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Alexandre Chan and Munjal Acharya

Jun 18, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Munjal Acharya, PhD, Awarded 2025 Basic Science COHS Team Research Award

The team of Munjal Acharya, PhD, and Alexandre Chan, PharmD, MPH, received the award for their collaborative research that focuses on the alleviation of cancer-related cognitive impairment.
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Jun 11, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Fifth Annual Research & Faculty Mentoring Awards

The Fifth Annual Research & Faculty Mentoring Awards celebrated faculty, staff and trainees for groundbreaking achievements in basic science and clinical research and introduced the inaugural Gina Lee Award for Excellence in Mentoring.
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May 21, 2025 | Broad Institute

Scientists create next generation of tools in battle against brain disease

Xiangmin Xu, PhD, Chancellor’s Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology and director of the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping, and his team, contributed to research that could lead to targeted gene therapies for brain disorders.

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May 21, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

UC Irvine Researchers Contribute to New Toolkit for Battling Brain Disorders

Xiangmin Xu and members of his lab have published two new studies as part of the Armamentarium for Precision Brain Cell Access, a consortium of researchers creating next-generation biological tools to battle brain disorders.
Falling Leaves ribbon-cutting event

May 20, 2025 | UC Irvine Health Affairs

UC Irvine Celebrates Completion of Falling Leaves Foundation Medical Innovation Building

The building will be one of the largest translational research hubs on the West Coast once it becomes fully operational in the coming months.
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Apr 16, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Three Honorees for Latine Excellence and Achievement

The School of Medicine is pleased to recognize three LEAD honorees: Dr. Alberto Manetta with the Luz & Fuerza Award (In Memoriam), Jasmine Chavez for Graduate Student Excellence, and Jenny Ventura as the Alumna Honoree.
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Mar 31, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology ~ March 2025 Accomplishments

Trainee and faculty news from the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology for March 2025.
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Mar 18, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

UC Irvine researchers found links that may provide therapeutic targets for neurological diseases

Wei Li, PhD, UC Irvine School of Medicine

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Mar 17, 2025 | UC Irvine News

UC Irvine research reveals how childhood adversity shapes the brain and behavior

Early-life adversity affects more than half of the world’s children and is a significant risk factor for cognitive and mental health problems later in life. In an extensive and up-to-the-minute review of research in this domain, scholars from the UC Irvine School of Medicine illuminate the profound impacts of these adverse childhood experiences on brain development and introduce new paths for understanding and tackling them.
Kei Igarashi is awarded the 41st Inoue Prize for Science by Atsushi Koma, president of the Inoue Foundation.

Feb 12, 2025 | UC Irvine News

UC Irvine School of Medicine associate professor awarded Inoue Prize for Science

Kei Igarashi, PhD, Chancellor’s Fellow and associate professor in the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, has been named one of five recipients of the 2024 Inoue Prize for Science. This award recognizes Igarashi’s outstanding achievement in memory and dementia research.