Pathology & Laboratory Medicine About Us Message from the Chair Contact Us Education & Training Residency Program Fellowship Programs CLS Program Graduate Program Continuing Education Programming Research Experimental Tissue Resource Shared Facility Divisions Faculty Research Home Research Research: Clinical Departments Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: Home Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: Research Our Research Programs The department’s research programs are located on the UCI main campus and UCI Medical Center. They are supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other extramural sources. In 2022, the department became a top 30 pathology department for NIH funding. The department hosts individual and center-based research programs with translational and clinical goals in laboratory diagnostics, neurotherapeutics and cell-based therapies. Research Areas Cancer Inflammation Immunology Microbial pathogenesis Cutting-edge pathology imaging (e.g., cleared tissues) Glycobiology Point-of-care test innovation Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine Neuroscience (developmental) Neuroscience (aging and neurodegeneration) Computational pathology (digital pathology and multimodal AI) Precision “omics,” including spatial omics Experimental Tissue Resource Shared Facility In collaboration with the NCI-designated Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, the UCI Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine hosts the Experimental Tissue Resource (ETR) Shared Facility. Learn more