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Jeannine Viruet in her white coat gazes out the window at the UCI Health — Orange building.

Mar 20, 2026 | KNBC

UC Irvine Match Day 2026

Match Day marks a major milestone for UC Irvine medical students, as future physicians learn where they will begin their residency training. 102 UCI student doctors open their envelopes to reveal their placements, with many matching to their top-choice programs. The emotional day highlights a diverse group of students who are preparing to serve communities across the country.

Darian Thompson sits on a bench in his scrubs outside UCI Health — Irvine building.

Mar 20, 2026 | University of California

It’s a match! UC’s medical students find out their next step today

After years of hard work, grueling schedules and rigorous studies, medical students around the country and across the University of California learn on Match Day where they’ll go next in their journeys as doctors.
Karlos Manzanarez Felix and Trinidad Alcalá-Arcos stand together in their white coats, with tall grass and plants behind them at UC Health - Irvine.

Mar 19, 2026 | Medscape

The Envelope Ceremony: How Match Day Traditions Are Evolving for a New Generation of Doctors

Medscape interviews Karlos Manzanarez Felix, a fourth-year medical student at the UC Irvine School of Medicine, ahead of Match Day.

Leslie Thompson standing outdoors

Mar 18, 2026 | Orange Coast Magazine

Kickass Women: Dr. Leslie M. Thompson

For more than 30 years, Dr. Thompson has been researching new therapies for Huntington’s disease, a fatal neurodegenerative disorder that results in the progressive breakdown of the brain’s nerve cells, causing irreparable decline in patients’ physical and mental abilities.
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UC Irvine School of Medicine Research Insider

March 17, 2026
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Mar 17, 2026 | Straight Arrow News

Policy or PR? Checking the Data on RFK Jr.’s Nutrition Push in Med Schools

“Our medical students already receive about 40 hours of nutrition-related education, and beginning this fall we will expand that to 50 hours of dedicated nutrition training, integrated into the core curriculum,” said Shaista Malik, a professor of medicine and the associate vice chancellor for integrative health at Irvine’s Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences.

Philip Patrick sits on a bench n his scrubs at UCI Health — Irvine.

Mar 16, 2026 | UC Irvine News

Unsealing Their Fates

UC Irvine medical students celebrate Match Day and the journeys that brought them there.
Sabrina Mir stands near the new UCI Health – Irvine hospital, with the marsh in the background.

Mar 16, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Sabrina Mir Celebrates Community Connections Heading into Match Day

Heading into Match Day, future physician Sabrina Mir reflects on her ties to the local OC community and how the UC Irvine PRIME LEAD-ABC program helped her provide meaningful and impactful care.

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Mar 16, 2026 | Knowridge

Scientists Discover A Hidden Cause of Brain Bleeding

People with high blood pressure, stroke, or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease are known to have a higher risk of small brain bleeds. A recent study led by Dr. Mark Fisher and Dr. Xiangmin Xu at UC Irvine School of Medicine discovered that aging red blood cells may contribute directly to the formation of these small brain hemorrhages.
Collage of eight medical education students in their scrubs and white coats as they await Match Day 2026.

Mar 16, 2026 | UC Irvine News

The Waiting Room of Dreams

Graduating medical students reflect on their hopes, challenges and triumphs as Match Day unfolds on March 20, 2026.