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Released: 25-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT
UCI Expert On: Metacognition
University of California, Irvine

How do our brains take in complex information from the world around us to help us make decisions? And what happens when there’s a mismatch between how well your brain thinks it’s performing this function and how well it’s actually doing? In this episode of the UCI School of Social Sciences Experts On, cognitive scientist Megan Peters takes a deep dive into metacognition - our ability to monitor our own cognitive processing.

Released: 19-Sep-2022 5:05 PM EDT
Precision Health Perspectives
University of California, Irvine

In February, UCI launched the Institute for Precision Health, a campus-wide, interdisciplinary endeavor that merges UCI’s powerhouse health sciences, engineering, machine learning, artificial intelligence, clinical genomics and data science capabilities. The objective is to identify, create and deliver the most effective health and wellness strategy for each individual person and, in doing so, confront the linked challenges of health equity and the high cost of care.

Released: 15-Aug-2022 12:15 PM EDT
Precision Health Perspectives
University of California, Irvine

In February, UCI launched the Institute for Precision Health, a campus-wide, interdisciplinary endeavor that merges UCI’s powerhouse health sciences, engineering, machine learning, artificial intelligence, clinical genomics and data science capabilities. The objective is to identify, create and deliver the most effective health and wellness strategy for each individual person and, in doing so, confront the linked challenges of health equity and the high cost of care.

   
Released: 6-Apr-2022 5:05 PM EDT
UCI experts available to discuss invasion of Ukraine
University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine, has several members from a variety of fields of study that are available to comment on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Their names and areas of expertise are found below.   Matthew Beckmann, associate professor, political science. Beckman studies the organizational structures and operational strategies presidents can use to pick their team, invest their time, focus their attention, channel their effort, discipline their thinking, coordinate their subordinates, and, most importantly, make decisions.

Released: 24-Mar-2022 6:05 PM EDT
What’s next: the US Supreme Court
University of California, Irvine

On Feb. 25, President Joe Biden nominated U.S. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. If confirmed, she would replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer and become the first Black woman seated on America’s highest court in its 233-year history. Charles Anthony Smith, UCI professor of political science and law, practiced law for almost 20 years before earning a Ph.

Newswise: Bernadette Boden-Albala, MPH, DrPH, Director and Founding Dean of the University of California, Irvine’s future School of Population and Public Health available to comment on a wide range of topics related to health disparities
Released: 4-Feb-2022 4:05 PM EST
Bernadette Boden-Albala, MPH, DrPH, Director and Founding Dean of the University of California, Irvine’s future School of Population and Public Health available to comment on a wide range of topics related to health disparities
University of California, Irvine

Dean Boden-Albala is an internationally recognized expert in the social epidemiology of COVID-19, stroke, and cardiovascular disease. Over the past 15 years, her robust research portfolio has focused on defining and intervening on social determinants of disease, including the role of sex, race-ethnicity, socio-economic status, social support, stress, and social networks on stroke disparities and patterns across the U.S. and globally.

Newswise: What’s next: The ‘Great Resignation’
Released: 2-Feb-2022 2:25 PM EST
What’s next: The ‘Great Resignation’
University of California, Irvine

On Jan. 4, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary. The numbers are staggering: 4.5 million workers quit or changed their jobs in November 2021, the highest number ever recorded in one month. The “quits rate” – the percentage of those who voluntarily left their jobs – jumped back up to 3 percent in November 2021, matching the all-time high set in September 2021.

Newswise: Dr. Dylan Roby, UCI visiting professor of health, society and behavior, is available to comment on vaccine mandates, healthcare policy and reform.
Released: 22-Oct-2021 4:45 PM EDT
Dr. Dylan Roby, UCI visiting professor of health, society and behavior, is available to comment on vaccine mandates, healthcare policy and reform.
University of California, Irvine

Lithium is a common medication prescribed to patients with psychiatric disorders, namely bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and depression. It is used as a mood stabilizer and lessens the intensity of manic episodes, with particular benefit in reducing suicidality. While highly effective, the drug requires routine blood monitoring, which can be uncomfortable, expensive, and inconvenient for patients who must travel to clinical labs for frequent blood testing.

   
Released: 23-Aug-2021 3:55 PM EDT
What you need to know about the delta variant
University of California, Irvine

For more than 40 years, UCI infectious disease researcher Michael Buchmeier has studied coronaviruses, and he’s one of the leading experts on SARS-CoV-2, the version of the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. As a more lethal mutation of the virus, called the delta variant, sparks another wave of cases, he offers his expertise about this threat.

Released: 17-Jun-2021 6:05 AM EDT
What's Next for China-U.S. Relations
University of California, Irvine

Four UCI faculty offer insights on the future of U.S.-China relations, covering topics as wide-ranging as educational exchange programs to Hollywood portrayals.

Released: 9-Jun-2021 1:10 PM EDT
UCI Experts Produce Guide for Defense Attorneys Fighting Use of Rap Lyrics in Trials
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., June 9, 2021 — Criminology and legal experts at the University of California, Irvine have released Rap on Trial: A Legal Guide for Attorneys, to help protect artists from having their lyrics used against them in court. Rap lyrics have been introduced as evidence in hundreds of cases, and a high-profile ruling by the Maryland Court of Appeals recently allowed a few lines of rap to help put a man behind bars for 50 years.


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