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UC Irvine Receives Record $668 Million in Research Funding for Fiscal 2023-24

University of California, Irvine scholars, scientists and physicians continue to blaze new paths to help improve the world. In fiscal 2023-24, which ended June 30, UC Irvine received the most research funding in campus history: $668 million in...
9-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

A vision for effective community-based ecosystems of Latiné health by 2050

With Latiné individuals now representing the largest racially minoritized group in the U.S., promotores, or community health workers (CHW), are crucial in addressing systemic health inequities that have historically affected Latiné communities,...
9-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UC Irvine, USC scientists begin research effort for damaged brain region treatments

With newly awarded funding from the National Science Foundation, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and the Keck School of Medicine of USC will seek to revolutionize the treatment of neurological diseases through intelligent...
5-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UC Irvine researchers advocate for tissue-engineering approach for arthritis relief

Various forms of arthritis afflict nearly 600 million people worldwide and add $16.5 billion to the United States’ healthcare bill, yet there are few engineered cartilage tissue therapies available to sufferers. In Nature Reviews Rheumatology,...
4-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

UC-Irvine led study identifies therapeutic targets for veterans with Gulf War illness

A new study has provided critical insights into Gulf War illness, a chronic condition affecting veterans deployed during the 1990–1991 Gulf War. The findings are the most comprehensive to date that establishes an association between gut microbiome...
3-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UC Irvine raises $343 million in record-breaking fiscal year

The University of California, Irvine has closed its most successful fundraising year on record, raising $343 million in the 2024 fiscal year as part of its Brilliant Future philanthropic campaign.
3-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UC Irvine study reveals health impacts of repeated wildfires and smoke exposure

Irvine, Calif., Aug. 28, 2024 — University of California, Irvine public health researchers have published a study in the journal Environmental Research Health highlighting the compounded effects of frequent wildfires and smoke exposure on physical...
28-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Internationally recognized cancer expert joins UCI Health as cancer center deputy director

Internationally recognized cancer expert Dr. Miguel A. Villalona-Calero has joined the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center as its deputy director and chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at the UC Irvine School of Medicine.
26-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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