NSF Civic Innovation Challenge awards $1 million to UCI for disaster resilience in aging communities
Project prototype to be implemented at senior health facility in Anaheim
October 20, 2021
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UCI hearing-loss researcher, other experts say AI can transform hearing healthcare, research
In a paper published online in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence, experts from the U.K. and U.S. call for artificial intelligence to be applied to advancing research and developing new therapies to meet the growing global demand for hearing care. In its latest report on deafness and hearing loss, the World Health Organization projects that […]
October 18, 2021
UCI receives 5-year, $5 million CIRM award for training of diverse researchers
Program will prepare leaders in stem cell biology, gene therapy and regenerative medicine
September 23, 2021
New research "sniffs out" how associative memories are formed
UCI-led team is first to discover how the brain creates memories of delicious smells
September 22, 2021
Falling Leaves Foundation $30 million lead gift to fund innovative UCI medical research building
Facility to be designed to advance cross-disciplinary teaching, translational research activities
September 20, 2021
Santa Ana awards UCI $700,000 to address healthcare inequities among the vulnerable
UCI researchers from the Program in Public Health and the School of Medicine have received $700,000 from the city of Santa Ana to address inequities and gaps in health services and enhance COVID-19 mitigation efforts in vulnerable populations. Santa Ana and the surrounding area are home to almost 600,000 residents who live in the highest […]
August 27, 2021
What you need to know about the delta variant
UCI coronavirus expert Michael Buchmeier answers your questions
August 18, 2021
UCI hosts topping-out ceremony for Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences
State-of-the-art nine-acre campus will be a catalyst for care
August 02, 2021
Brian Fargo, inXile founder, gives $1 million to advance UCI research for tinnitus treatment
Funding will support development of innovative implantable electronic stimulation device
May 19, 2021
NIH grant will fund study of novel approach to repairing permanently damaged retinas
Magdalene Seiler, Ph.D., UCI associate professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation, has been awarded a five-year, $3,823,950 grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a preclinical study on rodent models of an innovative co-graft approach to repair permanently damaged retinas. Cell transplantation offers a potential therapy for those who have already lost their […]
April 18, 2021