Small Business Innovation Research grant from National Cancer Institute will accelerate development of pancreatic cancer-fighting drug

UC Riverside’s School of Medicine is celebrating a major milestone with the completion of a new instructional and administrative building that will allow it to increase enrollment. Following two years of construction, the School of Medicine Education Building II is opening this fall, just as the school celebrates its 10th anniversary. A ribbon...

Program is recognized for making a difference for underrepresented groups in STEM fields

UC Riverside scientists David Nikom and Sika Zheng explain in a timely review

Study by Elizabeth Morrison-Banks and co-authors addressed abuse and neglect of adults with multiple sclerosis

Discussion topics included impact of the disease as well as health misinformation

As a writer and editor for UC Riverside’s School of Medicine, Erika Klein chronicles students and faculty members’ efforts to reach new heights in public health. In her spare time, Klein literally reaches for the skies as an accomplished hang glider pilot who teaches the sport to others and has built up a substantial social media presence. She has...

Research paper selected by NIEHS as a Paper of the Month

New program diversifies state’s primary care physician workforce, addresses health provider shortage

An estimated 326,000 to 580,000 individuals experience sheltered homelessness in the United States each night, putting them at risk for depression, anxiety, serious mental illness, substance use, and physical health problems. Nonetheless, little is known about their treatment needs, particularly of community-dwelling unhoused individuals living...

Meli’sa Crawford will examine the effects of agricultural dust exposure on intestinal barrier function

A nearly three-year longitudinal study on the culture of campus health at UC Riverside has found that focusing on well-being characterized by programs and services, such as fitness classes, as well as policy and structural-level interventions, such as stairwell beautification and hydration stations, has promoted well-being for the campus community...

Fellowship honors Declan McCole’s professional achievements in the gastrointestinal field

The Regents of the University of California met at UC Riverside on Friday, Jan. 27, in a daylong series of meetings that highlighted the campus’s role in spurring economic growth through technology development, agricultural innovation, and public health. The Board of Regents heard from campus leaders, researchers, students, and community leaders...

UC Riverside-led study focused on African Americans living in Jackson, Mississippi

Scott Pegan is an international expert on Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

School of Medicine’s Nicholas DiPatrizio will lead the Center for Cannabinoid Research

UC Riverside’s new School of Medicine building project recently passed a major milestone with construction more than halfway complete. Construction crews celebrated a topping-off of the new building last month, placing the top steel beam on the five-level structure. Many of the main elements of the concrete structure, including walls, columns, and...

Annual award is given by oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education

Sika Zheng in the School of Medicine has received a grant of $250,000 from the National Institutes of Health