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May 26, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Rising Stars Driven by Collaboration & Community
Crystal M. Glover, PhD, and Ryan Gibney, MD, were honored at a May 13 luncheon as recipients of the Spring 2026 Rising Stars award, in recognition of their impactful collaborations to advance high-quality care.
May 21, 2026 | Mindbodygreen
Could This Be the Real Reason Women Struggle More with Migraines?
“What we find when we think about estrogen and brain health is that things are a bit more complex than we thought would be. And that is kind of a tough message,” says Tallie Z. Baram MD, PhD, a distinguished professor of neurology at the University of California, Irvine. … When it comes to migraines, Baram says “Data suggests that the combination of high estrogen levels and stress is not great.”
May 19, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
MD/PhD Student Bianca Leonard Honored for Excellence in Health for the Latino Community
At UC Irvine’s ninth annual Latine Excellence and Achievement Award Dinner (LEAD), Bianca Leonard, PhD, was honored for graduate student excellence in health at the intersection of neuroscience and mental health.
May 18, 2026 | Neuroscience News
Parkinson's Drug Restores Memories in Alzheimer's
Imagine if patients with Alzheimer’s could have their memories restored. Such a future may seem like a pipe dream, but a new study by researchers at Tohoku University, in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine, has identified dopamine dysfunction as a previously unrecognized mechanism underlying memory impairment, unlocking a potential therapeutic means of reversing cognitive decline.
May 06, 2026 | UCI Health
$8 Million Gift Supports Neurosciences Clinic at UCI Health — Irvine Medical Campus, Research at UC Irvine School of Medicine
UCI Health announces an $8 million gift that will establish the J.W. and Sandra Mitchell Neurosciences Clinic as the new home for outpatient neurology and neurosurgical care at the UCI Health — Irvine medical campus. The gift will also bolster collaborative research in movement disorders within the Department of Neurology at the UC Irvine School of Medicine.
Apr 22, 2026 | Daily Pilot
Apodaca: Continued support for new scientific endeavors will bring life-changing advancements
I’m tempted to compare the breakthrough achieved by the UCI team and its collaborators to a moon shot. I shared that thought with the three team leaders that spoke to me recently via Zoom: Dr. An Do, UC Irvine associate professor of neurology; Payam Heydari, UC Irvine professor of electrical engineering and computer science; and Zoran Nenadic, UC Irvine professor of biomedical engineering.
Apr 16, 2026 | UC Irvine News
UC Irvine-led Study Achieves Brain-Controlled Walking with Artificial Sensory Feedback
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, Caltech and Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a bidirectional brain-computer interface that allows a person to control a robotic walking exoskeleton using brain signals and receive artificial leg sensation through direct electrical stimulation of the sensory cortex.
Mar 27, 2026 | Knowridge
Scientists Find Hidden Cause of Stroke in Older People
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, have discovered a surprising new factor that may contribute to brain hemorrhages. Their study, published in the Journal of Neuroinflammation, shows that aging red blood cells themselves may play a direct role in causing these small brain bleeds
Mar 18, 2026 | Orange Coast Magazine
Kickass Women: Dr. Leslie M. Thompson
For more than 30 years, Dr. Thompson has been researching new therapies for Huntington’s disease, a fatal neurodegenerative disorder that results in the progressive breakdown of the brain’s nerve cells, causing irreparable decline in patients’ physical and mental abilities.
Mar 16, 2026 | Knowridge
Scientists Discover A Hidden Cause of Brain Bleeding
People with high blood pressure, stroke, or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease are known to have a higher risk of small brain bleeds. A recent study led by Dr. Mark Fisher and Dr. Xiangmin Xu at UC Irvine School of Medicine discovered that aging red blood cells may contribute directly to the formation of these small brain hemorrhages.