Health

UCI-led team develops new biopsy technology for analyzing multiple tumor tissue biomarkers

Mapping cellular spatial organization and interactions will advance personalized treatment

UCI-led team first to discover new neural circuits that regulate spatial learning and memory in the brain's hippocampal formation

Understanding of novel functional roles can advance research in Alzheimer’s disease, other learning and memory disorders

UCI researchers reveal molecular mechanisms underlying mutations within the eye that lead to blindness

Understanding the key structural determinants of a highly specialized membrane in the eye could lead to new treatments, even a cure

Connie Valencia

For Connie Valencia, this research is personal

The public health doctoral student’s dissertation looks at the community impacts of air pollution in her home neighborhood of Boyle Heights

Frank LaFerla
UC Irvine Podcast Indicator

Coping with memory impairment during the holidays

School of Biological Sciences Dean Frank La Ferla offers advice for family members

Miriam Bender

Defining the ‘what' and ‘how' of nursing

UCI center takes philosophical approach to unique profession

UCI Health Town Hall zoom: (pictured): Dr. Steven Goldstein, UCI vice chancellor for health affairs, the Zoom event featured Dr. Susan Huang, director of epidemiology and infection prevention at UCI Health; David Souleles, director of UCI’s COVID-19 response team; Bernadette Boden-Albala, director and founding dean of UCI’s Program in Public Health; Ramona Agrela, UCI vice chancellor and chief human resources executive; and Michael Dennin, dean of UCI’s Division of Undergraduate Education and vice provost for teaching and learning.

UCI Health Affairs town hall provides the latest on COVID-19

Campus leaders host virtual event to share information on the omicron variant and what to expect this winter

UCI-led study offers framework for including racism's health effects in pharmacy curricula

Racism has been declared a national public health crisis by the American Public Health Association. With the minority population in the U.S. being the fastest-growing demographic, experts say, it’s essential that healthcare professionals recognize the social determinants of health among racial and ethnic minorities. Education and training, they say, should begin in school so that […]

Tom Andriola
UC Irvine Podcast Indicator

UCI Podcast: Putting data to work through collaboratories

Tom Andriola explains The Collaboratories @ UCI™ and how UCI is putting data to work to strengthen its commitment to the mission

$5.5 million CIRM grant to fund development of new cervical spinal cord injury therapeutic

Aileen Anderson, director of UCI’s Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation, has been awarded a 30-month, $5.5 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The funds will be used in the development of a new human neural stem cell therapeutic for treating chronic cervical […]