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Sep 22, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Lbachir BenMohamed, PhD, Receives $3.2 Million NIH Grant to Develop Immunotherapy Against Recurrent Ocular Herpes
“Our goal is to develop a safe and durable immunotherapy that can reduce potentially blinding recurrent herpetic disease, limit transmission and ultimately improve the lives of millions of people worldwide,” says Lbachir BenMohamed, PhD.
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.
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UC Irvine medical students Tatum Ego and Zoe Adams collaborate with the nonprofit Art for the Isolated to help beautify a free healthcare clinic for the underserved, creating a more welcoming space.
How a rainy-morning handshake between a young UC Irvine biologist and an 80-year-old industrialist built one of the world’s most influential laser medicine institutions.
As the UC Irvine School of Medicine celebrated the fifth annual National Latino Physician Day, the message was clear: Necesitamos más — we need more.
Oct 12, 2026 | Managed Healthcare Executive
Neuro-ophthalmologists outline how eye clinicians can recognize and manage headache | AAO 2026
At AAO 2026, UC Irvine ophthalmology professors Sam Spiegel, MD, and Vivek Patel, MD, presented guidelines for eye clinicians to recognize, diagnose and treat migraines using targeted questions, stepwise therapies and awareness of mimics such as trochleitis.
Oct 07, 2026 | New York Post
Southern California surfers are being diagnosed with a bizarre ‘tumor’ condition
Department of Dermatology researchers at UC Irvine identified “liposurfomas,” benign fatty chest growths caused by repetitive prone paddling that are frequently mistaken for cancer in longtime surfers.