Health Sciences

UCI psychologist’s Lego therapy is benefiting children with autism spectrum disorder

Novel detection method co-developed at UCI ensures that drinking water sources are not compromised by algae blooms

As head of the county’s largest hospital and only medical school, Howard Federoff has his finger on the pulse of the vast UC Irvine Health enterprise

The Institute of International Education has granted scholarships to six UC Irvine students who will study abroad this summer and fall.

This year’s commencement for UCI’s 50th graduating class will stretch over four days in the Bren Events Center, and 7,057 Anteaters will participate. Ten school-based events will be held, featuring addresses by renowned leaders in business, technology, athletics and law.

A UC Irvine research team will receive up to $5 million over five years in federal support to further develop a bloodstream infection detection system that speeds up diagnosis times with unprecedented accuracy – allowing physicians to treat patients with potentially deadly ailments more promptly and effectively.

UC Irvine’s Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders has received a five-year, $11 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to renew its status as one of only 27 Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers in the nation – and the only one in Orange County.

Jean Gehricke’s research is revealing similarities between the two disorders and suggesting new treatment approaches

He cites innovation, expansion and partnerships as key to further enhancing campus’s excellence, impact and global preeminence

Irvine, Calif., March 11, 2015 — Dr. Howard Federoff – a nationally renowned clinical and research leader at Georgetown University and a groundbreaking investigator for neurological disorders – will join UC Irvine as vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine. In this position, Federoff will oversee and guide the development […]