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May 14, 2026 | UC Irvine News
W. M. Keck Foundation Gives $1.2 Million to UC Irvine to Support Early-Career Scientists
Six research teams, including one from the School of Medicine's Department of Physiology & Biophysics, were awarded bridge funding to sustain innovation amid federal funding uncertainty.
May 13, 2026 | Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
UCI Health — Irvine Rehabilitation Hospital Opening in July 2026
The new hospital marks a significant expansion of the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation's clinical footprint, training programs and research capacity.
UC Irvine School of Medicine Research Insider
May 12, 2026
May 11, 2026 | Everyday Health
Heart-Healthy Eating When You Have Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
“Too much sodium can increase blood pressure and fluid retention, potentially worsening shortness of breath or heart strain,” says Behram Mody, MD, the director of the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy program at UCI Health in Orange, California.
Dean's News & Events Newsletter | 43rd Edition
May 2026
May 06, 2026 | UCI Health
$8 Million Gift Supports Neurosciences Clinic at UCI Health — Irvine Medical Campus, Research at UC Irvine School of Medicine
UCI Health announces an $8 million gift that will establish the J.W. and Sandra Mitchell Neurosciences Clinic as the new home for outpatient neurology and neurosurgical care at the UCI Health — Irvine medical campus. The gift will also bolster collaborative research in movement disorders within the Department of Neurology at the UC Irvine School of Medicine.
May 06, 2026 | Medscape
Robotic Colonoscopy System Poised for the Clinic
"We proved the concept absolutely works,” said principal investigator Jason Samarasena, MD, chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UC Irvine School of Medicine, who presented the data at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2026.
May 05, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
In Memoriam: Harry T. Haigler, PhD
Physiology and Biophysics Professor Harry T. Haigler, PhD, a pioneering cell biologist, gifted teacher and former associate dean who helped shape medical education at UC Irvine, died on May 4.
May 5, 2026
May 04, 2026 | UPI
Cannabis Reclassification Removes Some Hurdles for Industry
Daniele Piomelli, PhD, distinguished professor of anatomy and neurology at the University of California, Irvine, told UPI it is an acknowledgement of cannabis' medical uses.