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LCME 2025 Accreditation Communication | Issue 2
The second LCME 2025 Accreditation Survey Visit Communication newsletter includes recent news and event highlights and a focus on leadership and administration.
February 16, 2024
Feb 16, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI School of Medicine opens newly renovated Medical Education Building
On Nov. 7, 2023, the Office of Medical Education hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of construction on the Medical Education Building.
UCI School of Medicine Recognizes Black History Month 2024
As the only public medical school in Orange County, the UCI School of Medicine aims to embody the spirit of Black History Month by promoting academic excellence and health equity for the betterment of African, Black and Caribbean communities.
Feb 16, 2024 | UCI News
Surgeon leads overseas medical missions to poor villages
UCI Health doctor and professor in the Department of Surgery Cristobal Barrios, Jr., MD, leads a group of volunteers in a humanitarian mission in Quito, Ecuador.
Feb 15, 2024 | Psychology Today
Optimism and Hope: A Care Partner's View
Mark E. Mapstone, PhD, chief of the Neuropsychology Division, talks to the co-founder of the Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson's about the importance of hope and optimism when living with an incurable disease.
Academic Affairs Newsletter
February 2024
February 14, 2024
Feb 14, 2024 | UCI News
UC Irvine-led research team creates novel rabies viral vectors for neural circuit mapping
New tools can detect microstructural changes in aging and Alzheimer’s disease brain neurons.
UCI School of Medicine Research Insider
February 13, 2024
Feb 08, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
UC Irvine team develops innovative MESA liquid biopsy technologies for early disease detection and prognosis
Detecting human cancers through cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in blood is a sensitive and non-invasive option. However, capturing multiple forms of epigenetic information remains a technical and financial challenge.
Feb 07, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
Researchers find proton channels in plants could be key to regulating stress levels
Findings from this study could lead to better ways to prevent brain damage after a stroke.