UCI to welcome inaugural Doctor of Pharmacy class at White Coat Ceremony
Program prepares next generation of medication experts to care for whole patient
September 14, 2021
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Cheryl Wisseh awarded grant to study racial disparities in diabetes drug regimens, results
Cheryl Wisseh, UCI assistant professor of clinical pharmacy practice, has received an 18-month, $10,000 grant from the ASHP Research and Education Foundation to study racial and ethnic disparities in diabetes-specific medication regimens and clinical outcomes among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white adults in South Los Angeles. Diabetes is a growing epidemic, especially in the Hispanic community, […]
July 21, 2021
UCI professor receives American College of Clinical Pharmacy award
Joyce Yu-Chia Lee is the first faculty member to earn the prestigious honor
July 07, 2021
UCI team gets $1 million Keck Foundation grant to develop tools for RNA observation
A multidisciplinary team of UCI professors has received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop new molecular tools to identify ribonucleic acids essential in learning and memory formation. “Our project involves building luminescent RNA molecules, allowing us to observe their position and activity in the brain of a living, learning mouse,” […]
July 06, 2021
Efforts to treat COVID-19 patients chronicled in UC Health medications data
UCI and UCSD researchers tracked drug usage rates throughout the pandemic
May 21, 2021
UCI commentary expands understanding of how transplanted stem cells address disease
UCI scholars Zachary W. Wagoner, a graduate student researcher in cellular & molecular biosciences, and Weian Zhao, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, have identified a new mechanism by which transplanted stem cells treat disease. Their findings are contrary to the long-standing conventional wisdom that diseased tissue is repaired through stem cells differentiating into new cells or […]
May 17, 2021
Kay Family Foundation gives $1.3 million to UCI Center for Healthspan Sciences
Funding will support health coaching, research and educational programs
April 21, 2021
Pharmaceutical sciences researcher gets NIH award for drug discovery tech development
The National Institutes of Health has granted $2 million to researchers in UCI’s School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. The new Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award will fund drug discovery technology development in the laboratory of Brian Paegel, UCI professor of pharmaceutical sciences. “The NIH has generously supported my laboratory over the years in reaction miniaturization […]
April 09, 2021
John Chaput can store the Declaration of Independence in a single molecule
By using a synthetic genetic polymer, the UCI researcher overcomes prior limitations and lets you hold the world in the palm of your hand
March 01, 2021
UCI pharmacists on the front lines
Long working behind the scenes in COVID-19 research and education, they’re now helping to distribute and administer the vaccine
February 17, 2021