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Aug 26, 2024
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.
Jul 22, 2024 | UCI Health
Community open house celebrates new facilities at UCI Health ― Irvine
UCI Health hosted a vibrant community open house on Saturday, July 20, to celebrate the opening of the Joe C. Wen & Family Center for Advanced Care and the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care building at the new UCI Health – Irvine medical complex. The afternoon event welcomed hundreds of community members and UCI Health co-workers to the new medical complex at 19200 Jamboree Road in Irvine.
Jul 19, 2024 | UCI Health
UCI Health first in region to use new CT imaging technology
UCI Health has become the first Southern California health system to offer advanced photon-counting computed tomography scanning, which features higher resolution scanning at a fraction of the time necessary for traditional CT imaging. The first patients were scanned on July 16 at the new Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care building on the UCI Health ― Irvine medical campus.
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The Suzette Kirby Breast Cancer Research Fund has supported research by Devon Lawson, PhD, associate professor of physiology and biophysics, and Kai Kessenbrock, PhD, associate professor of biological chemistry. The two researchers are at the forefront of innovation in breast cancer research.
On Sept. 10, Dr. Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh and her UCI Health interventional radiology team used the noninvasive ultrasound technology, called the Edison histotripsy system, to treat the first patients at UCI Medical Center, part of UCI Health.
In a postpandemic world in which public health is a prime concern, societal pressures still prevent many Asian American people from prioritizing their health. Sunmin Lee, a professor of medicine at UC Irvine, is a social epidemiologist focusing particularly on health disparities faced by the Asian American population.
Oct 07, 2024
Updated findings provide insights into radiation exposure’s impact on cancer risk
A major update was made to the International Nuclear Workers Study (INWORKS), an international epidemiological study of workers in the nuclear sector to assess their risks of cancer and non-cancerous diseases.
Sep 30, 2024
Disrupting the Gut’s Clock Could Fuel Colorectal Cancer
In a new study in mice, researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), demonstrated how disruption of the circadian clock may accelerate the progression of colorectal cancer by affecting the gut microbiome and intestinal barrier function.