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Oct 14, 2024 | UCI News
NIH to support UC Irvine research on reducing alcohol-influenced crash injuries
Federico Vaca MD, MPH, professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, and one of the nation’s leading researchers on motor vehicle crash injuries and prevention, will lead an effort to identify risk factors among young drivers.
October 8, 2024
Oct 04, 2024 | UCI News
UC Irvine researchers are first to reveal role of ophthalmic acid in motor function control
A research team from the University of California, Irvine is the first to reveal that a molecule in the brain — ophthalmic acid — unexpectedly acts like a neurotransmitter similar to dopamine in regulating motor function, offering a new therapeutic target for Parkinson’s and other movement diseases.
Oct 03, 2024 | UCI News
UC Irvine receives initial $33 million in federal support for vaccine research
Philip Felgner, PhD, professor in residence in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, and director of UC Irvine’s Adeline Yen Mah Vaccine Center, will lead a multi-institutional pandemic planning effort with this $33 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.