UCI Health has received an eighth consecutive “A” grade in The Leapfrog Group’s biannual Hospital Safety Grade, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from errors, injuries and infections. The spring 2018 Hospital Safety Grade is compiled by The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit patient safety watchdog organization, awarded “A” grades…
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, Georgetown University and the University of Rochester have found that specific small molecules in blood plasma may be useful in determining whether someone has sustained a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), commonly known as a concussion. The article, “Plasma metabolomic biomarkers accurately classify…
IN THE NEWS: UCI Health neurologist Namita Goyal, MD, and patient Lisa Wittenberg speak to the Los Angeles Times about a clinical trial to determine whether an experimental stem cell-based treatment can slow, and potentially even stop, the progression of the neuromuscular disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): Lisa Wittenberg can…
IN THE NEWS: An Orange County Register article about a new clinical trial for ALS patients at UCI includes interviews with UCI Health neurologist Namita Goyal, MD, and ALS patient Lisa Wittenberg. The trial will hopefully determine whether an experimental stem cell-based treatment can slow, and potentially even stop, the…
The University of California, Irvine Alpha Stem Cell Clinic and the UCI School of Medicine's Department of Neurology will be conducting a randomized phase 3 trial to determine whether an experimental stem cell-based treatment can slow, and potentially even stop, the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS, also known…
IN THE NEWS: Dr. Ruth Benca, chair of the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior in the UCI School of Medicine, addressed the connection between sleep and dementia during a panel discussion of Maria Shriver’s “Move for Minds” initiative, covered by the Los Angeles Times. Here is the short version…
Tallie Z. Baram, MD, PhD, the Danette D. Shepard Chair in Neurological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine and director of the UCI Conte Center on Brain Programming in Adolescent Vulnerabilities, will be honored with the American Academy of Neurology’s 2018 Cotzias Lecture and Award during the organization’s 70th…
