Dr. Ralph Delfino and Michael Kleinman lead efforts to understand how vehicle exhaust contributes to lung and cardiovascular illnesses. Their work confirms what most Southern Californians know intuitively: Living near a freeway isn’t good idea.
May 22, 2009
Doctoral student Mary Amasia's anthrax detection system permits a more rapid response to a deadly disease.
May 11, 2009
Doctoral student Meng Yu is using his academic skills to help the hearing-impaired. He is fine-tuning a set of mathematical computer instructions that pulls apart overlapping voices so a listener can hear each of them distinctly.
May 11, 2009
Palm-reading technology allows Anteater Recreation Center members to check in without breaking a sweat.
May 10, 2009
A posthumous gift from a man who values included integrity and service completes fundraising for UC Irvine Medical Center and renames the new hospital.
May 5, 2009
UC Irvine Student Center earns kudos for its Earth-friendly design and construction, and it's healthy for students, too.
April 28, 2009
Current guidelines for normal fetal growth don't align with the ethnic diversity of the childbearing population. UC Irvine researchers will share a $1.7 million grant to devise new definitions.
April 27, 2009
With a $10,000 award from the UCI Graduate Division, Thomas Gilbreath will study how land-use in Africa affects the mosquito population and spread of malaria. The fellowship supports students whose research could have significant public impact.
April 23, 2009
By feigning illness, volunteers introduce medical students to the human side of healthcare.
April 22, 2009