Health

UCI’s Frances Jurnak explains how daily supplements, if taken correctly, can benefit lifelong health.

Ruth Mulnard, founding faculty member in UCI’s nursing science program, leads clinical trials to help Alzheimer’s patients.

UCI’s Katie Pine seeks to improve U.S. maternity care with a Public Impact Fellowship.

UCI’s new pigmented lesion program monitors people at high risk of dermatological cancer.

Most nurses see patients in health clinics, hospitals and offices, but Jill Berg makes house calls, consulting with people who have asthma and other chronic pulmonary conditions. Her mission: to help them breathe easier.

Gavin Herbert Eye Institute refractive surgeons use cutting-edge lasers and world-class skill to restore good sight.

For PRIME-LC student Tommy Hand, healthcare is a platform for advocacy of global human rights.

UCI studies find weight loss surgeries are safer than they used to be and gastric bypass is most effective.

Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte, UCI doctoral candidate in mechanical & aerospace engineering, won a fellowship to develop a cell-sorting device that will make blood and other tests quicker and cheaper.

Rafe Day, a technician with Down syndrome, is important to the mix in physical sciences lab