Apr 21, 2021

Not all Asian Americans are being vaccinated at high rates. A Chinatown clinic shows why

When the vaccines became available, she and fellow community leaders quickly realized there were efforts in place by the government to target Latino, Black and Native American communities.

Mar 17, 2021

Find out how metabolomics-based approaches are revealing tumor microenvironment secrets

In this article, we speak with Dr. Chris Halbrook, assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at University of California, Irvine (UCI) about his work to identify mechanisms through LC/MS metabolomics.

Feb 16, 2021

Radioactive bone cement found to be safer in treating spinal tumors

Lead researcher Joyce Keyak, UCI professor of radiological sciences, presented the results at the 2021 annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society.

Feb 02, 2021

Heart disease, cancer and COVID-19: Orange County’s leading causes of death in 2020

For all the ways life in Orange County changed last year, many deaths were morbidly predictable: Heart disease and cancer, like years past, were the first and second leading killer diseases in 2020.

Jan 27, 2021

New study points to better diagnostics for cancer

A new University of California, Irvine-led study finds a new method for identifying biomarkers may aid in early cancer diagnosis.

Jan 21, 2021

UCI to build world-class hospital on Irvine campus

UCI Health has launched the UCI Medical Center Irvine-Newport, offering advanced healthcare services and access to UCI clinical trials, connected to the UCI Health primary care network.

Jan 15, 2021

Virtual town hall addresses COVID-19 vaccine concerns in O.C.’s Asian American community

The OC Asian Pacific Islander Taskforce, along with the healthcare agency and UCI Cancer Center, hosted the town hall to address concerns in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community about vaccine side effects and distribution plans.

Jan 12, 2021

UCI researchers use deep learning to identify gene regulation at single-cell level

In a study published recently in Science Advances, UCI researchers describe how the technique can also be successfully used to observe gene regulation at the cellular level. Until now, that process had been limited to tissue-level analysis.
Susan O'Brien

Nov 12, 2020

UCI clinical trials leader named ‘Giant of Cancer Care’

Dr. Susan M. O’Brien, the UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center’s associate director for clinical research, has been named a Giant of Cancer Care® for her sustained contributions in the field of leukemia.

Oct 27, 2020

Cancer treatment without side effects?

Charles Limoli, professor of radiation oncology at UCI, and Marie-Catherine Vozenin, associate professor of radiation oncology at CHUV/UNIL, used an ultra-high dose rate of radiation therapy to eliminate brain tumors in mice.