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UC Irvine professor of nursing to receive national award for policy advocacy

Irvine, Calif., April 17, 2024 — Susanne Phillips, DNP, professor and senior associate dean in UC Irvine’s Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Policy Award from the National...
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UC Irvine researchers shine light on rapid changes in Arctic and boreal ecosystems

Irvine, Calif., April 16, 2024 — Arctic and boreal latitudes are warming faster than any other region on Earth. In three new studies, Earth system scientists at the University of California, Irvine report how the ecosystems in these regions are...
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UC Irvine-led research team shows importance of under-recognized genetic factor lipoprotein(a) in predicting heart disease in a large multiethnic US population

In what is the largest, most ethnically diverse long-term study of a U.S. population, a University of California, Irvine research team found that an under-recognized genetic cholesterol-like particle called lipoprotein(a) can predict future...
15-Apr-2024 10:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Bringing Ancient Egypt to Life

Summary: Luiza Osorio G. Silva, who grew up entranced by mummy movies, is the Department of Art History’s first Egyptologist. Her classes cover everything from tomb artwork to royal power, and she’s involved with three archaeological excavations...
15-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Wang Feng and Gene Tsudik are named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

University of California, Irvine professors Wang Feng and Gene Tsudik have been awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships. They join 186 other American and Canadian scientists and scholars receiving the prestigious grants this year.
11-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UC Irvine researchers find new origin of deep brain waves

University of California, Irvine biomedical engineering researchers have uncovered a previously unknown source of two key brain waves crucial for deep sleep: slow waves and sleep spindles.
10-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UC Irvine scientist helps link climate change to Madagascar’s megadrought

A University of California, Irvine-led team reveals a clear link between human-driven climate change and the years-long drought currently gripping southern Madagascar. Their study appears in the Nature journal Climate and Atmospheric Science.
9-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Bernadette Boden-Albala to deliver keynote speech at AAN Healthcare Equity Symposium

Bernadette Boden-Albala, M.P.H., Dr.P.H., director of the University of California, Irvine Program in Public Health and founding dean of the planned School of Population and Public Health, has been chosen to serve as the Cheryl A. Jay Keynote...
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Global health and antibiotic resistance expert, Dele Ogunseitan, available to speak on the mpox outbreak

8-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST

Expert ready to comment on recent research on the association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and multimorbidity

14-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST

Expert ready to comment on FDA’s approval of a vaccine for Chikungunya virus as a promising advancement in the fight against vector borne diseases

13-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EST

UCI Expert On: Metacognition

25-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT

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UC Irvine expert can comment on FDA approval of first over-the-counter birth control pill

13-Jul-2023 2:05 PM EDT

Higher Temperatures, Higher Risk for Algal Blooms, Higher Human Vulnerability

11-Jul-2023 4:30 PM EDT

UC Irvine PFAS expert with current study available to comment on forever chemicals in our water sources

7-Jul-2023 11:45 AM EDT

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UC Irvine expert can comment on spread of malaria in the U.S.

6-Jul-2023 12:45 PM EDT

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Founded in 1965, University of California, Irvine is the youngest member of the prestigious Association of American Universities. The campus has produced three Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UCI has more than 30,000 students and offers 192 degree programs. Located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities, it’s Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $4.8 billion annually to the local economy.

Experts

MEDICAL

Gloria Mark, PhD

Professor Informatics

Keywords:
Information Technology, Email Interruptions, human-computer interaction, multi-tasking

MEDICAL

Dr. Adey Nyamathi, PhD

Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Nursing

Keywords:
Vulnerable Populations, Tuberculosis, Role of Nursing, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis

LIFE

Louis DeSipio, PhD

Professor and Chair

Keywords:
U.S. electoral politics, Immigration, Ethnic Politics, Latino Politics, Latino Studies

MEDICAL

Andrew Noymer, PhD

Associate Professor of Public Health

Keywords:
Mathematical Sociology, U.S. China Relations, pandemic response, Health and Mortality, Demography

