Health

Sheena Nahm

Show biz becomes academic

UC Irvine graduate finds her niche in the emerging field of entertainment education doing research fro medical shows.

James Fallon

New stroke therapy successful in rats

People with impaired mobility after a stroke soon may have a therapy that restores limb function long after the injury, if a supplemental protein works as well in humans as it does in paralyzed rats.

People practicing Tai chi

A guide to healthy aging

UCI’s Dr. Sonia Sehgal acts as a decade-by-decade guide on the path to healthy aging.

Angelo Giuliano

Staging a comeback from cancer

A Laguna Beach man was helping his neighbor, a UCI oncologist, with a fundraising campaign for young adult cancer patients when he joined their ranks.

Suzanne Blum

Shedding light on molecular science

Suzanne Blum, assistant professor of chemistry, previews her public talk about glowing molecules.

Dr. Ralph Clayman

Patient advocate

Levity, gossip and idle chitchat have no place in Dr. Ralph Clayman’s operating room. The pioneer in minimally invasive surgery once asked a gabby colleague to leave in the middle of an operation because the chatterbox lacked focus. Clayman, a urologist so dedicated he gives his home phone number to patients, makes no apologies for […]

Peter Donovan and Ping Wang

UCImpact: Stem cell research

It’s been five years since Californians approved Proposition 71, which created the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and authorized up to $3 billion for the emerging field of stem cell biology. Since then, UCI’s program has thrived.

Kathryn Jennell

Organ donation: The gift of life

UC Irvine honors organ donors, recipients and families with rose dedication ceremony, including one woman whose decision to donate her husband’s organs gave rise to a new program at UC Irvine Medical Center.

Year of discovery, growth at UCI

High points of 2009 range from the volleyball court to the operating room with demonstrations of drive and dedication by UC Irvine students, faculty and staff.

Orchards wither in the dry fields near Interstate 5

Water: California’s disappearing resource

The view from space is not pretty as satellites show California groundwater being pumped for irrigation in unsustainable quantities.