Seminar Series by Member, Devon Lawson, PhD JUNE 11, 4:00–5:00 PM
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Immune Microenvironment in Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis Location: Plumwood House Lecture Hall and Zoom (email for details)
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How to Draft and Publish Scientific Papers in High-Impact Journals JUNE 12, 9:00 AM–4:15 PM
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UC Irvine School of Medicine, Center for the Study of Cannabis Location: Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute
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Role of Dietary Nutrients and Environmental Contaminants in Cancer Survivors JUNE 18, 2025, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
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Tuo Lan, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington University School of Medicine
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Faculty Development Series, School of Medicine, Monthly on Mondays JUNE 23, 2025
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How to Prepare a Merit / Promotion Review File with Kyoko Yokomori, PhD, and Nimisha Parekh, MD
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Visium HD Spatial Gene Expression Data Analysis Workshop JUNE 25, 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
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UC Irvine Genomics Research & Technology Hub Location: Medical Education Building, Room 4020
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Chat with UCI Health President & CEO Chad T. Lefteris JUNE 25, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
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Location: Podlich Conference Room, Building 54 Deadline: June 13
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Best of ASCO Annual Meeting JULY 11-12, 2025
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Minneapolis, MN, and online Essential highlights in two days to stay current on the latest advances in oncology
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NCCN Oncology Policy Summit SEPTEMBER 9, 2025, 9:25 AM–2:55 PM
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The National Press Club, Washington D.C. Discuss policy and practice strategies focused on the rapidly changing AI landscape.
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Breaking Barriers: Trailblazing Innovations in Medical Research SEPTEMBER 19, 7:30 AM–5:30 PM
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Noble Prize Laureate, Gregg Semenza, PhD Development of inhibitors to treat cancer
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Faculty Development Series, School of Medicine, Monthly on Mondays SEPTEMBER 8, 2025
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AI in Medical Education with Warren Wiechmann, MD, and Julie Youm, PhD
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CCSG Administrative Supplement - LMIC
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The UC Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center seeks to nominate one candidate for a research supplement aimed at strengthening institutional capacity in low- and middle-income countries. Internal Deadline: June 13
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2025 St. Baldrick's Foundation: Fellowship Awards
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1 year | $97,500 UC Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center seeks to nominate one candidate for pediatric oncology research. Internal Deadline: June 16
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2025 St. Baldrick's Foundation: Infrastructure Awards
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1 year | $25,000-$50,000 UC Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center seeks to nominate one candidate. Supports institutions aiming to expand participation in childhood cancer clinical trials but lacking key resources. Internal Deadline: June 16
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2025 Gabrielle's Angel Foundation
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1 year | $75,000 ($225,000 total) UC Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center seeks to support two promising junior faculty members conducting research in blood-related cancers. Internal Deadline: July 14
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Integrative & Functional Medicine Fellowship
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Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute Upon completion, eligible physicians will be prepared to sit for the ABOIM board certification. Deadline: August 15
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A1 Bridge Funding
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UC Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center 1 year | $20,000 Award provides funding to support cancer research projects that have the potential to significantly impact cancer treatment, diagnosis, prevention and improve patient outcomes. Intended to provide support to allow investigators to resubmit an NIH grant application for further consideration. Rolling Deadline
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Research Support Opportunity
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UC Irvine Genetic Epidemiology Research Institute 1 year | $2,500 Award provides funding for researchers to utilize the NIH All of Us Research Program data to pursue precision medicine research. Rolling Deadline
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Cancer Clinical Trial Bootcamp: Closing Ceremony
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An inspiring event honoring the completion of a 16-week bootcamp focused on intensive learning, expert mentorship, and practical protocol development to advance investigator-initiated cancer research.

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Elevating Mentoring Excellence
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The training focused on professional development, enhancing research environments, and supporting NIH T32 grant compliance. Contact kecastel@hs.uci.edu to be added to the interest list.

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Epigenetics in Health and Disease, Fall Course 2025, for Graduate Students
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BC225 / NB230, Mondays and Thursdays 1:00–2:30 PM
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Donate Blood on June 11 at City Tower in Orange
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Save lives and get rewarded! Receive a $10 gift card and be entered to win a night out.
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Office of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE)
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UC Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center – Strengthen your research impact, enhance clinical trial success, gain trusted community insights, increase study relevance, and accelerate accruals.
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ICTS Membership Program Coming this Summer
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Enhance and accelerate clinical translational science. The new and free membership will be required to request services.
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Biostatistics Drop-In Consultation, ICTS Services
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Tuesdays, 12:00–2:00 PM | The Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design team offers 30-minute informal virtual drop-in sessions. Reservation required.
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REDCap Consultation, ICTS Services
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ICTS offers informal drop-in sessions for existing RedCap database issues or for those seeking access training. Additional support can be scheduled as needed after the initial consultation session.
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Team Science Consultation, ICTS Services
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Drop-in consultation available the third Monday of every month, 3:30–4:30 PM. Provides consultation across numerous departments to develop better research outcomes from early concept to completion.
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Electromotive Forces for Deep Tissue Drug Delivery, 2025 Funded Pilot Project
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PI: Pengbo Jiang, MD and Yi Xi Wu | Co-I: Bruce Gao. By using ionizable drugs combined with a mild electrical current, the research aims to significantly improve deep tissue drug delivery.
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Member, Jacqueline Kim, PhD, Expanding the frontier of Asian American cancer research
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June 9, 2025 – Special issue published in the Asian American Journal of Psychology
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Member, Maksim Plikus, PhD, Discovery Files Podcast, National Science Foundation News
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June 5, 2025 – How Regenerative Medicine Is Rebuilding the Human Body
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Member, Lan Huang, PhD, Co-Founder, Chairman, CEO, BeyondSpring committed to advancing Plinabulin
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June 3, 2025 – Efficacy/safety data presented at ASCO Annual Meeting
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Member, Nataliya Mar, MD, presented at 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL
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June 3, 2025 – EV-103 Cohort H of neoadjuvant enfortumab vedotin (EV) monotherapy in cisplatin-ineligible patients with MIBC
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Member, Roshan Patel, MD, video on impact of saline shortage on IV fluid
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May 29, 2025 – “It is possible to conserve fluid when we're trying to do these procedures without compromising patient care.”
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Prostate Cancer Myths and Misconceptions, David I. Lee, MD, Director, UCI Comprehensive Prostate Cancer Program
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May 29, 2025 – Some cancers spread quickly and don’t produce enough prostate-specific antigen to be detected.
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Allen Chao, MD, PhD, one of the founders of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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May 28, 2025 – Provided remarks at the graduation ceremony for UC Irvine School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Member, Denise Payán, PhD, and researchers published study in Preventive Medicine Reports
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May 22, 2025 – "Misinformation about vaccines and disease prevention continue to be pervasive in our society.
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Member, Min Zhang, MD, honored with 2025 ICTS Pilot Award for Innovative Disease Stage Research
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May 19, 2025 – The research aims to develop a robust analytical pipeline capable of identifying and classifying disease stages.
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Member, Matthew Landry, PhD, RDN, FAND, UC Irvine
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May 6, 2025 – Named Spring 2025 UCDC Presidential Faculty Fellow, an honor awarded to just ten scholars nationwide
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