Feb 16, 2024 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

UCI School of Medicine opens newly renovated Medical Education Building

On Nov. 7, 2023, the Office of Medical Education hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of construction on the Medical Education Building.

Feb 16, 2024 | UC Irvine News

Surgeon leads overseas medical missions to poor villages

UCI Health doctor and professor in the Department of Surgery Cristobal Barrios, Jr., MD, leads a group of volunteers in a humanitarian mission in Quito, Ecuador.

Feb 08, 2024 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

UC Irvine team develops innovative MESA liquid biopsy technologies for early disease detection and prognosis

Detecting human cancers through cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in blood is a sensitive and non-invasive option. However, capturing multiple forms of epigenetic information remains a technical and financial challenge.

Feb 07, 2024 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Researchers find proton channels in plants could be key to regulating stress levels

Findings from this study could lead to better ways to prevent brain damage after a stroke.

Feb 05, 2024 | UC Irvine News

Forging global understanding

UCI School of Medicine medical students return from a clinical trip to India with new insights into its healthcare system — and new friends.

Jan 09, 2024 | UC Irvine News

UCI School of Medicine receives prestigious grant from Research to Prevent Blindness

Funding will support eye research conducted by the Department of Ophthalmology.

Jan 05, 2024 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Anticancer compound JTE-607 reveals hidden sequence specificity of mRNA 3′ processing

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, combined biochemistry and artificial intelligence to reveal the mechanism of action for an anticancer compound.

Nov 30, 2023 | UC Irvine School of Medicine Medical Education

Save the Date: LCME 2025 Accreditation Survey Visit

Save the date for UCI School of Medicine’s LCME Accreditation Survey Visit, which will take place on January 26–29, 2025.

Nov 08, 2023 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Bridget Fortin Named Inaugural Estée Lauder Epigenetics Fellow at UCI

Fortin was honored at the Inaugural Paolo Sassone-Corsi Lectureship, held on Oct. 19, at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering in Irvine, Calif.

Nov 02, 2023 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

UCI School of Medicine Celebrates Native American Heritage Month

This month, we happily celebrate the accomplishments of Alexander Red Eagle, MD, PhD, HS clinical assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and chief hospitalist at Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center in Long Beach, CA. At the medical center, Dr. Red Eagle has been commended for his active efforts to recruit underrepresented medical students into the internal medicine residency program.