Press Releases

Study authors Lamees Alhassen (left) and Olivier Civelli

UCI-led study finds medicinal plant extract to prevent morphine addiction

Findings point to herbal treatment to potentially help curb the opioid epidemic

Gorodetsky Wins NIH Director's New Innovator Award

Grant supports novel cell-to-cell communication technology

Jun Wu, Ph.D., professor of environmental and occupational health at the UCI Program in Public Health

UCI-led study links air pollution exposure while pregnant to higher gestational diabetes risk

Suggested interventions include better air regulation and health screenings

J. Zoe Klemfuss

NIH awards over $2.5 million for research to improve interviewing of young witnesses

UCI study to focus on questions about the sequence of events in child maltreatment cases

UCI, NASA JPL scientists uncover additional threat to Antarctica's floating ice shelves

Thinning of rift-healing slush is identified as a major cause of iceberg calving events

(From left: Michael J. Stamos, dean of the UCI School of Medicine, and Ethan Wayne, John Wayne Cancer Foundation director.)

John Wayne Cancer Foundation gift establishes new surgical oncology fellowship training program at UCI

Endowed medical chair, fellowship will expand research, teaching and service activities

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

UCI informatics professors relaunch center on computer games, learning and society

Research to focus on interactive media in politically tumultuous, post-pandemic time

New research "sniffs out" how associative memories are formed

UCI-led team is first to discover how the brain creates memories of delicious smells

UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman, Prof. Robert A. Mah, Dr. Adeline Yen Mah and and UCI Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Steve A.N. Goldstein

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