Research

Pew Innovation Fund awards $200,000 to UCI biochemist Andrej Luptak

Andrej Luptak, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry and molecular biology & biochemistry, was awarded a $200,000 grant through the Pew Charitable Trusts’ 2017 Pew Innovation Fund. For the past 30 years, Pew has supported over 900 early career researchers. The new Innovation Fund provides a funding opportunity for scientists from different disciplines to collaborate […]

UCI-led study links neighborhood affluence, positive birth outcomes

Mother’s social environment as well as individual risk factors influence infant health

UCI College of Health Sciences

Just What the Doctor Ordered

A $200 million shot in the arm aims to transform healthcare and UCI

Dr. Shaista Malik

A Heart for Healing

Cardiologist’s family history inspires innovative program to prevent coronary disease

Susan Samueli

Wellness Champion

Susan Samueli has been a longtime believer in integrative health

a picture of health

A Picture of Health

Doctors and researchers share snapshots of how communication, lifestyle, data, innovation and scientific evidence are changing healthcare as we know it

Teens’ online friendships just as meaningful as face-to-face ones, UCI study finds

Digital communication can even provide more benefits but also carries more risks

ARPA-E funds UCI-led study of kelp farming

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has awarded $1.8 million to UCI oceanographic engineer Kristen Davis to study offshore kelp cultivation. “Macroalgae are fast-growing and highly versatile; they can be used for feedstock, fuels, chemicals and many other commercial products,” said Davis, assistant professor of civil & environmental engineering and Earth system […]

Little green flashes unlock secrets of catalytic reactions

UCI researchers have devised a new fluorescence microscopy technique for observing individual molecules during catalytic reactions. Their work, published recently in the prestigious German journal Angewandte Chemie, is aimed at helping scientists and engineers better understand the fundamental workings of catalysis, the basis of multibillion-dollar industries in polymer plastics and pharmaceuticals. “Most studies of catalytic […]

Addressing the daily dilemmas of dementia care

Alzheimer’s conference co-hosted by UCI will tackle such sensitive subjects as intimacy, elder abuse, driving risks and end-of-life options