Jul 31, 2024 | UCI News

UC Irvine Institute for Clinical & Translational Science receives $28 million NIH grant

The Institute for Clinical & Translational Science at the University of California, Irvine has been awarded more than $28 million over seven years from the National Institutes of Health as part of its Clinical & Translational Science Awards Program.

Jul 29, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine

UC Irvine Researchers identify key enzyme contributing to cancer health disparities in Latin American population

Researchers from the UC Irvine School of Medicine’s Pannunzio Lab have discovered that an enzyme expressed in B cells is a significant factor driving cancer health disparities within the Latin American population.

Jul 22, 2024 | UCI News

UC Irvine to establish All of Us research consortium in Southern California

A University of California, Irvine researcher is the principal investigator for a 5-year research award from the National Institutes of Health to lead a Southern California-based consortium for the nationwide All of Us Research Program. This funding will support the SoCal consortium in transforming the future of precision health research.

Jul 18, 2024 | UCI News

UC Irvine announces $50 million gift from Joe C. Wen and family

A transformational gift of $50 million from Southern California businessman Joe C. Wen and his family to the University of California, Irvine will support the newly created School of Population & Public Health and the growth of cardiovascular research and care.

Jul 17, 2024 | UCI News

UC Irvine-led study reveals relationship between nursing home staffing types and quality of care

As nursing homes constantly strive to balance staffing decisions and optimal health outcomes for residents, a new study led by the University of California, Irvine reveals the complex relationship between different staff disciplines and quality of care.

Jul 05, 2024 | UCI Health

US Navy and UCI Health expand successful trauma training collaboration

UCI Health is expanding its successful partnership with the U.S. Navy West Coast-based fleet of surgical teams by providing hands-on critical care training before deployment.

Jul 02, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine

UC Irvine School of Medicine student joins LA Chargers for NFL Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative

Michael Baham was chosen to join the LA Chargers pipeline initiative. He is a fourth-year medical student at the UC Irvine School of Medicine and a scholar in the Programs in Medical Education Leadership Education to Advance Diversity - African, Black and Caribbean (PRIME LEAD-ABC).

Jun 28, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine

UC Irvine researchers investigate muscle cell development in muscular dystrophy

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FHSD) is one of the most common muscular dystrophies, which results in progressive weakening of skeletal muscles. Now, a new study published in Genome Research by UCI School of Medicine researchers utilize cutting-edge single-cell spatial transcriptomics to analyze gene expression in individual nuclei and myocytes of disease and control samples to determine how the disease state develops during human skeletal myocyte differentiation.

Jun 10, 2024 | UCI News

‘Cutting the cable’ between CD8+ T and T regulatory cells enhances checkpoint immunotherapy

A UCI-led multidisciplinary research team has identified a new strategy that could enhance the therapeutic effectiveness of this therapy by targeting the communication between immune cells within the tumor, a discovery that may offer a new strategy for improving melanoma treatment.

Jun 10, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine

UC Irvine researchers project cardiac benefits from weight-loss medication tirzepatide

New study finds that popular weight-loss medication may reduce the number of U.S. adults with obesity by 55 million and prevent up to 2 million heart attacks and strokes over a 10-year period.