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

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

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

University of California, Riverside, leaders and scholars have made the following statements in response to the 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down the use of race, or affirmative action, in college and university admissions: Kim A. Wilcox, UCR chancellor: “We can be certain that diversity is and will...

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

Most of the students from the Class of 2023 started this journey in fall 2019 — the last quarter of pandemic-free existence. Just months after they stepped onto UC Riverside’s campus, they exchanged classroom numbers for Zoom links and ventured through their first year of higher education without traditional support...

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...

UC Riverside mouse study shows how gene mutation leads to ovaries failing prematurely

Until recently, psychologist Kalina Michalska had never used community-based participatory research, or CBPR, in her work, but now she can’t imagine not using it. CBPR, which dates to the early 1930s, is an intensive research approach that involves partnerships between researchers and community members throughout the research process, giving communities...

Dr. Martin Schlusselberg of the UCR School of Medicine explains

UC Riverside mouse study finds paternal exposure to phthalates increases risk of metabolic diseases in progeny

UC Riverside experts share thoughts on the AI-powered language model that understands and responds to natural language

Health of Southern California’s farmworkers needs to be a priority, says UC Riverside study

UC Riverside study has health implications for people living around California’s largest lake

Study provides insights into fighting broad range of pathogen’s viral strains