Public Health

A UCI research team is studying Down syndrome adults to learn why – and when – cognitive decline is triggered by Alzheimer’s disease.

UCI doctors Kristi Koenig and Carl Schultz wrote the book on disaster medicine. Its publication comes amid debate on the way medical care is delivered in a crisis.

UCI’s new TechPortal smooths the road from invention to successful commercialization of university-based inventions.

Roxane Cohen Silver, UCI expert on trauma and coping, advises leaders of quake-stricken country on ways to promote psychological recovery.

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

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.

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

Graduate students have formed a group called ReMIND – short for Research & Education in Memory Impairments & Neurological Disorders – to better understand and cure neurodegenerative diseases.