The UC Riverside School of Medicine

Alicia Junker knew she wanted to focus on veterans health for her Master of Public Health (MPH) thesis at the UC Riverside School of Medicine. But initially, Junker, a member of the MPH program’s inaugural class of 2026, had trouble choosing a specific topic.

During one of his pediatrics rotations in medical school, Javier Prieto encountered a young patient with a tumor growing in his kidney. “His relatives had already had kidney problems, so hearing that his kidney would be taken out caused fear within his family,” recalled Prieto, who will graduate from the UC Riverside School of Medicine in June.

View Behavioral Health (VBH), a southern California-based behavioral health organization, announces the completion of View Behavioral Health Colton Children’s (VBHCC), a new 52-bed inpatient Psychiatric Health Facility for children and adolescents. VBHCC is the largest facility of its kind in the Inland Empire and will more than double the region’s inpatient psychiatric bed capacity for individuals under 18 as a statewide, multiyear shortage persists. The milestone was celebrated at a ribbon cutting ceremony today with San Bernardino County Supervisor Joe Baca, Jr.

During a recent career day at a local high school, second-year UC Riverside medical student Leonardo Padilla stood in a classroom with an ultrasound probe in hand, surrounded by students staring in wonder at the image of the inside of the body appearing on the screen in front of them. Looking at the faces of the students, Padilla was reminded of his own early ambitions to become a physician.

A national study from the Better Assessment and Response to Croup in Kids (BARCK) collaborative found significant differences in how children with croup are treated at hospitals and urgent care centers across the United States, highlighting opportunities to improve consistency in care.

After a recent presentation on lung cancer at a high school, a teacher approached UC Riverside School of Medicine student Vjola Haka in tears. "She told me, 'Thank you so much for talking about this topic. I actually just had breast cancer, and seeing how passionate you guys are and what you're going through to actually help people in the future really gives me a good feeling," recalled Haka, who gave the presentation as a member of the new UCR student group Doctors’ Corner.

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