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Sep 15, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
UC Irvine Receives $4.2 Million NIH Award to Continue All of Us Enrollment and to Study Cardiometabolic Health in Underrepresented Communities
A collaborative project supported by the NIH All of Us Research Program and National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities explores genetics, environment and lifestyle factors.
Sep 02, 2026 | UC Irvine News
Stopping Chronic Pain Before it Starts
UC Irvine researchers find that after an injury, support cells are temporarily rewired to trigger nerve cells to produce sticky beta-amyloid protein fragments best known for their role in Alzheimer’s disease.
Aug 27, 2026 | UC Irvine News
New Data Infrastructure Award to Help Scientific Communities Build Domain-Specific Platforms for Collaborative Data Science and AI
Researchers at UC Irvine, UCLA and the University of Michigan have received nearly $9 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation to establish a new data infrastructure capability that will help scientific communities across the nation use advanced data science and artificial intelligence tools.
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Internationally recognized colorectal surgeon and clinician-scientist, Liliana Bordeianou, MD, MPH, joins UC Irvine School of Medicine as chair of the Department of Surgery on Jan. 1, 2027.
Backed by a $2.6 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, UC Irvine will launch a countywide system of care designed to engage and partner with youth and young adults who are showing early warning signs of psychosis, connect them with support and intervene before a first episode of psychosis ever occurs.
UC Irvine researchers have identified the “secret code” in nature that lets enzymes run on a cheap, widely available fuel, offering a new approach for dramatically reducing biomanufacturing costs.
Sep 17, 2026 | Healio
FDA clears robotic Triton 1 System for diagnostic, therapeutic colonoscopy
The robotic endoscopy Triton 1 System, tested in a clinical trial led by UC Irvine Professor Jason Samarasena, MD, has received FDA clearance for use in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures of the colon.
Sep 15, 2026 | Healthcare Design
Inside UCI Health – Irvine’s All-electric Acute Care Hospital
A closer look at the engineering and design of the new UCI Health – Irvine hospital reveals how the project achieved all-electric operations, heat-recovery HVAC systems, and AI-simulated surgical workflows to set a new sustainability standard.