UCI Podcast: The success of PRIME-LC
The medical training program for the Latino healthcare has been influential for UCI’s Hispanic-Serving Institution status
September 16, 2022
School of Medicine
CIRM awards UCI $2.7 million to create regenerative medicine training program
Brian Cummings, UCI professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation and founding member of the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, has received a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to establish a training program that supports first-generation and underserved students pursuing careers in public health and regenerative medicine. […]
September 14, 2022
UCI receives $580 million in research funding for fiscal 2021-22
Amount is second-highest ever, reflecting strong support for campus mission
August 25, 2022
Remembering Michael Berns
Inspired by a ruby beam of light, the Beckman Laser Institute co-founder changed science, medicine – and UCI
August 16, 2022
UCI chancellor meets with Vice President Kamala Harris
At White House event, Howard Gillman discusses challenges facing U.S. universities in wake of Roe v. Wade overturn
August 08, 2022
UCI researchers aim to diversify clinical research participation with $3.7 million NIH grant
The multidisciplinary team will focus on participant recruitment and retainment for Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders research
June 22, 2022
UCI wins 5-year, $14M NIH grant to study brain circuits susceptible to aging, Alzheimer's disease
Findings will advance development of better early diagnostic tools, new treatment strategies
June 07, 2022
National Academy of Sciences names two UCI faculty members as fellows
Mathematician Svetlana Jitomirskaya, vision researcher Krzysztof Palczewski honored
May 04, 2022
Professor participates in companion studies linking genes, increased schizophrenia risk
Marquis Vawter, Ph.D., research professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at the UCI School of Medicine, participated in companion studies published in Nature, analyzing regions of the human genome associated with increased risk of schizophrenia. Researchers knew that the disorder carries a 60 to 80 percent inheritability and wanted to determine common […]
April 22, 2022
UCI Assistant Professor Selma Masri wins J&J WiSTEM2D Scholars Award for Science
Selma Masri, assistant professor of biological chemistry in the UCI School of Medicine, has won the prestigious 2022 Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award for Science. The awards program honors one scholar in each STEM2D discipline: science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design. The six diverse, international female recipients were selected out of a competitive […]
April 20, 2022