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Stanley Behrens with scholarship recipient Kiyarash Khanessari ’23.

Oct 23, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

An Empowering Legacy: Stanley Behrens Fellowship Paves the Way for Future Scholars, Scientists & Trailblazers

In 2016, Stanley Behrens created the first basic science research graduate fellowship funded by an individual at the School of Medicine with the Stanley Behrens Fellows in Medicine program to support doctoral students engaged in novel translational research.
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Oct 23, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Alumni Spotlight: Melanie Matheu’s Passion for Immunology Sparks Biotech Innovation

Learn what put Melanie Matheu on the road to launching two biotech startups in 10 years and how she’s leveraging novel technology to develop life-saving therapeutics.
Robert Bartlett in a lab

Oct 23, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

In Memoriam: Robert H. Bartlett, MD

Former UC Irvine Professor of Surgery Robert H. Bartlett, "Father of ECMO," dies at 86.

Jonathan Steller standing arms crossed with a earth and astronaut graphic overlay that say: Medicine Meets Micro-gravity: Launching students into space-age careers

Oct 22, 2025 | The Anteater Alumni Magazine

Medicine Meets Micro-gravity

Professors Jonathan Stellar, MD, and Ariana Nelson, MD, are developing the first-ever mission-based space medicine program.
lizabeth Andrews and Elizabeth Head in the lab

Oct 15, 2025 | UC Irvine News

Discovery at the Intersection of Down Syndrome & Alzheimer's Disease (video)

Catch a glimpse of Elizabeth Head, UC Irvine professor of pathology, and Elizabeth Andrews, a Ph.D. candidate in Head’s lab group, making a discovery at the intersection of Down syndrome & Alzheimer's disease.
A photo of a physician in behind a glass star award

Oct 14, 2025 | Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Hypertension & Kidney Transplantation

UC Irvine Hypertension Center & Nephrology Clinics Achieve Gold Award Recognition

The UC Irvine Hypertension Center and four UC Irvine Nephrology Division clinics have achieved Gold Award recognition from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA) Target: BP Program.
Olga Jaime in a white lab coat, standing in a lab.

Oct 08, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

From Muscle Regeneration Research to Youth Outreach, PhD Candidate Olga Jaime Advances Science

Olga Jaime, in addition to conducting research that could one day help our bodies regenerate damaged skeletal muscle, is paying it forward as a volunteer for STEM-education outreach programs.
Three people looking at two different monitors. One shows three graphics of a brain, and the other shows the outline of a person’s head, neck and back, with various points all over the body.

Oct 06, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Sanjay Gupta Shares Insight into Acupuncture from UC Irvine’s Richard E. Harris, PhD

It Doesn’t Have to Hurt, a new book by Sanjay Gupta, includes insight into acupuncture, drawing on expertise from Richard E. Harris, PhD, and his decades of research into integrative medicine.
Three people on stage at the Bren Events Center surrounded by banners hanging from the ceiling.

Oct 04, 2025 | UC Irvine News

Achieving a Brilliant Future

Largest fundraising campaign in O.C. history – raising over $2.4 billion – fuels innovation and impact, including $50 million commitment from the Quilter family to UCI MIND.
A large group of people stand behind a banner that says "National Latino Physician Day" and "6% is not enough."

Oct 03, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Celebrating National Latino Physician Day

Various leaders, including California’s first Latina Surgeon General, Diana Ramos, MD, inspired future doctors at an annual event celebrating National Latino Physician Day at UC Irvine.