LIFE

Michele Goodwin, SJD

Chancellor's Professor of Law

Keywords:
Constitutional Law, Bioethics, Civil Rights, Reproductive Health, Family Law, Torts, Women's Rights

MEDICAL

Shruti Gohil, MD

Associate Medical Director, Epidemiology & Infection Prevention

Keywords:
Epidemiology of Sepsis, infection prevention, Clinical Infectious DIseases, hospital epidemiology, Sociodemographic

BUSINESS

David Neumark, Ph.D

Chancellor's Professor, Economics

Keywords:
Health Economics, Finance, Gender Inequality in Relationships, Economics, Demographics

LIFE

Mark Deppe, MBA

UCI Esports Director

Keywords:
Public Relations, Psychobiology, esports, Video Games, Operations Management

MEDICAL

Michael J. Buchmeier, Ph.D

Professor of Medicine-Infectious Diseases

Keywords:
Viral pathogenesis, Coronaviruses, Viruses, Arenaviruses, Biology of RNA Viruses

SCIENCE

Jack Brouwer, PhD

Professor: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering; Director: National Fuel Cell Research Center, Advanced Power and Energy Program

Keywords:
High-Temperature Electrochemical Dynamics, renewable hydrogen, Renewable Power Dynamics, Integrated Renewable Power Systems, Hybrid Power and Energy Storage Systems

LIFE

Tim Bradley

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Keywords:
Salton Sea, Evolution of Physiological Processes, Biodiversity, Physiological Ecology, energy metabolism

SCIENCE

Steven Davis, PhD

Associate Professor Earth System Science

Keywords:
Agriculture, Economy, Climate, Energy, Trade

MEDICAL

Daniela Bota, Ph.D

Associate Dean of Clinical Research and Associate Professor of Neurology

Keywords:
Clinical Trials, Neuro-oncology, Brain Cancer, Neurology, Brain Tumors

SCIENCE

Jessica Millward, Ph.D

Associate Professor of History and African American Studies

Keywords:
Anti-Black violence, African American History, Humanities, U.S. History, Juneteenth

MEDICAL

Sarah Mednick, PhD

Associate Professor Cognitive Science

Keywords:
Memory Consolidation, Aging, Sleep, Pharmacology, Cognitive Science

BUSINESS

Bill Maurer, PhD

Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Professor, Anthropology and Law

Keywords:
Payments Industry, Law, Anthropology, Cryptocurrencies, Money and Finance, consumer finance

LIFE

Jon Gould, Ph.D

Dean

Keywords:
International Human Rights, Hate Speech, Indigent Defense, Government Reform, Justice Policy, Social Change, Erroneous Convictions, Prosecutorial Innovation, Sexual Harassment

MEDICAL

Shaista Malik, PhD

Professor of Medicine-Cardiology and Director of Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute

Keywords:
Internal Medicine, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Integrative Healthcare, Cardiovascular Disease, Preventive Cardiology

MEDICAL

Joleah Lamb, PhD

Assistant Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Keywords:
Coral Reefs Ecosystems, Conservation Biology, Ocean Health, Ocean Pollution, disease ecology, Marine Protected Areas

MEDICAL

Frank M. LaFerla, Ph.D

Chancellor’s Professor and Dean

Keywords:
Learning And Memory, Alzheimer's Disease, Molecular Biology, Neurodegenerative Disorders

MEDICAL

Jessica Borelli, Ph.D

Associate Professor of Psychological Science

Keywords:
Attachment, Parenting, Developmental, Mental Health, Health, Clinical, Parent-Child Relationships

LIFE

Charis Kubrin, PhD

Professor

Keywords:
Race, Ethnicity, Crime trends, Crime, Immigration and Crime, Rap Music and Media, criminal justice reform

MEDICAL

Bernadette Boden-Albala, DrPH

Director of Program in Public Health and Founding Dean of proposed School of Population Health

Keywords:
Stroke and heart disease prevention, Public Health, Infectious Diseases, COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

