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May 15, 2024 | Los Angeles Times
Climate change is driving worsening allergies
Jenny J. Lee, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Basic & Clinical Immunology in the Department of Medicine, comments in this opinion column by Patrice Apodaca about how climate change has impacted people with allergies.
UCI School of Medicine Research Insider
May 14, 2024
May 14, 2024 | UCI News
UC Irvine-led study links sleep apnea severity during REM stage to verbal memory decline
A research team led by the University of California, Irvine, has revealed the link between the frequency of sleep apnea events during the rapid-eye-movement stage and the severity of verbal memory impairment in older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease.
May 08, 2024 | Los Angeles Times
RFK Jr. says he had a dead worm in his brain. What are these parasites and how common are they?
William H. Yong, MD, professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and chief of neuropathology, explains how larvae form cysts in the brain.
May 07, 2024 | McKnight’s Long-Term Care News
Soap, nasal swabs can go a long way toward cutting nursing home infections, study finds
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News covers a commentary by Susan Huang, MD, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine, on how antiseptic soap and nasal decolonization can prevent infection and hospitalization among nursing home residents.
May 7, 2024
May 07, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
School of Medicine Alumnus Isaac Opole '02 Named ACP President
UC Irvine School of Medicine alumnus Isaac O. Opole, PhD ’02, MD, has been named president of the American College of Physicians (ACP).
May 06, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
Claire Henchcliffe Named AUPN President Elect
Claire Henchcliffe, MD, DPhil, UCI School of Medicine’s Stanley van den Noort Professor and Chair of Neurology, was recently named president elect for the Association of University Professors of Neurology (AUPN).
May 04, 2024 | The New York Times
Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.
Coleen Cunningham, MD, professor and chair of pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics, talks to The New York Times about the widening racial disparities in child deaths in the U.S.
May 02, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
PhD student Onwodi Ifejeokwu heads to UC Grad Slam finals!
PhD student Onwodi Ifejeokwu goes for UC-wide Grad Slam glory this Friday! Cheer her on (and vote for People's Choice!) as she presents "Kill the cancer; Spare the brain!" in the systemwide finals.