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News from the School of Medicine
January 22, 2025
Probing connections between obesity and parasitic worms
NIH grant to UCR School of Medicine could improve treatments for metabolic disorders and helminth infections
January 21, 2025
UCR School of Medicine awarded $550,000 by UCOP to advance faculty diversity
THRIVE initiative will address health disparities, particularly those affecting underrepresented populations in medicine
January 14, 2025
Genetic mutation linked to higher SARS-CoV-2 risk
UC Riverside-led research has therapeutic implications for COVID-19 treatment
January 13, 2025
SOM Announces 2025 Dean's Collaborative Seed Grants
UCR School of Medicine has announced the recipients of the 2025 Dean's Collaborative Seed Grants.
The grant provides funds up to $25,000 in seed grant funding for collaborative interdisciplinary research projects between faculty in the Division of Biomedical Sciences and UCR as a whole, aimed at developing proposals and preliminary data for full NIH or similar grant applications. More information is available on the website.
January 13, 2025
Biomedical scientist to investigate endocannabinoids as potential treatment for cocaine addiction relapse
Natalie Zlebnik has received a NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
January 02, 2025
UCR School of Medicine to Host the 41st Annual LMSA-West Regional Conference
The UCR School of Medicine will host the 41st Annual LMSA-West Regional Conference on February 7-8, 2025. The conference’s theme will be “Cultivando Comunidad: Seeds of Justice in Healthcare.”
January 01, 2025
Browder Named New Chief of Staff and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives
December 23, 2024
“One Plus One Plus One”: Making an Impact with Each New Doctor
As a 15-year-old patient, Michelle Bholat, MD, MPH often found herself sitting for hours in Los Angeles County waiting rooms. “Nobody was checking in with you; it was like a cattle call,” she recalled. “That struck me then, as a teenager, and I thought, ‘No, this isn't okay.’”