The Alzheimer’s crunch
With jump in patients expected, new leader of clinical research operations at UCI MIND aims to accelerate translation of discoveries into effective treatments
November 22, 2019
Health
Researchers develop ‘lab on a chip’ for personalized drug efficacy monitoring
UCI researchers and collaborators have developed a “lab on a chip” platform to facilitate continuous, inexpensive, rapid and personalized drug screening. The technology is capable of evaluating the effectiveness of treatments on cancer cells without bulky readout equipment or requiring the shipment of samples to labs. The scientists’ work is the subject of a new […]
November 21, 2019
Family medicine turns 50
Gala marks anniversary, evolution of UCI department, only the second established in the state
November 18, 2019
UCI’s Oladele Ogunseitan joins executive team of USAID-funded global health project
One Health effort bridges disciplines to train workers to address infectious disease threats
October 29, 2019
Outmaneuvering tragedy
Teen who received Heimlich training earlier in the day at a UCI nursing camp saves her choking father
October 28, 2019
Biomedical engineer Chang Liu named one of only five Moore Inventor Fellows nationwide
Chang Liu, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has been named a 2019 Moore Inventor Fellow by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. He will receive $825,000 over three years in support of his pioneering efforts to engineer synthetic genetic systems capable of rapid mutation and evolution in living cells. Liu is one of five fellows […]
October 15, 2019
UCI-led study deepens understanding of the effects of media exposure to collective trauma
According to a new UCI-led study, it’s not just how much media exposure an individual has to collective trauma but also the graphic quality of what one sees that may make a person more vulnerable to trauma-related mental and physical health problems over time. The team analyzed the results from more than 3,000 anonymous online […]
October 11, 2019
The Anteater butterfly effect
‘Small token of appreciation’ leads to surprise gifts for new UCI medical students
October 11, 2019
Dementia developments
Co-hosted by UCI MIND, the 30th Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference will share recent discoveries
October 10, 2019
Three UCI early-career researchers receive 2019 NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards
The National Institutes of Health has granted 2019 Director’s New Innovator Awards to three UCI early-career researchers: Han Li and Timothy Downing of The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Kevin Beier of the School of Medicine. The faculty members will receive more than $2.2 million each over five years to support their work. Li, […]
October 08, 2019