Smartphones act as digital security blankets in stressful social situations
Possession, not use, of a mobile phone counteracts feelings of isolation, UCI-led study finds
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UCI Center on Stress & Health awarded $6.3 million by National Institutes of Health
Funding will advance digital methods to alleviate pediatric surgery stress and pain
Gloria Mark gets grant to study workplace stress
Informatics professor Gloria Mark has been awarded a National Science Foundation Cyber-Human Systems grant to study methods of identifying and addressing workplace stress. The $1.2 million grant runs through July 2020 and will be shared with co-investigators Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna of Texas A&M University and Ioannis Pavlidis of the University of Houston. Mark’s portion of the funding is $420,000. The […]
During crisis, exposure to conflicting information is linked to stress, UCI-led study finds
People who rely on social media encounter more rumors, report greater distress
UCI-SUNY research details how workplace stress contributes to cardiovascular disease
Study authors recommend policies to lessen stressful employment conditions
A third of the world’s biggest groundwater basins are in distress
Irvine, Calif., June 16, 2015 – Two new studies led by UC Irvine using data from NASA Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellites show that human consumption is rapidly draining some of its largest groundwater basins, yet there is little to no accurate data about how much water remains in them. The result is that significant […]
UCI study finds link between acute stress response to disaster and previous exposure to traumatic events
Psychology & social behavior professor Roxane Cohen Silver’s work sheds light on human resilience after natural disasters and terrorist attacks. Her latest study, co-authored with doctoral graduate in psychology & social behavior Dana Garfin and associate professor of nursing science E. Alison Holman, examines the relationship between acute stress responses to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings […]
UCI psychiatrist Jody Rawles says the key to reducing seasonal stress is setting realistic expectations
Professor Arthur Lander explains that knowledge of controlled development is essential for understanding rampant cell production seen in cancer
Prolonged viewing of Boston Marathon bombings media coverage tied to acute stress
Stepping away from the television, computer screen or smartphone in the aftermath of terrorist attacks or mass shootings may be beneficial to your mental health. That’s the takeaway from a new study by UC Irvine researchers showing that six or more daily hours of exposure to media coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings in the week afterward was linked to more acute stress than having been at or near the marathon. Acute stress symptoms increased with each additional hour of bombing-related media exposure via television, social media, videos, print or radio.
McDonnell Douglas seamstress funds UCI graduate fellowships in engineering
Irvine, Calif., Nov. 26, 2013 – Ida Melucci, a seamstress who worked for McDonnell Douglas and then Boeing, has left a bequest of $1.5 million to UC Irvine’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering to create graduate fellowships. “We are honored that Ida Melucci entrusted us with her gift to continue to support and enhance the education […]