Medicine

A student's drawing of common allergy triggers

Helping kids breathe easier

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.

Marjan Farid and Sumit (Sam) Garg

Getting you back in focus

Gavin Herbert Eye Institute refractive surgeons use cutting-edge lasers and world-class skill to restore good sight.

First-year medical student Tommy Hand

International man of medicine

For PRIME-LC student Tommy Hand, healthcare is a platform for advocacy of global human rights.

Dr. Ninh T. Nguyen

Reducing obesity

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

Janice Chang

Making an impact on tinnitus

Public Impact Fellowship recipient Janice Chang hopes a new electronic stimulation therapy can bring relief to tinnitus sufferers.

Neuroscientist James Fallon

Killer instinct

It’s a lecture UC Irvine neuroscientist James Fallon has delivered around the world, even on the hit TV show “Criminal Minds.” Discussing the biological traits of murderers, Fallon describes how he correctly identified 30 killers out of 70 subjects in a double-blind experiment simply by studying their brain scans. Audiences are fascinated. But a couple years ago, […]

The new medical education building

Blazing a trail for 21st century medicine

The new medical education facility was designed with future of healthcare – and the planet – in mind.

UCI students show their spirit

Homecoming adds up to fun

A by-the-numbers description of UC Irvine’s homecoming festivities tells all.

Flightless mosquitoes help control dengue fever

A new strain of mosquitoes in which females cannot fly may help curb the transmission of dengue fever, according to UC Irvine and British scientists.

Advancing high-tech breast cancer care

Handheld laser scanner developed at UCI improves detection, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.