KEYWORD

COVID-19

Ilhem Messaoudi, professor of molecular biology & biochemistry, (pictured in her lab) is part of a UCI research team using a CRAFT-COVID grant to study the prevalence of undetected COVID-19 among healthcare providers at the UCI Medical Center.

Fast-tracked funding

To expedite campus response to pandemic, UCI leadership amasses $2.5 million for COVID-19 research projects

May 11, 2020
Mark Warschauer, UCI professor of education, citing one way online learning might leave some students further behind.

The post-pandemic education landscape

UCI professor warns that coronavirus-prompted changes could worsen disparities in academic achievement between low- and high-income students

May 11, 2020
Healthcare worker attending to hospital patient.

Tu Foundation gives $2.5 million to UCI to support COVID-19 patient care, research

Funding allows campus to ramp up lifesaving treatments, testing and discoveries

May 11, 2020

Compassion. Expertise. Trust.

Susanne Phillips and seven nurse practitioners working at drive-thru COVID-19 testing centers embody theme of National Nurses Week

May 11, 2020
First-year law student Jonathan Routson assists a local legal services office with the delivery of restraining order documents.

Pro bono pros

Living up to their reputation, UCI Law students provide free legal services to COVID-19-related causes

May 06, 2020
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UCI Podcast: On the front lines of COVID-19

UCI Health’s Dr. Robert Rowe describes treating patients in ‘the epicenter of the epicenter’ of coronavirus infections in the U.S.

May 06, 2020
“During this extended quarantine, parents are faced with a near-impossible task of balancing their children’s need for independence and structure with school demands as well as the demands of their own professions, which have only intensified during this period,” says Jessica Borelli, UCI associate professor of psychological science and a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in parent-child relationships. “This leaves many parents at a loss. The current reality is unlike any that families have ever faced before.”

Quarantine parenting

UCI expert offers advice on daily routines, discipline and dealing with schoolwork during pandemic

May 05, 2020
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UCI Podcast Video Series: Attacking the coronavirus where it replicates – safely

In this episode of the UCI Podcast Video Series, Rachel Martin, UCI professor of chemistry, discusses a project in her lab that centers on finding a way to block the ability of the coronavirus to make copies of itself once it’s inside the human body. Martin highlights that the project, which involves postdoctoral scholars, Ph.D. […]

May 05, 2020
Dr. Dan Cooper, UCI professor of pediatrics and founding director of the campus’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Science

Back-to-school jitters

UCI Health pediatrician Dan Cooper gathers a team to help determine how, when and under what conditions K-12 classroom instruction can safely resume

May 04, 2020
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UCI Podcast Video Series: TrackCOVID smartphone app

In this episode of the UCI Podcast Video Series, Tyler Yasaka, a software engineer and junior specialist in otolaryngology at the UCI School of Medicine, and Dr. Ronald Sahyouni, a biomedical engineer in UCI’s joint M.D./Ph.D. Medical Scientist Training Program and an incoming neurosurgery resident at UC San Diego, discuss how and why they created […]

April 30, 2020