Stemming the Rising Mental Health Crisis
UCI researchers help illuminate the complexities of the mind and find solutions to prevent a twin pandemic
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Heart on the brain
Out of love for her family, Ninaz Valisharifabad studies how the heart and brain function together
Audrey Steele Burnand estate gifts $57.75 million to UCI
Majority will establish world-class, campuswide depression research center
UCI study could explain why Parkinson’s drug improves, then diminishes quality of life
L-dopa-protein complex may cause cellular iron overload in brain, leading to side effects
UCI-led team first to discover new neural circuits that regulate spatial learning and memory in the brain’s hippocampal formation
Understanding of novel functional roles can advance research in Alzheimer’s disease, other learning and memory disorders
2021 Year in Review
2021 Year in Review For UCI, 2021 was a year of renewal and growth. The campus renewed its bustling self by welcoming all students, faculty, staff and visitors back to campus in September. Following safety protocols and requiring COVID-19 vaccinations, classmates and colleagues – who may have not been face-to-face, other than virtually, for 15 […]
UCI breaks ground on new hospital, medical complex in Irvine
New facility on campus will be next chapter of healthcare in Orange County
UCI is among founding members of national coalition to improve clinical trials
ACT@POC aims to boost efficiency, accessibility and participant diversity to benefit patients
New research “sniffs out” how associative memories are formed
UCI-led team is first to discover how the brain creates memories of delicious smells
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