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Mar 17, 2025 | UCI News
UC Irvine research reveals how childhood adversity shapes the brain and behavior
Early-life adversity affects more than half of the world’s children and is a significant risk factor for cognitive and mental health problems later in life. In an extensive and up-to-the-minute review of research in this domain, scholars from the UC Irvine School of Medicine illuminate the profound impacts of these adverse childhood experiences on brain development and introduce new paths for understanding and tackling them.
Mar 13, 2025 | UCI Health
UCI Health gastroenterologist Dr. Nimisha Parekh recognized as Woman of Impact
A national leader in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disorders has been recognized as an Orange County Woman of Impact in the most recent issue of Orange Coast Magazine.
Mar 05, 2025 | UCI School of Medicine
UC Irvine researchers discover listening to jazz music helps relieve musculoskeletal pain
“This is the first study of its kind that links listening to jazz music with less pain and improved health, said Sean Young, PhD, professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Informatics at the UC Irvine School of Medicine.
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UC Irvine School of Medicine’s research team has made it through to Round 3 of STAT Madness, an annual competition by STAT that brings together the best biomedical research from the past year. Research from institutions across the country face off against each other in a bracket-style matchup in which votes determine the winner.
Wei Li, PhD, UC Irvine School of Medicine
Jason B. Samarasena, MD, chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Mar 14, 2025 | The New York Times
Dr. Sheldon Greenfield, Who Exposed Gaps in Health Care, Dies at 86
The author of numerous studies, Greenfield urged patients to question their physicians and expressed concern about cancer treatment for older adults.
Mar 07, 2025 | People
Doctors Shocked After Woman with Alzheimer’s Disease Stays Cognitively 'Intact’: ‘Remarkable'
Elizabeth Head, PhD, professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, shares about a study that involved a patient with Down syndrome who had all the “brain changes” of Alzheimer’s disease but didn’t exhibit any of the cognitive symptoms that are characteristic of the progressive dementia.