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A group of people lined up on an outdoor soccer field.

Nov 15, 2023 | Graduate Studies

School of Medicine Soccer Match

School of Medicine graduate students, faculty and postdocs gather for a friendly soccer match.

A decorated pumpkin, a Happy Halloween gift bag, and a mug filled with goodies.

Nov 08, 2023 | Graduate Studies

The School of Medicine's Diversity Educational Community and Doctoral Experience Host a Pumpkin Decorating Contest

The School of Medicine's Diversity Educational Community and Doctoral Experience Host a Pumpkin Decorating Contest for Students

Bridget Fortin, Estée Lauder Fellowship Recipient

Nov 08, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine

Bridget Fortin Named Inaugural Estée Lauder Epigenetics Fellow at UCI

Fortin was honored at the Inaugural Paolo Sassone-Corsi Lectureship, held on Oct. 19, at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering in Irvine, Calif.
Group of students pose together while doing the Zot Zot Zot sign with their hands.

Nov 06, 2023 | Graduate Studies

UCI School of Medicine's PhD Orientation 2023

UCI School of Medicine welcomes 36 new PhD students for the fall of 2023.

Honoring Native American Heritage Month

Nov 02, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine

UCI School of Medicine Celebrates Native American Heritage Month

This month, we happily celebrate the accomplishments of Alexander Red Eagle, MD, PhD, HS clinical assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and chief hospitalist at Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center in Long Beach, CA. At the medical center, Dr. Red Eagle has been commended for his active efforts to recruit underrepresented medical students into the internal medicine residency program.
Ken Baldwin, PhD

Nov 01, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine

In Memoriam: Kenneth M. Baldwin, PhD

A founding member of the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, which was originally named: Functional Correlates B, Dr. Baldwin was recruited in 1973 to join the faculty at UCI.
Qin Yang, MD, PhD, and Wei Li, PhD

Nov 01, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine

NIH awards $4.4 million to UCI Diabetes Center to study the epigenetic mechanisms for diabetes

Qin Yang, MD, PhD, endocrinologist, director of the UCI Diabetes Center and associate professor in the Departments of Medicine, and Physiology & Biophysics, at the UCI School of Medicine, has received two NIH awards totaling $4.4 million to study the epigenetic mechanisms for diabetes. Wei Li, PhD, professor of bioinformatics in the Department of Biological Chemistry at the UCI School of Medicine, is the co-principal investigator on both awards.
Headshots of Geraldine Taplin, MD (’72) and Zainab Saadi, MD

Oct 25, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine

School of Medicine Alumna and Faculty Receive Lauds & Laurels

UCI Alumni Association recognize a School of Medicine alumna and faculty who are COVID-19 heroes
Headshot of Changrui Xiao in white coat.

Oct 24, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine

UCI/CHOC Diagnostic Center of Excellence Joins the Undiagnosed Diseases Network

The NIH approves UCI/CHOC as a site for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network with an expertise in neurogenetic and neurometabolic conditions.

Baruch Kuppermann in white coat in the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute's facility.

Oct 13, 2023 | UCI News

A decade of visionary achievement

UC Irvine celebrates the Department of Ophthalmology’s 10th anniversary of the UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, marking a decade of remarkable accomplishments in the field of ophthalmology.