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Anai Campos Contreras named 2023 Pew Latin American Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences

The Pew Charitable Trusts has named Anai Campos Contreras, incoming UC Irvine postdoctoral fellow in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, a 2023 Pew Latin American Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences. Campos received a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences in 2022 from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Later this summer, she will join the laboratory of Thomas Martinez, […]

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Quinton Smith named 2023 Pew Scholar in the Biological Sciences

Quinton Smith, UC Irvine assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been named a 2023 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. The Pew Charitable Trusts supports outstanding biomedical researchers at the start of their careers. Pew has honored this year’s group of 22 early-career scientists by furnishing four years of funding for the pursuit of […]

UC Irvine engineers invent a way to 3D print optical-grade glass at the nanoscale

Innovation enables on-chip manufacturing for technologies in medicine, communications and other applications

Emma Rosandich, Andrea Valentini, Elizabeth Hafen, Provost Hal Stern, and Owen Trimble (not pictured: John Robb and Michelle Wei)

UC Irvine announces 2023-24 Fulbright students

The University of California, Irvine has announced five Fulbright U.S. Student Program award recipients for 2023-24: William Dunkel, a Ph.D. candidate in informatics; Elizabeth Hafen, a senior in psychology and political science; Owen Trimble, a senior in mechanical engineering; Emma Rosandich, a senior in urban studies; and Michelle Wei, a senior in education sciences and social policy […]

Pharmacist involvement in medication refills is found to improve patient care

Effective collaboration can also positively impact primary care providers

Postdoctoral fellow is awarded $100,000 to continue study of fragile X syndrome

Most common inherited cause of autism

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UCI and IUSD experts featured at Mental Health Resources for Parents forum

The University of California, Irvine recently hosted the “Mental Health Resources for Parents” panel discussion featuring campus and Irvine Unified School District experts to provide insights for parents into how to support their children’s mental health. Growing up is a difficult process and helping kids smoothly navigate the many changes they encounter is always challenging. […]

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Study shows importance of patient-reported outcomes in diabetes management care model

A successful pharmacist-involved collaborative care model for managing diabetes must include patient-reported, as well as clinical, outcomes, according to a recent study published online in Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. “There have been many studies that show the pharmacist-involved collaborative care model is effective, but we wanted to understand why the level […]

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Dr. S. Ahmad Sajjadi receives the inaugural UCI MIND Joan and Don Beall Scholar Award

Support for research into degenerative brain disease biomarkers

UCI researchers join DOE-funded project to reinvent lithium-ion battery recycling

R&D effort is aimed at improving environmental sustainability and lowering costs