UCI commentary expands understanding of how transplanted stem cells address...
UCI scholars Zachary W. Wagoner, a graduate student researcher in cellular & molecular biosciences, and Weian Zhao, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, have identified a new mechanism by which...
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Efforts to treat COVID-19 patients chronicled in UC Health medications data
Irvine, Calif., May 21, 2021 – A record of medicine utilization patterns assembled by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of California, Irvine and the UC San Diego School of...
View ArticlePharmacists play big role in vaccination rates, acceptability in Asia-Pacific...
Pharmacists improve vaccination acceptability and rates in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a recent study published online in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. Research team...
View ArticleUCI-led study links age of at-risk individuals to much higher COVID-19...
Age increases the likelihood of hospitalization and poor outcomes for COVID-19 patients with such preexisting conditions as heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, kidney disease...
View ArticleUCI team gets $1 million Keck Foundation grant to develop tools for RNA...
A multidisciplinary team of UCI professors has received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop new molecular tools to identify ribonucleic acids essential in learning and memory...
View ArticleUCI professor receives American College of Clinical Pharmacy award
Irvine, Calif., July 7, 2021 — Joyce Yu-Chia Lee, clinical professor of health sciences at the University of California, Irvine, has received the 2021 Clinical Practice Award from the American College...
View ArticleCheryl Wisseh awarded grant to study racial disparities in diabetes drug...
Cheryl Wisseh, UCI assistant professor of clinical pharmacy practice, has received an 18-month, $10,000 grant from the ASHP Research and Education Foundation to study racial and ethnic disparities in...
View ArticleUCI to welcome inaugural Doctor of Pharmacy class at White Coat Ceremony
Irvine, Calif., Sept. 14, 2021 – The inaugural class of Pharm.D. students at the University of California, Irvine will begin their journey Sept. 24 at a White Coat Ceremony, a rite of passage marking...
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Pharm.D. 41 make UCI history
In closing the admissions offer letter to UCI’s first Doctor of Pharmacy students, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Founding Dean Jan Hirsch wrote the Latin phrase Audentes Fortuna...
View ArticleUCI-led study finds medicinal plant extract to prevent morphine addiction
Irvine, Calif., Oct. 12, 2021 — The extract of the plant Corydalis yanhusuo prevents morphine tolerance and dependence while also reversing opiate addiction, according to a recent study led by the...
View ArticleUCI team develops recommended practices for study of adverse drug events...
UCI researchers have developed recommended practices for evaluating evidence generated by adverse drug event studies that use electronic health record databases. Their findings are published online in...
View ArticleUCI-led study offers framework for including racism’s health effects in...
Racism has been declared a national public health crisis by the American Public Health Association. With the minority population in the U.S. being the fastest-growing demographic, experts say, it’s...
View ArticleUCI-led team develops new biopsy technology for analyzing multiple tumor...
Irvine, Calif., Jan. 10, 2022 – A team led by University of California, Irvine researchers has developed a new biopsy technology that can profile multiple tumor microenvironment biomarkers...
View ArticleUCI study could explain why Parkinson’s drug improves, then diminishes...
Irvine, Calif., Jan. 19, 2022 — A team of University of California, Irvine researchers has discovered a possible reason why L-dopa, the front-line drug for treating Parkinson’s disease, loses efficacy...
View ArticleUCI-led team helps standardize collection, reporting of wearable activity...
Irvine, Calif., Feb. 16, 2022 — Wearable activity trackers are not only popular with consumers but also commonly employed by clinicians for both real-time and remote monitoring of patients’ physical...
View ArticleUCI’s Forum for the Academy and the Public brings together multidisciplinary...
EVENT: UCI’s Forum for the Academy and the Public will host a two-day symposium on “Global China in an Anxious Age.” More than 30 speakers from a variety of academic and non-academic backgrounds...
View ArticlePharmacist-involved collaborative model enhances diabetes care, study finds
Patients with type 2 diabetes taking five or more medications who were treated by an interdisciplinary care team improved their glycemic control, quality of life and self-care capabilities, according...
View ArticleUCI team develops simplified, faster process for detection of viral RNA in...
UCI researchers have originated a simplified, faster clinical sample testing method to detect genetic material, including viral RNA. Their findings were recently published in the journal Scientific...
View ArticleBeyond the corner drugstore
The role of the pharmacist is evolving beyond dispensing medication to addressing the increased intricacy and cost of supporting the wellness of the country’s aging and diverse population. There is...
View ArticleA new approach to opioid addiction
Opioid use disorder is a complex and complicated problem in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were a record-breaking 100,306 overdose deaths during the...
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