Our nation-leading status is achieved by the innovative combination of our world class experts in medicine, nursing, pharmaceutical sciences, public health and integrative health, to produce a uniquely collaborative, team-based synergy.
Data from fiscal year 2020-2021. Data source: UCI Office of Academic Planning and Institutional Research, UCI Office of Research, UCI Health Advancement, and UCI Health.
$246.9 M
received by Health Affairs
63.5%
over the last three years
$90.8 M
965
submitted by COHS faculty
$138.9 M
Within the School of Medicine
Led by Jonathan Lakey, PhD, professor of surgery and biomedical engineering, researchers are using stem cell technology to create a biomaterial for pancreatic islet transplants for long-term treatment for Type 1 diabetes.
Researchers analyzed the fire frequency and areas burned by wildfires across all census tracts in California over the last 20 years and found a large portion of the cost have fallen on people who can least afford them. The study bolsters calls for enhanced aid and recovery efforts in regions hardest hit by wildfires.
Assistant professor Candace Burton, nursing PhD student Danisha Jenkins and assistant professor in Psychological Science Alyson Zalta, received an ICTS grant to study the impact of moral challenges nurses face during the pandemic and their potential contribution to professional turnover.
In collaboration with department of Computer Sciences, assistant professor Amir M. Rahmani, PhD, is working to establish a model of digital community-centered care that is efficient, automated, and scalable, connecting healthcare providers to vulnerable or rural populations and communities in most need.
Leslie Thompson, PhD, Chancellor’s professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Chancellor’s professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, studies the genetic mutations that causes specific brain cells to prompt motor and cognitive skill regressions, premature dysfunction, and death. Her team is working on stem cell therapies for treatments and cures.
Director of the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology Lbachir BenMohmaed, PhD leads a team funded by a multimillion-dollar grant from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) to design a preemptive coronavirus vaccine for future coronavirus pathogens.
Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD, the Irving H. Leopold chair and a distinguished professor in the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, led a breakthrough study using a new generation CRISPR technology to restore retinal and visual functions of mice models suffering from inherited retinal disease.
UCI is working with Anthem to show how everyday digital devices such as smartphones and smart watches can help individuals self-manage asthma towards an improved clinical outcome. The study also looks at the ability of devices to predict asthma exacerbation and to serve as digital biomarkers of asthma control.
Research led by associate professor Amal Alachkar found that too much of a certain amino acid in utero caused schizophrenia in mice despite the quality of postpartum caregiving. The findings may open the door for scientists to develop drugs to intervene early in life.
“UCI is the region’s only university-based health system, and year-over-year growth in external funding underscores how we are leading the way by empowering discoveries and training the diverse, interprofessional healthcare workforce of the future to carry on that legacy.”
In addition to the centers and institutes listed above, there are an abundance of research organizations and university-wide resources devoted to the promotion of health and wellbeing.
Academic Geriatric Resource Center
Brain Imaging Center
Center for Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Medicine (CAIDM)
Center for Cancer Genetics Research and Prevention
Center for Complex Biological Systems
Center for Disaster Medical Sciences
Center for Future Health Professionals
Center for Hearing Research (CHR)
Center for Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine and Genetics (MAMMAG)
Center for Occupational & Environmental Health
Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Center for Tissue Engineering
Center for Trauma and Injury Prevention Research
Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse and Neglect
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Conte Center for Brain Programming in Adolescent Vulnerabilities
Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology
Facility for Imaging and Brain Research (FIBRE)
Genetic Epidemiology Research Institute (GERI)
Health Policy Research Institute
Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics (IGB)
Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research
Irvine Center for Addiction Neuroscience (ICAN)
Medical Education Simulation Center
Neuroscience Imaging Center (NIC)
Ovarian Cancer Center
Reeve-Irvine Research Center (RIRC)
Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center
Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute
UC Irvine Health Diabetes Center
UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality
Vaccine Research and Development Center (VRDC)