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Kaveh Laksari, a UC Riverside assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was awarded $3 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop predictive models for stroke treatment strategies using data from patient brain scans.

UC Riverside-led study on innate immune system may lead to new treatments for patients with neuroHIV

Project will focus on understanding mechanisms of hyperexcitability and seizures

CCHFV poses a threat to U.S. military personnel and hospital staff as well as residents of a growing number of countries, says UC Riverside biomedical scientist

Strategy developed by UC Riverside-led research team speeds up production of antibodies against COVID-19

$13.7M grant from National Cancer Institute will support several projects on breast and pancreatic cancers

UC Riverside-led study calls for culturally sensitive health interventions to address trauma

To address the crisis, UC Riverside-led team will design a culturally tailored group-based intervention

Vaccine expert David Lo at UC Riverside says there are no contraindications to taking the flu and COVID vaccines together

UC Riverside biomedical scientists say the cells are like M cells in the gut and airways

Has the news about an Australian woman with a living, wriggling roundworm in her brain got you spooked? After experiencing abdominal pain and night sweats that developed into forgetfulness and depression, the 64-year-old woman was sent to a hospital. An MRI scan did reveal something unusual in her brain, but...

Exposure to environmental chemicals, including those in common plastic products, has been linked with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, or CVD, the leading cause of death worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, 17.9 million people died from CVDs in 2019. Changcheng Zhou, a professor of biomedical sciences in...

UC Riverside-led research shows how deportation acts as a social determinant of health

UC Riverside mouse study describes mechanisms underlying sex differences for obesity

Emily D. Engelschall, associate vice chancellor of enrollment services, offers insight.

Emoji can replace many traditional quantitative measures, UC Riverside researcher argues

UC Riverside-led study focuses on caregivers’ take on how the sea affects their children’s health

UC Riverside-led study focused on older people living with HIV during the pandemic

Recognition validates many signature diversity efforts of the medical school

Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, describes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, two chronic diseases that cause inflammation in the intestines. IBD, which affects about 3 million adults in the United States, is an autoimmune disorder — a condition in which the body’s immune system attacks healthy tissues. Its symptoms include...