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Jul 13, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Delivering Change: New Mom and MD Grad Aims to Improve Black Maternal Health

Avery Robinson-Phelps, MD, a 2026 graduate of UC Irvine’s School of Medicine, heads into her OB/GYN residency with clinical, community-based and personal experience in Black infant and maternal health.
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Jul 10, 2026 | UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering

Tissue-like Implant to Bring Electricity to Devices Inside the Body

Imagine someone charging their pacemaker not with the usual surgery but with just a brief prick of a thin needle. That could soon be possible with a groundbreaking sponge-like material called an Implantable Bioelectronic Outlet.
Text: Translational Addiction Podcast, a Loftipour Lab production, with a backdrop of opioid pills

Jul 08, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

The Translational Addiction Podcast #12: A Talk with Dr. Ron Broide

In this episode of the Translational Addiction Podcast, the hosts interview alumni Ron Broide, PhD, the executive director of biological research at AbbVie.
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Jul 07, 2026 | UCI Health

Frances Chow, MD, to lead the Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program

A physician-scientist and clinical trial leader, Chow will drive the next phase of strategic growth by expanding innovative clinical care, translational research, precision medicine and multidisciplinary partnerships.
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Jul 06, 2026 | UC Irvine News

A New Era of Precision Depression Treatment

A new study led by researchers at UC Irvine and Mass General Brigham-affiliated McLean Hospital points to biomarker-guided care to improve antidepressant response rates and reduce trial-and-error prescribing.
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Jul 02, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

A Case Study in Translating Scientific Discoveries into Real-World Care

Erlinda (“Chulie”) Ulloa, MD, leveraged bedside-to-bench testing to identify novel treatment options for a young woman with a life-threatening infection. The patient became the first in the U.S. to receive the investigational antibiotic cefepime–zidebactam.
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Jun 30, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

In Memoriam: Stephen H. White, PhD

Stephen H. White, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, died on May 31, 2026. White was a respected scientist and scholar who led the field in membrane biophysics.
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Jun 30, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

New Screening Approach Advances Understanding of Defective Alternative RNA Processing

Researchers from UC Irvine and UC San Diego have carried out the largest screening of RNA-binding proteins, providing new links between alternative RNA processing and diseases, including cancer.
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Jun 29, 2026 | UC Irvine Beall Applied Innovation

The Problem with Good Enough: One Neurosurgeon’s Push for Better Tools

Through the UC Irvine startup AquaTeX, neurointerventional surgeon Ichiro Yuki, MD, is working to develop safer materials to inject into blood vessels.
Text: Translational Addiction Podcast, a Loftipour Lab production, with a backdrop of opioid pills

Jun 26, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

The Translational Addiction Podcast #11: In Your DNA: How Nicotine Can Prime the Brain for Meth

This episode of the Translational Addiction Podcast explores how a single genetic variant in the CHRNA6 gene can shape an adolescent brain's vulnerability to methamphetamine addiction following nicotine exposure.