Harvard researcher to build world-class, transdisciplinary program
UCI’s Gavin Herbert Eye Institute celebrates its 10th anniversary
https://news.uci.edu/2023/10/13/a-decade-of-visionary-achievement/
UCI empowers high school students to explore careers
https://news.uci.edu/2023/08/28/leading-the-way-in-transformative-healthcare/
Q&A with Jonathan Watanabe, associate dean of the UCI School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
https://news.uci.edu/magazines/articles/treating-the-opioid-epidemic/
UCI’s acclaimed Donald Bren Professor of Ophthalmology, Kris Palczewski, is blazing a trail of innovative research
EVENT: UCI’s Forum for the Academy and the Public will host a two-day symposium on “Global China in an Anxious Age.” More than 30 speakers from a variety of academic and non-academic back...
New findings suggest optimal teaching tactics, psychiatric treatment, should adapt to reflect brain differences
UCI researchers help illuminate the complexities of the mind and find solutions to prevent a twin pandemic
https://news.uci.edu/magazines/articles/stemming-the-rising-mental-health-crisis/
Inhibiting ceramide accumulation in retina protects photoreceptors, improves vision
Expression signatures may be useful for assessing greatest risk of progression in prostate and other cancers
Understanding of novel functional roles can advance research in Alzheimer’s disease, other learning and memory disorders
Understanding the key structural determinants of a highly specialized membrane in the eye could lead to new treatments, even a cure
Competition for cognitive processing resources during sleep comes at a cost to each
Inaugural class welcomed at White Coat Ceremony
https://news.uci.edu/2021/09/28/pharm-d-41-make-uci-history/
Program prepares next generation of medication experts to care for whole patient
Funding will support health coaching, research and educational programs
Funding will be used to employ precision medicine to study the impacts of adverse and unpredictable experiences on children's neurodevelopment
Project aims to improve quality of life of aging populations
New generation CRISPR technology lays foundation for therapeutics to treat a wide range of inherited ocular diseases
Nicotine, THC or Vitamin E oil may not be the primary factor in e-cig or vaping product use-associated lung injury
Amal Alachkar discusses reestablishing her career in neuroscience at UCI after fleeing Syria and how she helped develop UCI’s online master’s in pharmacology
https://news.uci.edu/2020/09/02/uci-podcast-from-leaving-syria-to-preventing-psychiatric-disorders/
UCI, Cedars-Sinai study is a call-to-action for more aggressive risk factor management
Lamees, Wedad and Sammy Alhassen are all doctoral students in UCI’s new School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Founding Dean Jan Hirsch discusses importance of new School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UCI
https://news.uci.edu/2020/08/04/uci-podcast-a-prescription-to-reshape-healthcare/
Distinction recognizes his contributions to understanding of retinal diseases
Grant will accelerate, enhance the effectiveness of basic, translational and clinical research
UCI is unsurpassed at helping low-income, first-generation and other nontraditional students thrive in college and beyond
https://news.uci.edu/magazines/articles/advancing-the-american-dream/
UCI professor has directed the Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic since 2003
A multisite US clinical trial compared home-based telerehabilitation program with traditional in-clinic rehabilitation therapy
https://news.uci.edu/2018/05/24/uci-study-shows-in-home-therapy-effective-for-stroke-rehabilitation/
Frances Leslie, vice provost and dean for graduate studies at UCI, has been selected to receive the prestigious 2018 Lifetime Legacy Award from Orange County Connected Women of Influence. The awa...
EVENT: Having recently joined Scholars at Risk, UCI is hosting a celebration dedicated to Turkish and Syrian academics and their students. Renowned Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, UCI Distin...
https://news.uci.edu/2017/10/13/uci-to-celebrate-membership-in-scholars-at-risk-network/
Doctors and researchers share snapshots of how communication, lifestyle, data, innovation and scientific evidence are changing healthcare as we know it
https://news.uci.edu/magazines/articles/a-picture-of-health/
Brews and Brains group translates complex research for a mass audience
https://news.uci.edu/2017/06/19/where-beer-and-science-meet/
UCI faculty bring hidden figures into the light for Black History Month
Campus aims to boost Ph.D. candidates by 35 percent over next five years
https://news.uci.edu/2016/11/30/nursing-ucis-doctoral-programs/
Research provides new insights into sleep/awake circadian rhythm patterns
https://news.uci.edu/2016/08/22/uci-led-study-finds-novel-molecular-clues-behind-nocturnal-behavior/
UCI-led discovery helps healthy cell processes that can block tumor growth
Center unites multidisciplinary experts in drug discovery effort
https://news.uci.edu/2015/01/14/uci-turning-the-corner-on-autism/
Irvine, Calif., Dec. 3, 2014 — UC Irvine neurobiologist James McGaugh, whose research has vastly contributed to our knowledge of the brain’s learning and memory abilities, has won the 2015 U...
https://news.uci.edu/2014/12/03/james-mcgaugh-receives-grawemeyer-award-for-psychology/
Graduate students learn how to overcome nerves and effectively present their research to the public
https://news.uci.edu/2014/06/24/saying-whats-on-their-minds/
Frank LaFerla, renowned for his Alzheimer’s work, hopes to raise the school’s profile
https://news.uci.edu/2014/03/26/new-dean-is-bio-sci-booster/
UC Irvine researchers have found a specific genetic flaw that is connected to sudden death due to heart arrhythmia – a leading cause of mortality for adults around the world.
Irvine, Calif., Jan. 2, 2014 — A compound derived from a traditional Chinese herbal medicine has been found effective at alleviating pain, pointing the way to a new nonaddictive analgesic for ...
https://news.uci.edu/2014/01/02/chinese-herbal-compound-relieves-inflammatory-and-neuropathic-pain/
Figures offer sneak peek at circumstances behind pomp
https://news.uci.edu/2013/06/10/commencement-2013-by-the-numbers/
The medical science faculty of Goethe University Frankfurt has conferred an honorary doctorate on Daniele Piomelli, UCI's Louise Turner Arnold Chair in the Neurosciences.
The Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum honors Dr. William Bunney with its Pioneers in Psychopharmacology Award.
Behind its stylish art deco facade, the Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility has hosted some of the most important scientific discoveries in UC Irvine’s brief history. From its laboratori...
Stop exercising, eat as much as you want … and still lose weight? It sounds impossible, but UC Irvine and Italian researchers have found that by blocking a natural, marijuana-like chemical regu...
NARSAD, the leading charity for research on mental health disorders, has honored Daniele Piomelli with its prestigious Distinguished Investigator Award.…
https://news.uci.edu/2012/02/24/piomelli-receives-distinguished-investigator-award/
Recognized as one of the world's leading researchers in identifying and cloning dopamine receptors, he plans to support efforts to apply systems biology methods to the discovery of new therapeuti...
https://news.uci.edu/2012/02/24/uc-irvine-news-brief-olivier-civelli-named-chair-of-pharmacology/