Melanoma researcher covers all the bases
UCI Health dermatologist Anand Ganesan created new compounds that slow skin cancer growth
June 06, 2022
Health
Beyond the corner drugstore
Team-based model in pharmacy and medicine delivers cost-effective, personalized patient care
May 31, 2022
UCI Podcast: At the intersection of nursing and philosophy
Two UCI deans dissect the impact humanistic viewpoints can have on healthcare
May 26, 2022
UCI team gets $970,000 NIH grant to launch interdisciplinary skin biology training effort
A team from the UCI Skin Biology Resource Center has been awarded a five-year, $970,000 grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to launch an interdisciplinary skin biology training program. Designed to develop the next generation of interdisciplinary research physicians and scientist leaders in academia and industry, the program takes advantage […]
May 06, 2022
National Academy of Sciences names two UCI faculty members as fellows
Mathematician Svetlana Jitomirskaya, vision researcher Krzysztof Palczewski honored
May 04, 2022
NSF supports research studying how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affects Americans
Roxane Cohen Silver leads UCI team awarded a RAPID grant to begin survey
May 02, 2022
Professor participates in companion studies linking genes, increased schizophrenia risk
Marquis Vawter, Ph.D., research professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at the UCI School of Medicine, participated in companion studies published in Nature, analyzing regions of the human genome associated with increased risk of schizophrenia. Researchers knew that the disorder carries a 60 to 80 percent inheritability and wanted to determine common […]
April 22, 2022
UCI Assistant Professor Selma Masri wins J&J WiSTEM2D Scholars Award for Science
Selma Masri, assistant professor of biological chemistry in the UCI School of Medicine, has won the prestigious 2022 Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award for Science. The awards program honors one scholar in each STEM2D discipline: science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design. The six diverse, international female recipients were selected out of a competitive […]
April 20, 2022
UCI team develops simplified, faster process for detection of viral RNA in saliva samples
UCI researchers have originated a simplified, faster clinical sample testing method to detect genetic material, including viral RNA. Their findings were recently published in the journal Scientific Reports. “We showed that a saliva sample withdrawn using a simple microbiological loop can be directly analyzed in a single collection tube, using common and precise DNA amplification […]
April 12, 2022
UCI assistant professor of medicine receives MERIT grant from National Cancer Institute
Nick Pannunzio, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the UCI School of Medicine, has received a Method to Extend Research in Time Award from the National Cancer Institute. The seven-year grant will bring approximately $410,000 annually to fund his study into a particular acute lymphoblastic leukemia subtype called Philadelphia chromosome-like […]
April 11, 2022