Health

Maksim Plikus (left) and Dr. Natasha Mesinkovska have helped push UCI to the forefront of efforts to treat and cure hair loss.

Hunting for cures to hair loss

UCI’s Natasha Mesinkovska and Maksim Plikus garner national attention as leaders in the field

Graduating UCI medical students Anna Rasmussen, Hinesh Patel and Kate Boudreau (from left).

The rites of spring: Match Day

Friends and family welcome new doctors at 2023 medical residency ceremony

Jun Wu

Exposure to green space linked to reduced risk of postpartum depression

Tree coverage, physical activity intensify effect, UCI-led study finds

man sitting at desk

UCI professor awarded $2.5 million grant to lead multisite Gulf War illness clinical trial

Butyrate shows promise

MEPN students working in the skills lab

Learning With and From Each Other

New high-fidelity simulation classroom serves as a hub for interprofessional education among healthcare students

Pharmaceutical Sciences professor John Chaput holds a vial of synthetic DNA

X Marks the Spot

Three questions with professor of pharmaceutical sciences John Chaput, who discusses using synthetic genetics in drug discovery

UC Irvine researchers create E. coli-based water monitoring technology

Bacterium used as a live sensor to detect heavy metal contamination

Jonathan Watnabe looking at camera.

Pharmacists play key role in treating seniors with opioid use disorder, UCI professor writes

People over 65 are at increased risk and related complications

Medical students work in the pediatric simulator lab.

UCI to launch pre-health program with support from state of California

Multipronged training model will prepare more underrepresented undergraduates for careers in medicine

Fan-Gang Zeng elected to National Academy of Engineering

Acclaimed researcher recognized for developing better treatments for hearing loss and tinnitus