UC Irvine School of Medicine

iPadding Test Scores: UCI Medical Students with Special Tablets Do Better Than Others

First-year medical students at UC Irvine were give special iPads in 2010 that were loaded with enhanced note-taking and recording capabilities, podcasts of topical lectures and other software to supplement self-learning. Today, those same students are reportedly scoring better on tests than the nati ... More >>

Alberto Manetta, Latino Health Access Board Member and UCI School of Med Professor, on the Slums of the Coachella Valley

​Yesterday, California Watch unleashed a blockbuster of a story on the hellhole that is the slums of the Coachella Valley, the home to the people that pick all those dates us OCers love to slurp up in shakes and many other crop. Buried in reporter Patricia Leigh Brown's piece is a local connection ... More >>

Advocates of Treating Autism with Cannabis Disavow "Partnership" with UC Irvine

​A Denver biotech company and Los Angeles nonprofit foundation dedicated to the treatment of autism are disavowing their previously announced partnership with UC Irvine.The clarification comes more into focus when you know the players. The firm, Cannabis Science, develops pharmaceutical products ... More >>

[UPDATED with Stellar Author, Contributors:] Kids of Stressed-Out Moms Age Faster: UCI Research

​UPDATE, AUG. 2, 5:24 P.M.: Dr. Pathik D. Wadhwa (pictured here) was lead author of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper describing UCI's research into stressed-out moms and their faster-aging children. It's a wonder Wadhwa has time to write anything given all he specializes i ... More >>

Marianne Cinat, a UCI Burn Unit Medical Director, Found Dead In Her Backyard Pool

UCIDr. Marianne E. Cinat​On Saturday afternoon, a friend of Dr. Marianne E. Cinat found the medical director from UCI Regional Burn Center dead in her backyard swimming pool in Rossmoor. Details of the death are still under investigation by the coroner's office through the Orange County Sheriff's ... More >>

Pro Football Legend Visits OC Brain Clinic

Dr. Amen treats a sports legend​Legendary pro football star Terry Bradshaw announced yesterday in Louisiana that he recently spent a weekend at the Amen Clinic in Newport Beach.The 62-year-old former Pittsburgh Steeler, who suffered several concussions during his 14-year career, hopes to corr ... More >>

State Report Blasts UC Irvine Dialysis Center; University Claims Recommendations in Place

​After a November inspection of UC Irvine's dialysis center, state regulators filed a 70-page report detailing poor oversight, unsanitary conditions and mistakes that put patient care and Medicare funding of the facility at risk.News of the report, posted by the Los Angeles Times today, prompted U ... More >>

UCI Scientists Shake Up History Channel's Megaquake 10.0, But Is 'Big One' Threat Real?

USGS​Two UC Irvine scientists are among the experts featured in tonight's world-premiere showing of Megaquake 10.0 on the History Channel. The two-hour special is set to shake up your flat-screen at 9 p.m., but, as Fritz and Fred always say, check local listings to confirm the time.The UCI academi ... More >>

Rep. Campbell and Irvine Co. War on Christmas: Security Goons Bar Students Singing Carols

Remember those UC Irvine students who visited the Newport Center office of Rep. John Campbell (R-Newport Beach) on Tuesday afternoon? As the video above shows, the future doctors, lawyers and researchers from UCI's law and medical schools are singing traditional Christmas carols with new lyrics pert ... More >>

It's Good to Be Dangerous Again

A UCI historian is one of the most terrifying professors in America

OC's 31 Scariest People

Now 25 percent more terrifying!

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

Summer of Sam