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Feb 02, 2026 | Fast Company
Hospitals are 24/7 Energy Hogs. This One Just Went All Electric
The University of California Irvine’s new healthcare campus has a long list of innovative features, from its combined inpatient-outpatient surgical suite to its outdoor chemotherapy infusion terrace to an entire floor dedicated to staff only. The one thing it doesn’t have is a gas line.
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Jan 30, 2026 | STAT
How Direct-To-Consumer Health Tests Could Impact Insurance, Mortgages, and Employment
“If you don’t agree [to share the data], you don’t get the policy, you don’t get the bank loan, whatever you’re applying toward,” said Mark Rothstein, director of translational bioethics at UC Irvine.
Jan 28, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
California Office of Traffic Safety Awards $850,000 Grant to the UC Irvine School of Medicine to Broaden the UC Traffic Safety Collaborative Program
The program will promote safe practices for young drivers and emphasize the prevention of impaired driving among young populations, while capitalizing on collaboration across UC campuses.
Jan 28, 2026 | Becker's Heath IT
The Top Workflow Pain Points Frustrating Physicians
Dr. Deepti Pandita said UCI Health is investing in voice recognition, generative AI and AI agents to streamline documentation and administrative tasks.
UC Irvine School of Medicine Research Insider
January 27, 2026
Jan 27, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Gaps in Care: Jacqueline Kim, PhD, Puts Health in Context
Do psychosocial influences affect how we experience and manage our health? Learn how Jacqueline H.J. Kim, PhD, is addressing gaps in knowledge to better integrate mental health support into clinical care.
Giving the Green Light After Stem Cell Repair
Could understanding how a certain protein, C1q, regulates neural stem-cell activity be the key to developing treatment options that give the central nervous system time to repair itself when needed?
Jan 26, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Mapping the Human Retina Fast-Tracks Vision Research
Through the international Human Cell Atlas initiative, development of the most comprehensive human retina cell atlas to date is accelerating research into retinal disorders.
Jan 23, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Pioneering Research to Prevent and Reverse Blindness
Questioning the irreversibility of retinal death, new research supports preclinical studies in vision restoration by establishing infrastructure, technology and protocols that could pave the way for human donor eye transplantation.