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.

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.

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.

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.