Public Health

New UCI service is staffed by trained undergraduates in public health

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many of us have felt our sense of time profoundly disrupted, with one day blending into the next. Alison Holman, an associate professor at UCI’s Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, says that stress has affected our ability to keep track of time. An expert in trauma, she says […]

UCI, other researchers use disaster footprint model to assess COVID-19 supply chain impacts

Community members, local companies, philanthropists, students and alumni have rallied around UCI Health with donations of funds and personal protective equipment

In March, the UCI Medical Center became the first hospital in Orange County to provide COVID-19 testing. In the UCI Podcast, Dr. Ed Monuki, chair of pathology who leads UCI Health’s testing efforts, discusses how the campus came together to address this community need and how future testing for the coronavirus and its antibodies will […]

Low-cost technology could be employed in hand-held devices and ventilation systems

Results will help determine true prevalence and inform lifting of local lockdown

To expedite campus response to pandemic, UCI leadership amasses $2.5 million for COVID-19 research projects

UCI Health’s Dr. Robert Rowe describes treating patients in ‘the epicenter of the epicenter’ of coronavirus infections in the U.S.

In this episode of the UCI Podcast Video Series, Rachel Martin, UCI professor of chemistry, discusses a project in her lab that centers on finding a way to block the ability of the coronavirus to make copies of itself once it’s inside the human body. Martin highlights that the project, which involves postdoctoral scholars, Ph.D. […]