School of Medicine

UC Irvine biomedical sciences Ph.D. candidate Elizabeth Andrews in a lab looking into a microscope.

From idea to impact

UC Irvine researchers are turning discovery into real-world change

Saurabh Chatterjee, UC Irvine professor of environmental and occupational health, and medicine.

Honoring veterans through science

UC Irvine professor dedicates his research career to helping those with Gulf War syndrome

Illustration featuring profile of woman with foliage

Fueling Hope

Outpouring of gifts a decade ago serves as critical bridge funding for promising research advancements against aggressive triple-negative breast cancer

UC Irvine researchers find new Alzheimer's mechanism linked to brain inflammation

Discovery reveals long-studied receptor is built differently than previously understood

UC Irvine Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Cameron Carter.

UC Irvine's Cameron Carter is elected to National Academy of Medicine

Distinguished Professor is recognized for advances in cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry

Dr. J. Stuart Nelson from the Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic demonstrates the Dynamic Cooling Device, in 2011.

Lighting the way

How watching a baseball game led to a discovery that made laser surgery possible

Leslie M. Thompson, Donald Bren Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior and Neurobiology & Behavior at UC Irvine.

CIRM awards UC Irvine neuroscientist another $2 million for Huntington's disease research

Goal is to determine why the fatal condition destroys some brain cells but spares others

Michael Demetriou

Unique pan-cancer immunotherapy destroys tumors without attacking healthy tissue, UC Irvine study shows

Next step is testing ‘holy grail’ therapy’s safety and effectiveness in patients

Krzysztof Palczewski

The science of sight

Researcher Krzysztof Palczewski leads UC Irvine’s bold pursuit to cure blindness

Sean Young, UC Irvine professor of informatics and emergency medicine

Music as medicine

Integrating eclectic interests in latest research, Sean Young finds that mindfully listening to jazz reduces pain