Testing a new approach to treating Fragile X

Grant supports a protein-engineering approach to restore brain function in Fragile X syndrome

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

School of Medicine recognized for academic excellence, belonging, and community-building

Medical school is recipient of Insight Into Academia 2026 Higher Education Excellence and Distinction (HEED) Award

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR’s Robert Rodriguez delivers James D. Mills Jr. Memorial Lecture

Lecture highlighted emergency departments’ role in reaching underserved patients with preventive care

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Medical School team wins first prize at physician conference

Team’s poster presentation focused on improving vaccine access in emergency departments

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Two UCR researchers named to Analytical Scientist’s Top 40 Under 40

Daniel Petras and Mingxun Wang recognized for innovative research and emerging leadership

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

KIND Lab helps families make safer beauty choices

Workshop on campus brought 12 families together to learn about beauty products and enjoy free youth hairstyling

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR pediatrician helps improve newborn jaundice care

National quality improvement project supports updated treatment guidelines and reduces unnecessary phototherapy

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Advancing research to improve epilepsy care

Chia-Wei Yeh receives predoctoral research fellowship to investigate how stress influences brain function and seizure onset

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Extracurricular: Learning never retires

By building new skills, psychologist Rachel Wu is redefining what lifelong learning looks like

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Physicist wins top RED seed grant to advance gravitational-wave astronomy

Jonathan Richardson’s project will use AI to help design more sensitive detectors capable of probing the farthest reaches of the universe

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

NSF grant to physicist funds research into how cells communicate

Three-year project will test whether the timing of protein activity helps cells select the right genes in response to stress

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

California honors UCR professor with historic Women in Medicine recognition

Dr. Anita Gupta is also presented with the Distinguished Women in Medicine Award

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR expands Native youth vaping prevention

Statewide project aims to reduce vaping initiation among Native American adolescents

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Extracurricular: Finding their tribe

The first clue that Monica Carson and David Lo have arrived at San Diego Comic-Con isn’t the elaborate costumes. It’s the conversations they strike up with fellow fans. The couple — biomedical scientists in the UC Riverside School of Medicine — will stop to admire an independent artist’s work, duck into a panel discussion on banned books or science...

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR grant supports automated chronic disease prevention initiative

Project aims to expand chronic disease detection and prevention for underserved populations

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Peak flow monitoring adds little in acute asthma care

Commentary highlights symptom-guided assessment as an effective approach in the emergency department

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

UCR student awarded Precision Medicine Fellowship

Amber Keith receives $150,000 fellowship to advance pancreatic cancer disparities research in California

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Biochemist receives prestigious ASMS Research Award

Early-career honor recognizes innovative mass spectrometry research and supports emerging leaders in the field

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

National study finds wide variation in pediatric croup care

Researchers call for more consistent, evidence-based treatment nationwide

By Iqbal Pittalwala |