New Grant Gives OC Nursing Students a Chance to Care for Communities they...
CalOptima, which serves the poor and homeless with medical care in Orange County and several partners, will offer stipends to more than 60 nursing students, more than half from underrepresented groups...
View ArticleUCI Nursing Program Receives $5 Million Grant to Address Health Care Worker...
CalOptima Health granted $5 million for UC Irvine’s NURSE-OC program, part of its initiative to address health disparities in Orange County by bolstering the workforce. The NURSE-OC program emphasizes...
View ArticleUCI Names New School of Public Health After Joe Wen
When we created the Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences, UC Irvine committed to elevating all of our health science programs to full schools, and I am delighted that the regents have...
View ArticleUCI Launches Orange County’s First School of Public Health
The Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health, which received UC Board of Regents approval Thursday, July 18, becomes the first school of public health in Orange County and the fourth in the UC...
View ArticleHow the Indiana Jones of Plants is Seeking Out the Hidden Healing Powers of...
Professor Geoff Abbott, a professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of California, Irvine leads expeditions into Earth’s wild places to find medicinal treasures, using cutting-edge...
View ArticleThe Gift That Keeps on Giving: Summer Program Prepares Future Leaders in Nursing
During the summer, UCI faculty and prominent nursing leaders provide the mentorship necessary to conduct a small-scale research project that offers crucial firsthand experience, and extend guidance on...
View ArticleScientists Create Glowing ‘RNA Lanterns’ With Bioluminescence
Scientists had the bright idea to take that same enzyme that makes fireflies glow and tie it to RNA, the molecule that reads the genetic information in DNA. This developing technology has been used on...
View ArticleBest Caregiver Support Groups
Over 37 million people in the United States provide unpaid eldercare, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This role can feel overwhelming, physically taxing and financially draining, and...
View Article12-Year-Old Dancer Overcomes Rare Pancreatic Tumor with Life-Saving Surgery
Lauren had what was called a pseudo-papillary tumor of the pancreas, and these are very rare growths,” explains Dr. David Imagawa, the surgeon who performed the procedure. “Normally, when it does occur...
View ArticleAdvances in Treatment Resistant Port-Wine Birthmarks: Emerging Therapies and...
According to Kristen Marie Kelly, MD, chair and professor of dermatology at the School of Medicine, energy-based devices remain a cornerstone of treatment, but there are emerging strategies that...
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