Medical School team wins first prize at physician conference

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

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

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

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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

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UCR pediatrician helps improve newborn jaundice care

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

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Advancing research to improve epilepsy care

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

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Extracurricular: Learning never retires

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

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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

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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

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California honors UCR professor with historic Women in Medicine recognition

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

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UCR expands Native youth vaping prevention

Statewide project aims to reduce vaping initiation among Native American adolescents

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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...

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UCR grant supports automated chronic disease prevention initiative

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

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Peak flow monitoring adds little in acute asthma care

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

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UCR student awarded Precision Medicine Fellowship

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

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Biochemist receives prestigious ASMS Research Award

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

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National study finds wide variation in pediatric croup care

Researchers call for more consistent, evidence-based treatment nationwide

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UCR launches Bridge2PhD program

$350,000 UC grant will support AI-integrated STEM doctoral pathways for Hispanic-Serving Institution students

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Wildfire smoke risks understudied, review paper warns

Most studies rely on correlations, not direct health data

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One protein, two roles

Study shows how Adgrl2 helps build brain connections and blood vessels

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