Rendering of UCI Medical Center Irvine-Newport.

UCI to build world-class hospital on Irvine campus

UCI Medical Center-Irvine will anchor the north campus healing gardens, naturescapes and research preserve

Dr. Mark Fisher, professor of neurology and political science

Cognitive decline distorts political choices, UCI-led study says

Disconnect found between political affiliation, political decisions in the cognitively impaired

UCI Down syndrome expert Dr. Ira T. Lott examines ABC-DS participant Jeremy Throckmorton

NIH awards over $100 million to examine biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down syndrome

Project aims to improve quality of life of aging populations

UC Irvine Douglas Hospital

UCI Medical Center among America’s Best Hospitals for 20 consecutive years

Programs in geriatrics, urology, nephrology and gynecology nationally ranked

Dr. Daniela Bota, medical director of the UCI Center for Clinical Research standing in her lab

Revving up research

Year-old center for accelerating clinical trials gave UCI Health an investigative edge when the pandemic hit

Dr. Sahar Osman, a neurocritical care fellow in UCI Medical Center’s neurological ICU. “With the coronavirus pandemic, everybody’s going through a universal trauma of sorts.”

Making a critical connection

Dr. Sahar Osman uses video calls to keep families in contact with hospitalized loved ones during COVID-19 lockdown

UCI researchers receive $3.5 million grant to study elderly with certain type of dementia

UCI School of Medicine researchers have been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study a type of dementia, called hippocampal sclerosis, that often mimics Alzheimer’s disease. Led by Dr. Seyed Ahmad Sajjadi, assistant professor of neurology, the study will test the hypothesis that HS sufferers have more significant […]

Battling Brain Cancer on All Fronts

Neuro-oncologist Daniela Bota’s pioneering work is improving outcomes for patients with the most aggressive form of the disease

Dementia developments

Co-hosted by UCI MIND, the 30th Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference will share recent discoveries

A Prescription for Exercise

UCI research into the mechanisms behind the physical and cognitive benefits of activity could enable healthcare providers to personalize interventions