Health Sciences

Dr. Dan M. Cooper, director of UCI’s Institute for Clinical & Translational Science

UCI Institute for Clinical & Translational Science receives $24 million NIH grant

Funding continues campus effort to speed scientific discoveries into medical advances

In first-of-its-kind study, UCI researchers highlight hookah health hazards

Smokers exposed to toxic chemicals, ultrafine particles and carbon monoxide

Carol Booth Olson, UCI professor of education

UCI receives record $441 million in research funding for fiscal 2018-19

22 percent more than last year, the total reflects strong support for campus mission

Pharm Sci’s Robert Spitale wins Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative Award

Robert Spitale, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, is one of five winners of 2019 Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative Awards, intended to accelerate high-risk and high-reward science research projects that could lead to discoveries, solutions and potential breakthrough treatments for patients. The award is for three years and provides $900,000 in direct funds for selected […]

UCI child neurologist Dr. Tallie Z. Baram is awarded $15 million Conte Center grant

NIH funding supports continued research into early-life origins of mental disorders

More than 185 teams and 2,800 individuals rode, ran or walked in the 2019 UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge, raising awareness and funds for innovative studies and early-phase clinical trials at UCI’s Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.

UCI’s third annual Anti-Cancer Challenge sets fundraising record

Event proceeds will expand research on prevention, diagnosis and treatment

Prescription for resilience

Ramon Resa ’81 overcame incredible obstacles to become a successful pediatrician who caters to the children of migrant farmworkers

Study touts new method to reduce cognitive side effects of brain cancer radiation treatment

UCI team helps uncover how ‘FLASH radiotherapy’ reduces neural cell damage

New study tracks perils of water polo head injuries

Certain players endure far more trauma, UCI researchers say

UCI to establish skin biology, diseases resource center with $4 million NIH award

Grant will accelerate, enhance the effectiveness of basic, translational and clinical research