Health

Leslie Thompson

Precision health perspectives

Leslie Thompson discusses how UCI’s collaborative approach can help usher in the next great advancement in healthcare

Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research laboratory manager Hillary Piccerillo (left) and former lab technician Peggy Galvez oversee the robotic transfer of saliva from collection tubes to test plates for an experiment.

‘A window into the body’

Researchers at UCI salivary bioscience institute are championing the use of spit in diagnostics

Rendering of The Joe C. Wen & Family Center for Advanced Care at UCI Health–Irvine

Joe C. Wen and family donate $20 million to support the new UCI Health Center for Advanced Care

Generous gift names the first of three buildings to open at the new UCI Health–Irvine complex

UCI researchers aim to diversify clinical research participation with $3.7 million NIH grant

The multidisciplinary team will focus on participant recruitment and retainment for Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders research

UCI-led study links repeated hurricane exposure to adverse psychological symptoms

As climate threats escalate, increased negative mental health outcomes likely

David B. Richardson

UCI-led study finds prolonged, low-level radon exposure still a leading cause of lung cancer

Data analysis shows high mortality rates, indicating stronger protections needed

UCI researchers find that aspirin alters colorectal cancer evolution

Next up: Does the medication offer protection against other forms of cancer?

Xiangmin Xu

UCI wins 5-year, $14M NIH grant to study brain circuits susceptible to aging, Alzheimer’s disease

Findings will advance development of better early diagnostic tools, new treatment strategies

OCHCA Director Clayton Chau to be Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences commencement celebration keynote speaker

EVENT:  The UCI Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences commencement services for its sixth graduating class will be held in the Bren Events Center on Monday, June 13. Steve A.N. Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP, UCI vice chancellor for health affairs, will preside over the ceremony. Clayton Chau, M.D., Ph.D., MASL, the Orange County […]

Dr. Anand Ganesan

Melanoma researcher covers all the bases

UCI Health dermatologist Anand Ganesan created new compounds that slow skin cancer growth