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Oct 23, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Alumni Spotlight: Melanie Matheu’s Passion for Immunology Sparks Biotech Innovation

Learn what put Melanie Matheu on the road to launching two biotech startups in 10 years and how she’s leveraging novel technology to develop life-saving therapeutics.
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Oct 22, 2025 | The Anteater Alumni Magazine

Medicine Meets Micro-gravity

Professors Jonathan Stellar, MD, and Ariana Nelson, MD, are developing the first-ever mission-based space medicine program.
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Oct 15, 2025 | UC Irvine News

Discovery at the Intersection of Down Syndrome & Alzheimer's Disease (video)

Catch a glimpse of Elizabeth Head, UC Irvine professor of pathology, and Elizabeth Andrews, a Ph.D. candidate in Head’s lab group, making a discovery at the intersection of Down syndrome & Alzheimer's disease.
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Oct 08, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

From Muscle Regeneration Research to Youth Outreach, PhD Candidate Olga Jaime Advances Science

Olga Jaime, in addition to conducting research that could one day help our bodies regenerate damaged skeletal muscle, is paying it forward as a volunteer for STEM-education outreach programs.
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Oct 06, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Sanjay Gupta Shares Insight into Acupuncture from UC Irvine’s Richard E. Harris, PhD

It Doesn’t Have to Hurt, a new book by Sanjay Gupta, includes insight into acupuncture, drawing on expertise from Richard E. Harris, PhD, and his decades of research into integrative medicine.
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Oct 04, 2025 | UC Irvine News

Achieving a Brilliant Future

Largest fundraising campaign in O.C. history – raising over $2.4 billion – fuels innovation and impact, including $50 million commitment from the Quilter family to UCI MIND.
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Oct 03, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Celebrating National Latino Physician Day

Various leaders, including California’s first Latina Surgeon General, Diana Ramos, MD, inspired future doctors at an annual event celebrating National Latino Physician Day at UC Irvine.
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Sep 29, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Humanizing Healthcare: UC Irvine’s Medical Humanities and Arts Program

For more than 25 years, UC Irvine has helped students maintain a human-centered perspective through its Medical Humanities and Arts Program. Launched in 1999, MHAP helps future physicians foster a “whole person” approach to care.
Text: Translational Addiction Podcast, a Loftipour Lab production, with a backdrop of opioid pills

Sep 25, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Translational Addiction Podcast Explores 'Glia, Substance Use and the Adolescent Brain'

In the Lotfipour Lab's latest podcast, hosts Michaela Sumortin and Tanvi Garneni unpack how glial cells — astrocytes and microglia — shape the brain’s response to drugs of abuse.
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Sep 24, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Reversing Age-Related Vision Decline

UC Irvine researchers explore a new treatment for reversing or possibly preventing age-related vision loss, and the findings could extend to boosting immune system health and fighting cancer.