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Dear Colleagues,
It’s remarkable that just six months have passed since the successful opening of the nation’s first all-electric hospital, UCI Health – Irvine.
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School of Medicine Class of 2026: Changemakers Ready to Reimagine Care
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May 16 kicked off commencement season for the UC Irvine School of Medicine, with Dean Michael J. Stamos welcoming the MD class of 2026 — and their biggest supporters — to the Bren Events Center.
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$8 Million Gift Supports Neurosciences Clinic at UCI Health — Irvine Medical Campus
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The gift will also bolster collaborative research in movement disorders within the Department of Neurology at the UC Irvine School of Medicine.
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W. M. Keck Foundation Gives $1.2 Million to UC Irvine to Support Early-Career Scientists
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Six UC Irvine research teams were selected for funding, underscoring the university’s strength in advancing innovative, high-impact science.
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Researchers Discover Cellular "Tug-of-War" That Shapes How Our Genes Are Expressed
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Two crucial steps in processing genetic messages — splicing and 3′ end processing — actively compete with each other to shape what RNA molecules are generated.
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Save the Brain, Kill the Cancer: Extracellular Vesicle (EV) Treatment for Glioblastoma Patients
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UC Irvine researchers find that human neural stem-cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) improve cognitive function following glioma chemoradiation therapy.
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Reimagining School Fitness Testing to Advance Pediatric Health
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Dan M. Cooper, MD, has co-authored a paper with recommendations for turning school-based fitness testing into a useful and predictive biomarker of pediatric health.
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2026 Knights Templar Eye Foundation Research Grant
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Yexuan Cao, MD, PhD, was awarded this year's career-starter $100,000 grant, which will support her research into the genetic mechanisms of childhood-onset blindness.
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Honored for Excellence in Health for the Latino Community
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At UC Irvine’s ninth annual Latine Excellence and Achievement Award Dinner (LEAD), MD/PhD student Bianca Leonard was honored for graduate student excellence in health at the intersection of neuroscience and mental health.
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2026 Robert & Sylvia Mapel Research Innovation Awardees
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Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD, professor in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, and Eleonora Risaliti, a graduate student researcher in the same department, have been named this year's awardees.
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New Hospital: A Bridge to Independent Living
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UCI Health – Irvine Rehabilitation Hospital will be Orange County’s only academic rehabilitation hospital, and will have a dedicated wing for inpatient cancer rehabilitation.
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Rising Stars Driven by Collaboration and Community
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Crystal M. Glover, PhD, and Ryan Gibney, MD, were honored with the Spring 2026 Rising Stars award for their impactful collaborations to advance high-quality care.
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Reinventing the Model for Type 2
Diabetes Research and Treatment in Latino/a Population
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Diabetes strikes earlier, and its complications hit harder in the Latino/a community.
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UCI Health — Orange Receives 'A' Grade for Patient Safety and Quality Care
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This is the 21st time since 2014 that the hospital has received this grade.
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