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Healthcare and higher education leaders celebrate PRIME-LC’s 20th anniversary with alumni and students

PRIME-LC turns 20

Alumni doctors share their memories of the influential medical education program

Dr. Federico Vaca

NIH to support UC Irvine research on reducing alcohol-influenced crash injuries

Dr. Federico Vaca will lead effort to identify risk factors among young drivers

Circadian disruption, gut microbiome changes linked to colorectal cancer progression

Findings by UC Irvine researchers may lead to new prevention, treatment strategies

Man and woman in a lab.

School of Medicine awarded $1.5 million suicide prevention grant

Identification of blood-based biomarkers may predict risk to help save lives

The UC Irvine team conducting this research is (upper left, clockwise) Dr. An Do, Hung Cao, Leigh Turner and Zoran Nenadic.

UC Irvine, USC scientists begin research effort for damaged brain region treatments

NSF-funded team to combine stem cell research with intelligent biocomputing

Man in a lab coat looking at a computer screen.

UC Irvine discovery of ‘item memory’ brain cells offers new Alzheimer’s treatment target

Finding significantly deepens understanding of crucial component of cognitive function

Kevin Beier, UC Irvine associate professor of physiology and biophysics standing with arms folded in front of him.

UC Irvine-led team finds that compound in rosemary extract can reduce cocaine sensitivity

Specific neuron circuit may provide new avenue for treating addiction

As part of the tradition, Dr. Michael Stamos, dean of the School of Medicine, presents their first physician’s white coat to all first-year UC Irvine medical students.

White coats mark the beginning of the journey

UC Irvine School of Medicine welcomes the Class of 2028

Carla Vasquez Vergara. Smiling woman wearing a medical coat.

A journey rooted in community and purpose

New medical student Carla Vazquez Vergara says UC Irvine’s PRIME-LC program continues that path