Seven UCI faculty members named Hellman Fellows for 2022-23
Seven assistant professors at UCI will receive Hellman Fellowships, which are bestowed annually to support research by junior faculty. They join an elite group of 70 UCI Hellman Fellows since 2013, when the Hellman Fellows Fund established the program here.
July 8, 2022
Four professors elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
A quartet of professors at the University of California, Irvine, has been elected as members by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The 242nd class of AAAS inductees includes 261 extraordinary people from around the world, recognized for their accomplishments and leadership in academia, the arts, industry, public policy and research.
April 28, 2022
Helping her homeland
Iryna Zenyuk’s research puts her on the front lines of a campaign to transition the world’s energy economy away from fossil fuels and toward clean, renewable resources. Now the Ukrainian American scientist and UCI engineer has taken on a new role in organizing campus efforts to provide a safe place for refugees fleeing danger in the nation of her birth.
March 16, 2022
Pharmacist-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 to a recent study published online in the journal Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice.
March 10, 2022
Tech equity: Campus advocacy group seeks to promote, support women in IT
“Lack of leadership opportunities can prompt women to leave their careers too soon, feeling unappreciated or unrecognized in the workplace,” says Shohreh Bozorgmehri, founder of Women in Technology at UCI and chair of the advocacy group’s inaugural board of advisors. “It’s important that women have access to a solid network of allies, sponsors, or mentors to feel valued and thrive.”
February 28, 2022
UCI study links air pollution, adverse ovarian function in female mice
“Results from our study support links between air pollution exposure and adverse effects on ovarian function and other negative health outcomes in women,” says Ulrike Luderer, MD, Ph.D., UCI professor of environmental and occupational health and corresponding author. Program in Public Health
February 11, 2022
Public health study presents strategies for increasing diversity of clinical trials
Although minorities make up more than one-third of the U.S. population, they account for less than one-tenth of clinical trial participants. To correct this disparity, Bernadette Boden-Albala, founding dean of the planned School of Population & Public Health and director of UCI’s Program in Public Health, suggests focusing on screening, the conversion from eligible to enrolled, and retention.
January 14, 2022
UCI-led study offers framework for including racism’s health effects in pharmacy curricula
Racism has been declared a national public health crisis by the American Public Health Association. Cheryl Wisseh, UCI health sciences assistant clinical professor of clinical pharmacy practice, is the co-lead author of a recent study offering a framework for educators – based on a social-ecological model borrowed from public health theory – that has been effectively utilized to influence behavior change that positively affects health outcomes.
December 8, 2022
UCI engineering professors named fellows by the National Academy of Inventors
Julie Schoenung and Andrei Shkel, professors at UCI’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering, have been named 2021 fellows by the National Academy of Inventors. The distinction is awarded to academics who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.
December 7, 2021
$5.5 million CIRM grant to fund development of new cervical spinal cord injury therapeutic
Aileen Anderson, director of UCI’s Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation, has been awarded a 30-month, $5.5 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
November 30, 2021
UCI’s Stacy Branham highlighted on Popular Science Brilliant 10 list
Stacy Branham, UCI assistant professor of informatics, was recognized as one of Popular Science magazine’s Brilliant 10 young researchers for 2021. Branham works for and with people with disabilities to create technologies that have many applications.
September 21, 2021
UCI team gets $1 million Keck Foundation grant to develop tools for RNA observation
A multidisciplinary team of UCI professors, led by Andrej Luptak, pharmaceutical sciences; Jennifer Prescher, chemistry; and Oswald Steward, Distinguished Professor of anatomy & neurobiology; has received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop technology that will reveal the dynamics of ribonucleic acids in the neurons of live mice.
July 6, 2021
Microsoft funds study on development of sustainable materials for use in electronics
Oladele Ogunseitan, UC Presidential Chair and UCI professor of population health and disease prevention, and Julie Schoenung, UCI chair, and professor of materials science and engineering are co-principal investigators on a study funded by a $200,000 research grant from the Microsoft Corp. Program in Public Health and The Henry Samueli School of Engineering.
June 30, 2021
UCI researchers win funding to shed light on interactions between metabolism, immunity
Michelle Digman (left), UCI associate professor of biomedical engineering, and Jennifer Prescher, UCI professor of chemistry, have been appointed as co-principal investigators on a project funded by The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group to research the connections between metabolism and the human immune system.
June 13, 2021
Pharmacists play big role in vaccination rates, acceptability in Asia-Pacific area, study finds
Joyce Yu-Chia Lee, UCI clinical professor of health sciences, is the corresponding author on a mixed-method study of pharmacist participation in immunization advocacy and delivery in the Asia-Pacific region.
