Cancer Institute

Nick Pannunzio, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the UCI School of Medicine, has received a Method to Extend Research in Time Award from the National Cancer Institute. The seven-year grant will bring approximately $410,000 annually to fund his study into a particular acute lymphoblastic leukemia subtype called Philadelphia chromosome-like […]

UCI-led research team discovers a molecular feature in prostate cancer with prognostic value, distinguishes ancestral differences

Expression signatures may be useful for assessing greatest risk of progression in prostate and other cancers

Ralph and Sue Stern gift to support cancer center at new UCI hospital in Irvine

Longtime UCI donors’ latest gift adds to legacy of expanding lifesaving care

Michael A. Hoyt, Ph.D.

UCI-led study finds psychological therapy reduces biobehavioral impact of testicular cancer

GET intervention lowered stress-related biomarkers

(From left: Michael J. Stamos, dean of the UCI School of Medicine, and Ethan Wayne, John Wayne Cancer Foundation director.)

John Wayne Cancer Foundation gift establishes new surgical oncology fellowship training program at UCI

Endowed medical chair, fellowship will expand research, teaching and service activities

T regulatory cells (green with red nuclei) interact with antigen-presenting cells (magenta) in a tumor (blue). The Treg cell on top is activated (green fluorescence in the nucleus), while the one at the bottom is not (green fluorescence outside the nucleus). Activation of Treg cells promotes tumor growth.

UCI-led study finds that cancer immunotherapy may self-limit its efficacy

Common tumor inhibitor drug triggers favorable and unfavorable immune effects

Chao family gifts to UCI Health for cancer care top $50 million

Latest donation will name cancer center at new UCI Medical Center in Irvine

Episode 21-16 Spinal cord injury to cancer to COVID?

TechNation Radio, April 13, 2021 (Audio)

Heart disease, cancer and COVID-19: Orange County’s leading causes of death in 2020

Orange County Register, Feb. 2, 2021

New prediction algorithm identifies previously undetected cancer driver genes

National Science Foundation, Nov. 23, 2020