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Dec 10, 2025 | UC Irvine News
Beyond the blueprint
On Dec. 10, UCI Health – Irvine welcomed the first patients into its 144-bed facility, offering a new kind of hospital and a new kind of patient experience.
Dec 10, 2025 | KNBC
Irvine Welcomes All-Electric Hospital, Powered By The Sun & Water
"We are a 24/7 operation. We don’t even have a lock on that front door," Chad Lefteris, UCI Health CEO, said. "We are always on, 'How can we lessen impact on the environment?' -- something we set out to do from the very start."
UC Irvine School of Medicine Research Insider
December 9, 2025
Dec 09, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Study of Ibogaine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Receives $50,000 Grant
Richard E. Harris, PhD, receives a $50,000 grant from the Etheridge Foundation in support of his study into whether ibogaine, a psychoactive substance derived from plants, can help treat opioid use disorder.
The Translational Addiction Podcast #5: Nicotine on the Developing Brain
In this episode of the Translational Addiction Podcast, produced by the Lotfipour Lab, hosts examine the article “Nicotine and the Developing Brain,” by researchers Emily Castro, Shahrdad Lotfipour and Frances Leslie. In this episode, they discuss how nicotine impacts neurodevelopment across the lifespan.
Dec 08, 2025 | UC Irvine News
$80 Million in Donations Propels UCI MIND Toward World-Class Center Focused on Dementia
A $50 million lead gift from the Quilter family anchors the campaign to create a dedicated center for UC Irvine’s Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders.
Dec 08, 2025 | Verywell Health
We Asked An Eye Expert If Vitamin A Can Actually Improve Vision
To understand whether vitamin A really affects eyesight, we talked to Philip D. Kiser, PharmD, PhD, an associate professor of ophthalmology at the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute at UC Irvine School of Medicine.
Dec 05, 2025 | CBS News
First All-Electric Acute Care Hospital To Open In California
Treating patients without harming the environment: that is the goal of the nation’s first all-electric acute care hospital opening next week in California. UCI Health hospital in Irvine, California, is breaking ground in more ways than one. Joe Brothman, director of general services at UCI Health, said, "What that means is there's no natural gas coming into this entire campus." It’s welcoming patients this month and also opening the door to hospital innovation.
Dec 04, 2025 | The Atlantic
The Chatbot-Delusion Crisis
Researchers are scrambling to figure out why generative AI appears to lead some people to a state of “psychosis.” Dr. Adrian Preda, a psychiatrist at UC Irvine who specializes in psychosis, says that “the interactions with chatbots seem to be making everything worse” for his patients who are already at risk.
Dec 04, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
2025 Clinical Innovation Incubator Program Awardees
Drs. Sidharth Chand and Melissa Shive were the award recipients for the 2025 Clinical Innovation Incubator Program.