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UCI assistant professor is awarded $100,000 grant for her research into women’s cancers

Gina Lee, UCI assistant professor of microbiology & molecular genetics, is one of 10 researchers to receive a $100,000 grant from the Mary Kay Ash Foundation for their innovative work in seeking cures for cancers affecting women. Lee’s team studies lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a rare tumor syndrome causing uncontrolled cell growth in the kidneys and lungs that […]

Chao family gifts to UCI Health for cancer care top $50 million

Latest donation will name cancer center at new UCI Medical Center in Irvine

A woman works in her hanbok shop on a sewing machine.

A fresh perspective on the AAPI experience

UCI students employ photovoice technique to document reality in O.C.’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community during pandemic

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UCI Podcast talks about Brilliant Future with campaign director Karen Isble

UCI officially launched its Brilliant Future philanthropic campaign on Oct. 4, 2019, with a goal of raising $2 billion to fund scientific research, provide scholarships for students, advance healthcare innovations, and foster deeper explorations into our shared human experience. In this episode of the UCI Podcast, host Tom Vasich delves into the campaign with one […]

‘UCI saved my life’

Campaign co-chair credits cancer center for remarkable recovery

UCI team pioneers cancer treatment that targets bone metastases while sparing bone

New, safer approach using engineered stem cells could reduce need for chemotherapy

More than 185 teams and 2,800 individuals rode, ran or walked in the 2019 UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge, raising awareness and funds for innovative studies and early-phase clinical trials at UCI’s Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.

UCI’s third annual Anti-Cancer Challenge sets fundraising record

Event proceeds will expand research on prevention, diagnosis and treatment

UCI researchers to join national effort to build atlas of human breast cells

Project is supported by $4 million grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

UCI chemistry professor Greg Weiss riding a bike

Registration opens for third annual UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge

Ride, run and walk event to benefit cancer research returns to Irvine campus June 8

School of Medicine research team is awarded $3.4 million Cancer Moonshot initiative grant

UCI School of Medicine researchers have been awarded a $3.4 million grant by the National Cancer Institute as part of the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot initiative. The funding will support efforts to provide proof of principal data for an entirely new class of cancer-killing immunotherapeutics with the potential to treat highly diverse types of cancer, […]