College of Health Sciences Features

Global healing

Global ambition

Aspiring physician Benji Zacariah hopes to improve the health of the world's poor

Helping hands

Nursing the tiniest patients

Graduates of UC Irvine's Nursing Science Program begin satisfying careers caring for critically ill and premature newborns at UC Irvine Douglas Hospital.

Deadly nut toxin trigger discovered

Deadly food toxin trigger found

UC Irvine chemist Sheryl Tsai and fellow researchers have discovered the trigger for a deadly mold called aflatoxin that can cause liver cancer.

Industrial pollutants are contributing to America's obesity epidemic

Are industrial chemicals causing obesity?

UC Irvine cell biologist believes that Biologist Bruce Blumberg believes industrial pollutants are contributing to America's obesity epidemic.

Mahtab Jafari, Pharm.D.

Can we live longer?

Mahtab Jafari's research into anti-aging compounds has found that a plant called Rhodiola rosea extends the life of fruit flies an average of 24%.

Blocking cerebral palsy

Two new compounds found to block cerebral palsy

Pharmaceutical Sciences professor Thomas Poulos and colleagues discover potent compounds that can halt cerebral palsy

Children in Kenya

Squashing mosquito-borne disease

Doctoral student to study how land-use changes affect spread of malaria.