In the News: A New York Times report about the rising incidence of colorectal cancer among young adults featured UCI Health oncologist Dr. Jason Zell: Dr. Jason A. Zell, an associate professor of oncology at the University of California, Irvine, who did a study in 2014 that found increasing rates…
The last time Corey Phillips went surfing, several years ago, he paddled into the lineup at his favorite spot in Huntington Beach with six of his friends. The Garden Grove native, now 26, had been surfing there since his father taught him to catch waves as a child. Just before…
The Anti-Cancer Challenge Cycle and Run for Cures will benefit lifesaving research at the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. The inaugural event weekend will take place June 10 and 11, 2017 at the Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif. The event will bring together individuals and teams representing community…
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have identified a key neural pathway in humans that explains how the brain processes feelings of fear and anxiety, a finding that could help scientists unlock new ways to treat mental health disorders. People are motivated to remember fearful events, because this information…
The American Cancer Society has renewed its Institutional Research Grant award to the UCI Cancer Research Institute to fund cancer research and support the development of new investigators in basic sciences and clinical cancer-related problems. The $360,000 award will be distributed over three years to fund direct research costs for…
UCI Health has established the first program in Orange County dedicated to specialized, coordinated care for gender-expansive children and transgender youth. The clinic, located at UCI Medical Center in Orange, is open to patients ages 3 to 21 and offers a range of services to support children or adolescents and…
Longtime UC Irvine donors Joe and Laura Alfieri have created the first-ever geriatric medicine fellowship fund for the UCI Health SeniorHealth Center. The endowment by the Anaheim Hills couple, which will support two geriatric medicine fellows, is intended to encourage more physicians who want to specialize in caring for Orange…
More than 150 UCI Health physicians have been named as “Physicians of Excellence” in the January 2017 edition of Orange Coast magazine. The recognition is bestowed by the Orange County Medical Association, a voluntary physician organization that exists to promote the art and science of medicine, the protection of public…
With the support of a major National Institutes of Health initiative, UC Irvine pediatric researchers will lead an effort to study molecular changes that occur in the body in response to exercise training in order to advance understanding of how physical activity improves and preserves health in children. Shlomit Radom-Aizik…
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