BUSINESS

Peter Krapp, PhD

Professor, Film & Media Studies

Keywords:
Media History, Cultural Memory, Aesthetic Communication, Cryptologic History, Secret Communications, Games and Simulations, Philosophy of Media, History of Computing

SCIENCE

Richard Arum, PhD

Professor of Education

Keywords:
Social Stratification, Legal and Institutional Environments of Schools, Digital Education

SCIENCE

Aileen Anderson, PhD

Director of the Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center

Keywords:
Glioblastoma, Stem Cell Biology, Stem Cell Research, Spinal Cord Injury

SCIENCE

Amir AghaKouchak, PhD

Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Keywords:
climate extremes, Climatology, Climate Change, Flood, Drought, heatwave, Hydrology, Remote Sensing of the Environment

SCIENCE

James Bullock, PhD

Dean, School of Physical Sciences, Professor Physical Sciences, Physics & Astronomy

Keywords:
Dark Matter, Star Formation, Astronomy, galaxy dynamics, Physics

MEDICAL

Elizabeth Cauffman, PhD

Professor of Psychological Science, Education and Law

Keywords:
Social Ecology, Juvenile Justice, Adolescent Development, Mental Health, Legal and Social Policy

LIFE

Leo Chavez, PhD

Distinguished Professor Anthropology

Keywords:
Media Representations, Transnational Migration, Immigration, Latin America, Medical Care

LIFE

Yong Chen, PhD

Professor, History

Keywords:
Chinese American Experience, Immigration History, Food, Asian-American History, Cultural History

Heidi Hardt, Ph.D., International Studies, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva

Associate Professor, Political Science

Keywords:
NATO, Nato alliance, NATO Expansion

SCIENCE

Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD

Professor of Psychological Science

Keywords:
Health Psychology, Stress, Traumatic Events, Coping, Social Psychology

LIFE

Sabrina Strings, PhD

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Keywords:
Psychology, Feminisim, body and mind, Diversity and Inclusion

SCIENCE

Michael B. Dennin, PhD

Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Dean of Division of Undergraduate Education & Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning

Keywords:
Biophysics, condensed matter physics

SCIENCE, LIFE

David Souleles, MPH

Director, COVID-19 Response Team for the UCI Campus

Keywords:
COVID -19

SCIENCE

Bryan Cunningham

Executive Director, UCI Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute

Keywords:
Cybersecurity, Informatics, Computing, Technology, Cyberattack

SCIENCE

Michael Yassa, Ph.D.

Professor and Chancellor’s Fellow

Keywords:
Neurobiology and Behavior, Aging and Alzheimer's Disease, Memory and Disease, Memory, Neuropsychiatric Disorders

BUSINESS

Ian O. Williamson, Ph.D

Dean of the Paul Merage School of Business

Keywords:
Social Networks, organizational theory, human resource management, Recruitment, Workplace Motivation, Diversity in the Workforce, Talent Pipelines, future of work, Talent Management, workplace innovation, Employee Retention, Management

SCIENCE

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, PhD

Chancellor's Professor

Keywords:
Urban, Globalization, China, Protest, Gender

SCIENCE

Mark Warschauer, PhD

Professor of Education and Informatics

Keywords:
Literacy, educational technology, Online Learning, Education, Language

LIFE

Linda Trinh Vo, PhD

Professor, Department of Asian American Studies

Keywords:
gender relations, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Vietnamese Experience, Asian American Studies, Immigrants and refugees

SCIENCE

Isabella Velicogna, PhD

Professor, Earth System Science, Physical Sciences Associate Dean Graduate Studies, Equity and Inclusion

Keywords:
Physical Climate, Sea Level Rise, GRACE Satellite, Climate Change

SCIENCE

Lorenzo Valdevit, PhD

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering and Director, Institute for Design and Manufacturing Innovation

Keywords:
Health, Architected Materials, Advanced Manufacturing, Materials Science, Metamaterials, Aerospace Engineering

SCIENCE

Constance Steinkuehler, PhD

Professor of Informatics

Keywords:
Teenage Boys and Gameplay, esports, Computer Gaming, Multiplayer Online Videogames, Parenting and Videogames

