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LCME 2025 Accreditation Communication | Issue 8
The eighth edition of the LCME 2025 Accreditation Survey Visit Communication newsletter includes recent news and event highlights and a focus on curricular management, evaluation and enhancement.
August 21, 2024
Aug 21, 2024 | UCI News
UC Irvine discovery of ‘item memory’ brain cells offers new Alzheimer’s treatment target
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have discovered the neurons responsible for “item memory,” deepening our understanding of how the brain stores and retrieves the details of “what” happened and offering a new target for treating Alzheimer’s disease.
Aug 20, 2024 | UCI News
UC Irvine-led team finds that compound in rosemary extract can reduce cocaine sensitivity
A team of researchers led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered that an antioxidant found in rosemary extract can reduce volitional intakes of cocaine by moderating the brain’s reward response, offering a new therapeutic target for treating addiction.
UCI School of Medicine Research Insider
August 20, 2024
Aug 19, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
Research study examines Alzheimer's disease drug on tissue samples from people with Down syndrome
People with Down syndrome are likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease at a young age, with autopsy studies showing that by age 40 years, the brains of individuals with Down syndrome have amyloid plaques.
Aug 14, 2024 | The Daily Show
Could Cognitive Tests Save America From Gerontocracy?
Mark Fisher, MD, JD, professor in the Departments of Neurology and Anatomy & Neurobiology, and director of the UCI Center for Neuropolitics, appears on The Daily Show to explain how the brain deteriorates and what’s covered on a cognitive test.
August 13, 2024
Aug 13, 2024 | UCI News
White coats mark the beginning of the journey
The journey to becoming a physician officially began for the UC Irvine School of Medicine’s class of 2028 as they donned their first white coats.
Aug 12, 2024 | UCI News
A journey rooted in community and purpose
New medical student Carla Vazquez Vergara says UC Irvine’s Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC) continues her journey rooted in community and purpose.
Aug 08, 2024 | KNBC
Olympians with glasses inspiring athletes with imperfect vision
Stephen Prepas, MD, pediatric ophthalmologist at UCI Health and the UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, talks about Olympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik and the eye issues he deals with.