Neural crest study results could boost stem cell therapies

The news arrived Monday that the world has been awaiting since spring: a vaccine has been developed that shows a high degree of efficacy in late-stage trials: 90%. That puts it in the company of effective vaccines such as for measles, and well beyond what the medical community hoped for...

UC Riverside-led study describes first published survey documenting nature and extent of caregiver mistreatment of this population

UC Riverside-led study shows how variations in SARS-CoV-2 host gene expression can be linked to variations in COVID-19 susceptibility and symptom severity

Unique effects of police violence create a public health crisis for communities most affected

The UC Riverside School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience will launch a unique, first-in-the-nation sports psychiatry fellowship program. Developed in partnership with UC Riverside Intercollegiate Athletics and UCR Health, this non-ACGME program will begin accepting applications in 2021 and will start in 2022. While there are other schools...

Policy has limited impact on vaccine uptake because of individual decision making, study finds

UC Riverside-led study is the first to show how tofacitinib rescues gut barrier function from overactive immune cells

Dr. Paul Offit, an international expert on vaccines, will give the 2020 Thomas and Salma Haider Biomedical Breakthrough Lecture at UC Riverside

UC Riverside psychologist Chandra Reynolds will lead the five-year research project

UC Riverside mouse study focused on neurons in the hippocampus

A research team led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has outlined how the Zika virus, which constituted an epidemic threat in 2016, suppresses the immune system of its host. The Zika virus, or ZIKV, spreads through mosquito bites and sexual intercourse. Currently, no approved vaccine or antivirals...

UC Riverside researchers used a powerful machine-learning approach to screen millions of chemicals to find suitable candidates

Andrew Subica and Ann Cheney will focus their research on marginalized U.S. populations

Inland Empire Health Plan’s gift of $2.6M will create up to 23 awards designed to encourage students to practice in the region

Content developed by School of Medicine for physicians and other health care professionals includes grand rounds and a journal club delivered virtually

Adam Godzik has been named the Bruce D. and Nancy B. Varner Presidential Endowed Chair in Cancer Research

Total funding of three grants exceeds $1.2 million

A University of California, Riverside, study that sought to determine barriers to health care among Spanish-speaking Latino farmworkers in rural communities has devised an innovative health care service delivery model that addresses many challenges these communities face. The researchers, led by Ann Cheney, a medical anthropologist and assistant professor in...

Budget allocates ongoing funding to the medical school