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June 30, 2026
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Jun 30, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

In Memoriam: Stephen H. White, PhD

Stephen H. White, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, died on May 31, 2026. White was a respected scientist and scholar who led the field in membrane biophysics.
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Jun 30, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

New Screening Approach Advances Understanding of Defective Alternative RNA Processing

Researchers from UC Irvine and UC San Diego have carried out the largest screening of RNA-binding proteins, providing new links between alternative RNA processing and diseases, including cancer.
A miniaturized doctor dressed in surgical scrubs, a mask, and a cap, standing inside a giant blood vessel. The tunnel-like interior features deeply textured, ridged walls in vivid shades of red, pink, and magenta, spiraling inward toward a dark, hollow opening. The doctor is extending a long, thin medical instrument toward the inner wall.

Jun 29, 2026 | UC Irvine Beall Applied Innovation

The Problem with Good Enough: One Neurosurgeon’s Push for Better Tools

Through the UC Irvine startup AquaTeX, neurointerventional surgeon Ichiro Yuki, MD, is working to develop safer materials to inject into blood vessels.
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Jun 26, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

The Translational Addiction Podcast #11: In Your DNA: How Nicotine Can Prime the Brain for Meth

This episode of the Translational Addiction Podcast explores how a single genetic variant in the CHRNA6 gene can shape an adolescent brain's vulnerability to methamphetamine addiction following nicotine exposure.
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Jun 25, 2026 | Becker's Hospital Review

UC Irvine Taps Interim Health Affairs Leader

Michael Stamos, MD, was appointed interim vice chancellor of health affairs at the University of California, Irvine, effective July 15, according to a June 23 letter from Chancellor Howard Gillman, PhD.
Oswald Steward, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology.

Jun 24, 2026 | The Orange County Register

UC Irvine Neurobiologist Had His 'A-HA' Moment in 1981. Now He's Won the Prestigious Kavli Prize.

Oswald Steward, PhD, is the director of UC Irvine’s Reeve-Irvine Research Center, where he has led efforts to understand neural repair and regeneration after spinal cord injury.
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Jun 24, 2026 | Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

First-in-Human Stem Cell Therapy Trial for Huntington’s Disease Begins at UCI Health

“This clinical trial highlights the important role that an interdisciplinary academic and clinical team together with the HD families, plays in advancing medicine,” said Leslie M. Thompson, PhD, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at UC Irvine.

Sunita Puri

Jun 24, 2026 | NPR

Should Your Pet Be in Hospice?

Sunitha Puri, MD, is associate professor of medicine at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine where she is director of the inpatient palliative care service. Her patients are human, but she’s given a lot of thought to the parallels for animal patients.
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Jun 24, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

School of Medicine Dean Michael J. Stamos Appointed as Interim Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs

Dean Stamos has been appointed as interim vice chancellor of UC Irvine Health Affairs, effective July 15, 2026.