Warming the heart
UCI Stars, winners of the Living Our Values staff team award, make quilts to comfort cancer patients.
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Year of discovery, growth at UCI
High points of 2009 range from the volleyball court to the operating room with demonstrations of drive and dedication by UC Irvine students, faculty and staff.
Treating cancer in older adults
Geriatric oncologist Dr. Homayoon Sanati decries the underrepresentation of seniors in clinical trials. He’s working with his UCI colleagues to provide a solution.
Fighting for their lives
Dr. Leonard Sender is a leading advocate for a neglected demographic: young adults with cancer.
Songfest sets the stage for hope
“Songfest” a Broadway-style revue starring more than 150 students from 18 fraternities and sororities plays at the Bren Events Center April 24. This year, it raises funds for UC Irvine Medical Center’s Young Adult Cancer Program.
Landmark children’s study kicks off
The National Children’s Study will begin recruiting future Orange County mothers for the largest and most comprehensive long-term study ever conducted in the United States on child development and health. UC Irvine researchers will lead the effort.
Setting the stage for hope
In the lounge of a UC Irvine Greek house, a dozen students from Alpha Phi and Sigma Phi Epsilon practice a number from “A Chorus Line,” gamely trying to stay in step, sing in harmony and avoid bumping into the furniture. For months, they’ve been rehearsing for “Greek Songfest,” a Broadway-style revue starring more than […]
Pediatrician leads UCI effort to treat children’s food allergies
Add food allergies to the growing list of childhood ailments on the rise.
A bone to pick
Joyce Keyak takes her expertise in engineering and orthopedics to help treat cancer
Business of research
The first time Fan-Gang Zeng invented a cochlear implant – a device he believed could help thousands regain lost hearing – things didn’t work out too well.