Sep 10, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Six UC Irvine Pharmacy Faculty Receive 2024 Anti-Cancer Challenge Research Grants

Over $1.5 million from the Anti-Cancer Challenge is funding pilot projects to advance cancer research

Sep 10, 2025 | NIH Report

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Member, Selma Masri, PhD, received an NIH R01 titled, “Circadian Clock Disruption and Colorectal Cancer”

The project examines the immune-metabolic landscape of tumors to reveal new insights for future colorectal cancer therapies

Sep 08, 2025 | UCI Health

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Cancer Support Groups Facilitate Korean-Language Information Sharing in Buena Park

"This program allows me to provide families with specialized guidance and additional support in a more familiar environment" - David Hong, MD, MHA

Sep 05, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

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New Insight into Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment to Improve Immunotherapy

The brain’s immune cell, microglia (shown in green), is on alert after immune checkpoint inhibition treatment for melanoma, showing elevated expression of a “danger recognition” receptor (in red), TLR4 (toll-like receptor-4). —An H. Do and Nhu N. Ho

Sep 04, 2025 | UCI Health

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Nation’s First All-Electric Acute Care Hospital: UCI Health in Irvine Leads the Way in Sustainable Care

UCI Health — Irvine, the nation’s first all-electric acute care hospital, is a 144-bed facility opening this December with sustainable, healing-focused design.

Sep 04, 2025 | UCI Beall Applied Innovation

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Member, Jianhua Yu, PhD - Proof of Product (PoP) Awardee, UCI Beall Applied Innovation

Therapeutics Track - School of Medicine - Oncolytic virus armed with payloads that provide multiple mechanisms of action

Sep 04, 2025 | UCI Beall Applied Innovation

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Member, Brian Wong, MD - Proof of Product (PoP) Awardee, UCI Beall Applied Innovation

Medical Devices - School of Medicine - Electrochemical clearing of the cornea post-chemical injury

Sep 04, 2025

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Member, Alana LeBrón, PhD - ICTS Campus-Community Research Incubator Awardee

Overcoming Insufficient Resources for Soil-Testing & Remediation for Pb-contamination In Santa Ana: An Essential Step for Risk Mitigation and Accelerated Scientific Understanding of Functional Outcomes

Sep 04, 2025

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Member, Suellen Hopfer, PhD - ICTS Campus-Community Research Incubator Awardee

RealTimeHealthyAirMatters STEM curriculum Partnership between Anaheim Union High School District and UC Irvine Public Health

Aug 29, 2025

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Cancer Center Team Attends UC Irvine Staff Picnic

Front row: Krystina Jarema, Pilar Quezada Back row: Ethan Park, April Bagaporo, Claudia Magee, Carrie Ullmer, Daniel Rivas, Katrina Parshad, Natalee McGee