Health

No. 2 pencil not required

End-of-year exams, projects can take unorthodox forms.

Mastering the medical ‘wave’ of the future

More than 200 medical, osteopathic and physician assistant students from 14 schools around the state streamed into the Medical Education Building May 20 to be trained in a technology that UCI faculty believe will be an important part of medicine’s future – portable ultrasound.

Lorraine Evangelista

Nursing a new approach to heart disease

UCI nursing professor Linda Evangelista has gained national recognition for her involvement in studies to help people with heart conditions, and her latest effort may produce her most significant research achievement yet.

Chef Philippe Caupain

Savoring life anew

Philippe Caupain credits UC Irvine critical care team with saving him from sepsis.

Targeting ovarian cancer

Dr. Robert Bristow finds disparities in access to the top-quality care that boosts survival.

Gloria Mark and Stephen Voida

Email ‘vacations’ decrease stress, increase concentration

Being cut off from work e-mail increases focus and reduces stress.

Daniele Piomelli

Finding his bliss

Behind its stylish art deco facade, the Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility has hosted some of the most important scientific discoveries in UC Irvine’s brief history. From its laboratories came the first stem cell therapies for spinal cord injury, and breakthrough findings by researchers there on the roots of neurodegenerative diseases offer real hope for people with Alzheimer’s […]

Armaan Rowther

A meal with a message

Armaan Rowther’s campus project also includes hunger banquet, interfaith dialogue, community service initiative.

The day they became doctors

They entered the UC Irvine School of Medicine with dreams of making a difference someday, five eager students armed with distinctive skills, talents and experiences they hoped could be used to improve human health. They saw their dreams come into focus on Match Day, March 16, when they learned where they will start their careers as doctors.

Something in the air

UCI-led team makes key discovery about smog in their innovative lab.