NIH awards UCI $10 million to study early-life origins of adolescent mental disorders

With $10 million in new federal funding, UC Irvine researchers will study how maternal signals and care before and after birth may increase an infant’s vulnerability to adolescent cognitive and emotional problems, such as risky behaviors, addiction and depression.

NIH awards UCI $10 million to study early-life origins of adolescent mental disorders

With $10 million in new federal funding, UC Irvine researchers will study how maternal signals and care before and after birth may increase an infant’s vulnerability to adolescent cognitive and emotional problems, such as risky behaviors, addiction and depression.

Highlights of 2012 at UCI

Year brings scientific advances, national accolades, international outreach, student achievement and loss of campus stalwarts

Boosting natural marijuana-like brain chemicals treats fragile X syndrome symptoms

UC Irvine and European scientists have found that increasing natural marijuana-like chemicals in the brain can help correct behavioral issues related to fragile X syndrome, the most common known genetic cause of autism.

100 UCI faculty call on D.A. to drop charges against students who disrupted Israeli ambassador's talk

Letter expresses “deep distress” at district attorney’s decision to prosecute

Doug Cheung

Student promotes compassion in medicine

UCI senior and new Dalai Lama Scholar Doug Cheung is dedicated to compassionate healing.

Dalai Lama Scholars

Bethel Mesgana, Doug Cheung will develop undergraduate course on holistic healthcare.

Renowned neuroengineer to lecture on brain-machine interaction.

Dr. Miguel Nicolelis of Duke University will speak Oct. 7 on “Beyond Boundaries: The New Neuroscience of Connecting the Brain with Machines – and How It Will Change Our Lives” as part of the Ralph Gerard Lectureship Series, sponsored by UCI’s School of Biological Sciences.

Scholarships 2010

Scholarship Opportunities Program helps prepare, screen applicants.

Learning helps keep brain healthy

UCI study suggests mental activity could stave off age-related cognitive and memory decline.