June 1, 2021
Balzan Prize is awarded to Susan Trumbore for contributions in Earth system dynamics
Susan Trumbore, UCI professor of Earth system science, is among four recipients of the 2020 Balzan Prize, one of the most prestigious international awards in natural science and humanities. She was recognized for her contributions in the field of Earth system dynamics.
September 17, 2020
Cognitive scientist will use NSF grant to study tie between math skills, equity understanding
Nadia Chernyak, UCI assistant professor of cognitive sciences, has received a $736,366 National Science Foundation CAREER grant to investigate how cognitive skills shape our understanding of equity.
August 14, 2020
Group is established to connect, inspire and empower UCI women in technology
Shohreh Bozorgmehri, director of student and academic services in UCI’s Office of Information Technology, is the founder and inaugural chair of Women in Technology at UCI, which will host its first virtual event on Sept. 10.
August 12, 2020
Plastics, pathogens and baby formula: What’s in your shellfish?
Joleah Lamb, assistant professor of ecology & evolutionary biology at UCI, collecting data on urban reefs in Myanmar.
July 30, 2020
UCI to lead $10 million NSF-funded center on protecting personal data privacy
Principal investigator Athina Markopoulou: “It is an honor and responsibility to lead one of NSF’s signature projects to address the timely and important problem of personal data protection on the internet.”
June 12, 2020
UCI biologist seeking to save coral reefs honored by Ecological Society of America
Joleah Lamb, a UCI biologist who studies the impact of infectious diseases on the oceans, has been named an Early Career Fellow by the Ecological Society of America, the world’s largest association of professional ecologists.
April 10, 2020
The power of partnership
Inspired by her experiences as an engineering student and young professional, Regina Ragan, UCI professor of materials science & engineering and chemical & biomolecular engineering, sought to promote diversity in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering through a partnership with Stacey Nicholas, a UCI Foundation trustee.
October 4, 2019
UCI engineering researchers get $1.9 million grant from NIH for ‘microtsunami’ microscope
Lead investigator Vasan Venugopalan, professor and chair of chemical & biomolecular engineering, has expertise in the application of pulsed-laser microbeams and interferometry in biological systems. Elliot Botvinick, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and Michelle Digman, associate professor of biomedical engineering, are experts in mechanobiology, automated microscope development and quantitative imaging of cell metabolism.
September 20, 2019
The UCI Podcast: New episode explores the history of video games, hunt for exoplanets
A new episode of The UCI Podcast featuring interviews with two UCI faculty members is now available. The first segment is a conversation on the history of video games through the lens of LGBTQ theory with Bonnie “Bo” Ruberg, assistant professor of informatics. Ruberg’s new book, Video Games Have Always Been Queer, is on shelves now.
April 10, 2019
UCI biomedical engineers develop wearable respiration monitor with children’s toy
Michelle Khine, UCI professor of biomedical engineering, in whose lab the devices were developed, said she was inspired to pursue the innovation after the birth of her son nine months ago. Complications required the newborn to be confined to the neonatal intensive care unit hooked up to an array of machines supplying oxygen and monitoring his breathing.
February 13, 2019
UCI’s Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Judith Olson elected to National Academy of Engineering
Two University of California, Irvine faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to those pursuing research, education and applications in engineering and technical fields. Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Distinguished Professor of civil & environmental engineering, and Judith Olson, professor emerita of information & computer sciences, are among 83 new U.S.-based NAE members.
February 8, 2018
Connecting the Disconnected
“Telepresence robots can make quite a difference for students with an illness,” says UCI postdoctoral fellow Veronica Newhart, Ph.D. ’18, who’s studying the use of such technology to bring homebound students into the classroom – and the classroom into their homes. “It gives them the chance to be fully immersed in school activities.”
February 5, 2019
Glaciers in East Antarctica also ‘imperiled’ by climate change, UCI researchers find
“For this research, we used an improved methodology with GRACE data to retrieve the mass loss in an area undergoing rapid change,” said lead author Yara Mohajerani, a graduate student in UCI’s Department of Earth System Science. “By overlaying these data with independent measurements, we improve our confidence in the results and the conclusion that Totten and Moscow University are imperiled.”
July 26, 2018
Gloria Mark gets grant to study workplace stress
Informatics professor Gloria Mark has been awarded a National Science Foundation Cyber-Human Systems grant to study methods of identifying and addressing workplace stress.
February 21, 2018
Digital do-gooders
New UCI informatics professors Constance Steinkuehler and Kurt Squire, internationally recognized educational gaming experts, believe they’re at the right place at the right time, when their field is experiencing a “golden age.”
June 13, 2017