UCI child neurologist Dr. Tallie Z. Baram is awarded $15 million Conte Center grant
NIH funding supports continued research into early-life origins of mental disorders
NIH funding supports continued research into early-life origins of mental disorders
New, safer approach using engineered stem cells could reduce need for chemotherapy
Body parts respond to day and night independently from brain, studies show
Stephen Schueller, assistant professor of psychological science, has been awarded a three-year, $680,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop and evaluate a crowdsourced anxiety and depression intervention platform. Crowdsourcing is the practice of obtaining input from large numbers of people via the internet. The project will increase understanding of various problems […]
Grant will accelerate, enhance the effectiveness of basic, translational and clinical research
Solutions have been hampered by past failures, proximity of jaw joint to brain
UCI faculty members Andrew Penner, associate professor of sociology; Emily Penner, assistant professor of education; and Paul Hanselman, assistant professor of sociology, are co-principal investigators on a study examining the relationship between education and childrens’ healthy transitions to adulthood. “This project assesses how exposure to different courses and teachers shapes students’ futures: their labor market […]
Wound healing is a complex process that involves intricate interplay among multiple skin and immune cell types. When optimal conditions are achieved, wounds can heal by true regeneration, when new hairs and new adipose tissue re-form. However, more commonly, optimal conditions cannot be achieved, and wounds heal by making scars. To help foster true regeneration, […]
The National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded the UCI School of Medicine a four-year, $9 million grant aimed at determining the long-term impact of cannabis exposure on the adolescent brain. Led by Daniele Piomelli, professor of anatomy & neurobiology and director of the newly created UCI Center […]
UCI moves to the national forefront by taking an interdisciplinary systems biology approach to the devastating disease