BUSINESS

Ian O. Williamson, Ph.D

Dean of the Paul Merage School of Business

SCIENCE

Eric Spangenberg, PhD

Professor of Marketing and Psychological Science; Academic director for the Center for Global Leadership

Keywords:
Environmental Psychology, Question-Behavior Effects, Consumer Behavior, Marketing, Psychometrics

LIFE

Mimi Ito, Ph.D

Professor in Residence Informatics

Keywords:
Media and Communications, Anthropology, Children/Video Games, Technology

LIFE, BUSINESS

Bryan Cunningham

Executive Director, UCI Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute

Keywords:
Cybersecurity, Privacy, data protection

SCIENCE

Eric Rignot, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair, Earth System Science

Keywords:
Ice Sheet Dynamics and Mass Balance, Climate Change, Glaciology, Radar

MEDICAL

Dr. Susan Huang, MPH

Professor and Director of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Department of Medicine, Division of Infection Diseases

Keywords:
MRSA, Pandemics, Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Infectious Diseases, Antibiotic Resistance

MEDICAL

E.Alison Holman, Ph.D

Associate Professor of Nursing

Keywords:
Physical Health, acute stress, Acute Stress & Cardiovascular Disease, Psychological Trauma, Media Exposure

LIFE

James Randerson, PhD

Chancellor's Professor Earth System Science

Keywords:
Climate-Carbon Cycle Feedbacks, Forests, Wildfires, Climate, Plants

SCIENCE

Donald Hoffman, Ph.D

Professor Cognitive Science

Keywords:
visual recognition, Virtual Reality, Philosophy, Consciousness and Cognition, Machine and Human Vision

MEDICAL

Jan Hirsch, Ph.D

Founding Dean, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Keywords:
Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM), medication therapy management, Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacoeconomics, Drug Development, Gout Impact Scale, Pharmaeutical Services, Disease-specific Instruments, Health Related Quality Of Life

MEDICAL

Sarah Pressman, Post Doctoral Fellowship

Associate Professor, Psychology & Social Behavior

Keywords:
Social relationships and health, Emotion and Emotion Regulation, Stress and Coping, Mental Health & Wellness

MEDICAL

Daniele Piomelli, PhD

Distinguished Professor

Keywords:
Anatomy & Neurobiology, Cellular Pharmacology, CBD, Marijuana, Neuropharmacology

MEDICAL

Joshua Grill, Ph.D

Director of the Institute for Memory Impairments and Nerological Disorders at UCI

Keywords:
Neuroscience, Clinical Trials, Alzheimer’s disease, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Recruitment and Retention

BUSINESS

Connie Pechmann, PhD

Professor, Marketing

Keywords:
Consumer Behavior, online communities, Advertising, Social Media, Transformative Consumer Research

LIFE

Vincent Olivieri, MFA

Professor of Sound Design

Keywords:
Composition, Sound Design, Theatre

LIFE

Wang Feng, PhD

Professor of Sociology

Keywords:
Comparative Historical Demography, Contemporary Chinese Society, social demography, Social inequality, Post-Communist Societies

MEDICAL

Candice Odgers, PhD

Professor Psychological Science

Keywords:
early adversity, Quantitative Psychology, Social inequality, Technology and Young People, digital inequality, Developmental Psychology, adolescent mental health

SCIENCE

Magnus Egerstedt, Ph.D

Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering

Keywords:
Multi-system robots, Mobile Sensor Networks, Complex networks (e.g., optimization and control, resource sharing, dimension reduction), Control Theory, Robotics, Cyber-physical systems

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Karen Imahara Associate Director, Business Operations
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Ethan Perez Interim Director of Marketing & Communications		949-824-6282
Roy Rivenburg Senior writer
Michelle Strombeck Manager, Communications and Public Relations
Mike Uhlenkamp Assistant Vice Chancellor of Communications and Media Relations		(949) 217-8446
Tom Vasich Senior Director of Communications & Media Relations		949-285-6455
Lisa Winter Digital Content Coordinator