Health Sciences

Vaccine Research & Development Center director noted for contribution to mRNA vaccines

Support originated by Congressman who lost his wife to sudden cardiac death

Use of the popular weight loss drugs could threaten pediatric health

UCI empowers high school students to explore careers

UCI researchers dive deep in search of health-sleep links

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, […]

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 […]

Gift launches Engineering+ research institutes on health, society and the environment

Funding will support preclinical studies of engineered jaw joint implant

For NSF-funded project, participants learn about organ segmentation, 3D printing, lasers and artificial intelligence