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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 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Reimagining School Fitness Testing to Advance Pediatric Health
Dan M. Cooper, MD, recently coauthored a paper published in Pediatric Research that outlines recommendations for reimagining school-based fitness testing as a useful and predictive biomarker of pediatric health.
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.
May 05, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
In Memoriam: Harry T. Haigler, PhD
Physiology and Biophysics Professor Harry T. Haigler, PhD, a pioneering cell biologist, gifted teacher and former associate dean who helped shape medical education at UC Irvine, died on May 4.
May 04, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Yexuan Cao, MD, PhD Awarded Knights Templar Eye Foundation 2026-27 Career-Starter Research Grant
The $100,000 grant will support Yexuan Cao's innovative research into the genetic mechanisms of childhood-onset blindness.
ASPIRE Cohort Aims to Advance Asian American Health
Sunmin Lee, ScD, kicks off her effort to recruit 1,800 participants for a first-of-its-kind cohort, helping researchers better understand and prevent cancer in Asian American communities.
Apr 30, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
An Award-Winning Educational Tool for Diagnosing Hypertension
Ekamol Tantisattamo, MD, MPH, collaborated with Master of Software Engineering students at UC Irvine to develop an award-winning tool offering guidance on diagnosing hypertension.
Apr 29, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Alumni Spotlight: Cleveland Lewis’ Lifelong Commitment to Caring for Others
During a recent visit to UC Irvine, Cleveland Lewis, now 93, shared his journey from being a young boy hoping to heal his grandmother to becoming a trauma vascular surgeon and advocate for health equity.
Apr 27, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Bruce J. Tromberg, PhD, to Deliver School of Medicine's Commencement Address
Bruce J. Tromberg, PhD, director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at the National Institutes of Health, will be this year's featured commencement speaker.
Apr 26, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
In Memoriam: James E. Hall, PhD
Former Physiology & Biophysics Professor James E. Hall, PhD, a pioneer and recognized leader in the fields of ion and water transport across cell membranes, died on Dec. 26, 2025.