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Apr 11, 2025 | UCI School of Medicine
Remembering Sheldon Greenfield, MD
With a heavy heart, the UC Irvine School of Medicine shares the news that Sheldon Greenfield, MD, Donald Bren Professor of medicine and co-executive director of UC Irvine's Health Policy Research Institute, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.
UC Irvine researchers found links that may provide therapeutic targets for neurological diseases
UC Irvine's Wei Li, PhD, and his team have uncovered a groundbreaking connection between tandem repeat size variations in DNA and gene regulation in the human brain.
Apr 11, 2025 | UC Irvine News
Demystifying depression
As founding director of the Noel Drury, M.D. Institute for Translational Depression Discoveries, Deigo Pizzagalli is excited about the collaborative environment at UC Irvine.
Jason B. Samarasena, MD, MBA, Appointed Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Jason B. Samarasena, MD, MBA, has been named chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Medicine at the UC Irvine School of Medicine.
Mar 31, 2025 | UCI School of Medicine
National Doctors Day
On March 31, UCI Medical Center celebrated National Doctors' Day with a special luncheon and a certificate presentation for the top 20 physicians who achieved outstanding results in patient communication last year.
Mar 18, 2025 | Facebook
Member, William Karnes, MD, shares information about Lynch syndrome and risk factors.
Lynch syndrome is the most prevalent and underdiagnosed hereditary disorder that increases the risk for developing colorectal, uterine and ovarian #cancer along with a host of other cancers.
Mar 07, 2025 | UCI Health
Examining the latest in cervical cancer care
Member, Krishnansu Tewari, MD, was quoted in the New England Journal of Medicine about the global eradication of cervical cancer.
Feb 21, 2025 | UCI Health
Neuroscientist awarded $4.6 million for promising pan-cancer immunotherapy
The grant was awarded to Michael Demetriou, MD, PhD, to accelerate his lab’s groundbreaking work on genetically modified chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells.
Jan 06, 2025
Newly discovered mechanism triggers immune response in cells with damaged DNA
Biological chemistry researchers have found a way to trigger an inflammatory immune response in cells with damaged DNA, a discovery that may lead to more effective treatments for cancer.
Dec 26, 2024
Grammy-award winning rock band musician beats lung cancer
After 20 years of touring with Green Day, Jason Freese had to step away from his keyboard and saxophone last January to focus on beating lung cancer at the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.