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Aug 25, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Member, Brian Paegel, PhD - Appointed as Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
“I look forward to championing my colleagues’ remarkable work, fostering collaborations that accelerate translational breakthroughs, and expanding clinical impact through UCI Health and beyond.”
Aug 25, 2025 | UCI Public Health
Member, Sora Park Tanjasiri, MPH, DrPH - New Grant Targets Better Cancer Care for Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders in Orange County
UC Irvine received funding from Pfizer and the American Cancer Society to launch ACCT-NHPI, a program to boost early detection and improve cancer outcomes
Aug 22, 2025
Member, Matthew Landry, PhD, RDN - These Processed Foods Are Secretly Sabotaging Your Diet
The difference between ultra-processed and minimally processed comes down to how much the food has been changed from its natural state
Aug 20, 2025 | Health
Member, Matthew Landry, PhD, RDN - Is Multigrain Bread Really a Healthier Choice?
“The key distinction is whether the grains in the bread are whole grains or refined grains...If it says ‘wheat flour’ or ‘enriched flour,’ then it’s refined.”
Cancer In Focus - Events, Funding Opportunities, Announcements, & News
Events, Funding Opportunities, Announcements, & News
August 20, 2025
Aug 18, 2025
First-of-Its-Kind Mobile Unit Brings Prostate Cancer Screening to Orange County
UCI Health has unveiled the "Van Cave," the first mobile prostate cancer screening unit of its kind, designed to broaden access to life-saving men’s health services
Aug 12, 2025 | Health
Member, Nicole Sparks, MS, PhD - Turns Out Glass Bottles Have Microplastics Too—Is Anything Actually Safe to Drink From?
“This study challenges the common assumption that glass packaging is automatically safer”
Aug 11, 2025
Member, Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh, MD - New Liquid Embolic Agent for Hypervascular Tumors Gains FDA’s Premarket Approval
"The trial met both its safety and efficacy endpoints, and I am excited to have this wonderful new tool in the interventional radiology repertoire.”
Aug 11, 2025 | oncodaily
Member, Alexandre Chan, PharmD, MPH - Honoring the Pillars of UCI’s Academic Community
Dr. Chan is MASCC President-Elect and Founding Chair and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Practice at UCI’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Aug 11, 2025 | OncLive
Member, Susan O’Brien, MD - Opinion Video, Identifying BTKi Treatment-Related Adverse Events
This segment covers identifying and managing BTKi-related side effects in CLL patients.