Health

Physiology & biophysics professor co-writes book on how membranes, their proteins work

Stephen H. White, a professor of physiology & biophysics in the UCI School of Medicine since 1973, has co-authored a book that he calls the culmination of his career. Cell Boundaries (Garland Science, 2021) was 13 years in the making and describes how membranes and their proteins work. White and his collaborators, Gunnar von Heijne, […]

Alexandre Chan

UCI-led team helps standardize collection, reporting of wearable activity trackers’ data

Recommendations provide framework for use of such devices in medical research studies

UCI receives renewal of designation as Huntington’s Disease Society of America Center of Excellence

Renewal recognizes UCI’s dedication to patient care and active engagement in research to develop new therapeutic approaches

Tom Andriola and Leslie Thompson

UCI announces launch of Institute for Precision Health

Individually tailored wellness approach is giant leap in patient control, improved outcomes

UCI Institute for Precision Health FAQ

What is precision health? Precision health is a powerful approach that uses data science to help prevent disease and accurately predict, diagnose and treat individual patients as is best for them. Its practitioners employ data – information about patients – and analytics to provide more exact and effective health plans. Precision health is also a […]

Behind a good mutation: How a gene variant protects against Alzheimer’s

UCI study provides first evidence about how this protective mutation may reduce disease risk

UCI study links air pollution, adverse ovarian function in female mice

A type of air pollution known as fine particulate matter or PM2.5, can cause loss of ovarian function in female mice, due to depleted primordial, primary and secondary follicles, according to a recent study led by Ulrike Luderer, MD, Ph.D., UCI professor of environmental and occupational health and corresponding author. Premature ovarian failure, often called […]

UCI study reveals neurobiological processes occurring during puberty that trigger sex differences in learning and memory

New findings suggest optimal teaching tactics, psychiatric treatment, should adapt to reflect brain differences

Pramod Khargonekar, vice chancellor for research, left, with Dr. Michael Stamos, dean of the School of Medicine, center, and Frank LaFerla, dean of the School of Biological Sciences.

Audrey Steele Burnand estate gifts $57.75 million to UCI

Majority will establish world-class, campuswide depression research center

Fan-Gang Zeng

The future of hearing healthcare is (almost) here

UCI professor of otolaryngology sees AI revolutionizing diagnosis and treatment