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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Wildfire smoke risks understudied, review paper warns

Most studies rely on correlations, not direct health data

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Using comic books to communicate health issues

UC Riverside’s David Lo has launched a series of graphic narratives to make public health information more accessible

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Researchers contribute chapter to pediatric psychology handbook

Addressing DEI meaningfully will help reduce disparities and improve well-being, authors argue

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