Frank LaFerla
UCI Podcast Indicator

Coping with memory impairment during the holidays

School of Biological Sciences Dean Frank La Ferla offers advice for family members

Jean Ho, postdoc, and psychological science professor Daniel Nation photo: Steve Zylius/UCI

UCI-led meta-analysis identifies hypertension medications that help ward off memory loss

People taking drugs that cross the blood-brain barrier experienced less cognitive decline

Students wearing masks walking on campus

Lessons Learned

UCI academic leaders and students share key takeaways from an unprecedented year

UCI Podcast Indicator

UCI Podcast: COVID-19 long haulers and lasting neurological damage

Tom Lane’s neurology research on coronaviruses in mice could yield answers

Image of a health care robot being used to treat a patient

UCI to help develop robots to protect healthcare workers, reduce isolation

UC-wide study will improve telehealth to better serve vulnerable communities

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

A man smokes an electronic cigarette on a gray background, blowing a stream of smoke

Early study results point to heating element in vaping and e-cig devices as cause for serious lung injuries

Nicotine, THC or Vitamin E oil may not be the primary factor in e-cig or vaping product use-associated lung injury

UCI MIND awarded $14.4 million NIH grant to continue critical Alzheimer’s disease research, education

UCI MIND, the Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders at UCI, has been awarded a $14.4 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, one of the National Institutes of Health, to sustain critical research and education as Orange County’s only Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The NIA funds only 32 of these centers at […]

Jenny Yang, UCI associate professor of chemistry

UCI receives record $529 million in research funding for fiscal 2019-20

20 percent more than last year, the total reflects strong support for campus mission

The Alzheimer’s crunch

With jump in patients expected, new leader of clinical research operations at UCI MIND aims to accelerate translation of discoveries into effective treatments