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32nd edition | April 2025 Dear Colleagues, With the coming of spring, we look forward to celebrating Match Day every year. On March 21, a large crowd of family, friends and students gathered on the front lawn of the Medical Education Building to watch the exciting results. Check out the video celebrating our students’ success! Read More

UC Irvine researchers discover listening to jazz music helps relieve musculoskeletal pain The study also found that listening to jazz music may help decrease anxiety and increase mindfulness among chronic patients. Read More   UC Irvine research reveals how childhood adversity shapes the brain and behavior A recent research study has important implications for early intervention and prevention strategies. Read More

Demystifying depression Diego Pizzagalli, PhD, head of UC Irvine’s Noel Drury, M.D. Institute for Translational Depression Discoveries is eager to make a difference. Read More   UC Irvine researchers found links that may provide therapeutic targets for neurological diseases Wei Li, PhD, and his lab, sought to address the gap in understanding how TR size variations impact gene regulation in brain tissue. Read More

Hoda Anton-Culver, PhD, to receive AMWA’s 2025 Women in Science Award Anton-Culver is one of two recipients of this year's Women in Science Award from the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA). Read More   UC Irvine scientists uncover ‘Nuclear RNA Degradation Code,’ shedding light on gene regulation and human disease Researchers found that two specific RNA sequence features — a 5′ splice site and a poly(A) junction — work together to trigger the degradation of RNA molecules. Read More

Remembering Sheldon Greenfield, MD With a career spanning more than 50 years, Greenfield made significant contributions to primary care research, clinical research, and health policy research. Read More

UC Irvine’s Interprofessional Community Health Action Project ICHAP engaged 329 students from the schools of pharmacy, nursing, medicine and public health, forming 57 interprofessional groups. Read More   Match Day 2025 This year, 111 graduating medical students participated in Match Day at UC Irvine. Read More

UC Irvine School of Medicine reaches semifinals in STAT Madness Selma Masri, PhD, and her lab team made it further than UC Irvine has ever gone in this competition for their research on “Timing Colorectal Cancer Immunotherapy.” Read More   2nd annual UC Irvine medical student trip to India During the visit, the students provided clinical care to surrounding communities and visited local high schools to educate them in the sciences. ​​​​​ Read More

UCI Health gastroenterologist Nimisha Parekh, MD, recognized as Woman of Impact Parekh has built a dedicated IBD team within the UCI Health Chao Digestive Health Institute that is renowned for its approach to multidisciplinary clinical care. Read More   UCI Health celebrates first anniversary of UCI Health Community Network The acquisition transformed UCI Health, powered by the University of California, Irvine, into one of the state’s largest academic health systems with 1,317 beds. Read More

Jason B. Samarasena, MD, named Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Samarasena is also the current president of the Orange County GI Society. Read More   Lindsey Spiegelman, MD, named 2025 UC Irvine Applause Award Recipient As the Medical Director of the emergency department at UCI Medical Center, Spiegelman is intimately involved in quality improvement of acute and emergency care of patients. Read More

National Doctors Day UCI celebrated the event on March 31 and presented certificates to the top 20 physicians who achieved outstanding results in patient communication last year. Read More

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