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January 2026 Newsletter
Jan 28, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
California Office of Traffic Safety Awards $850,000 Grant to the UC Irvine School of Medicine to Broaden the UC Traffic Safety Collaborative Program
The program will promote safe practices for young drivers and emphasize the prevention of impaired driving among young populations, while capitalizing on collaboration across UC campuses.
Jan 28, 2026 | Becker's Heath IT
The Top Workflow Pain Points Frustrating Physicians
Dr. Deepti Pandita said UCI Health is investing in voice recognition, generative AI and AI agents to streamline documentation and administrative tasks.
UC Irvine School of Medicine Research Insider
January 27, 2026
Jan 27, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Giving the Green Light After Stem Cell Repair
Could understanding how a certain protein, C1q, regulates neural stem-cell activity be the key to developing treatment options that give the central nervous system time to repair itself when needed?
Gaps in Care: Jacqueline Kim, PhD, Puts Health in Context
Do psychosocial influences affect how we experience and manage our health? Learn how Jacqueline H.J. Kim, PhD, is addressing gaps in knowledge to better integrate mental health support into clinical care.
Jan 26, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Mapping the Human Retina Fast-Tracks Vision Research
Through the international Human Cell Atlas initiative, development of the most comprehensive human retina cell atlas to date is accelerating research into retinal disorders.
Jan 23, 2026 | The New York Times
How To Protect Yourself In Extreme Cold
"Cold affects every organ system,” said Dr. Isabel Algaze Gonzalez, an emergency medicine physician at the University of California, Irvine. Low temperatures can also raise people’s blood pressure within just 20 minutes of exposure.
What Doctors Want You To Know About Suppplements
"The supplement industry is essentially unregulated, so you’re basically taking a gamble any time you’re taking one of those products,” said Brian Hitt, assistant professor of neurology at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine.
Jan 23, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Pioneering Research to Prevent and Reverse Blindness
Questioning the irreversibility of retinal death, new research supports preclinical studies in vision restoration by establishing infrastructure, technology and protocols that could pave the way for human donor eye transplantation.