Mehdi Abouzari, MD, PhD, Joins UCI CIRM Alpha Clinic Clinical Trial Investigator Training Program

Mehdi Abouzari, MD, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, was accepted into the UCI CIRM Alpha Clinic Clinical Trial Investigator Training Program from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), joining the 2025 cohort. This program is a collaboration with UCI AC REAL, which incorporates established partners (Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Long Beach Veterans Administration Health Care and University of California, Riverside), spans four California Counties (Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles) and serves all age groups – from children to our nation’s veterans. The UCI AC REAL is expanding its leadership role within the CIRM AC network, enabling access to CIRM-funded and FDA-authorized Clinical Trials (CTs) to an increasing number of patients with unmet medical needs by building strong partnerships in the neighboring communities (from hospitals to CIRM Community Care Centers of Excellence, or CCCEs).