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February 18, 2026
Feb 17, 2026 | Very Well Health
Member, Matthew Landry PhD, RDN – The Best Time to Eat Breakfast for Healthy Blood Sugar and Metabolism
"...eating breakfast closer to when you wake up is generally better"
Feb 13, 2026 | voyagela
Conversations with Richard Van Etten, MD, PhD
Dr. Van Etten, Director of the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses his background in leukemia research and the center’s work in providing advanced cancer therapies and clinical trials.
Feb 13, 2026 | UC Irvine In the News
Member, Gary Deng MD – Maintaining Your Normal With MBC: How to Preserve Energy and Daily Independence
Fatigue is one of the most common and persistent challenges of living with MBC [metastatic breast cancer]
Member, Maksim Plikus PhD – Pigs and grizzly bears may be the key to youthful human skin
Scientists discovered a hidden skin structure forms after birth, not before, changing how aging and healing may be treated.
Feb 12, 2026 | UCI Health Clinical Connection
Gordon Lee, MD - Podcast, Rebuilding, Beautifully: Microsurgical Innovations and Robotics Changing Breast Reconstruction
Learn about specific case studies, such as direct-to-implant breast reconstruction, robot-assisted microsurgery, and innovative AI applications
David Lee, MD - Podcast, What I’ve Learned From Performing 7,000 Robotic Prostatectomies
Learn about the benefits of robotic surgery, the importance of multidisciplinary care, and the future of urological innovations
Feb 12, 2026 | UCI Health Physician Huddle
Member, Farshid Dayyani, MD, PhD - Podcast, How Advanced Clinical Research Evolves Into Patient Access
Shares his path to UCI Health and how the cancer center’s clinical trials program has grown over the past decade
Member, Richard Van Etten, MD, PhD - Podcast, What NCI designation means for cancer care in Orange County
Reflects on his career path from Stanford and Harvard to leading one of the nation’s NCI designated comprehensive cancer centers
Member, Maheswari Senthil, MD - Podcast, Setting the Stage: AI Breakthroughs in Gastric Cancer
Shares her expertise on managing advanced gastrointestinal cancers