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News from the School of Medicine
October 16, 2026
Child Mental Health is Improving, but Still Work to be Done
In a Grand Rounds presentation at the UC Riverside School of Medicine titled “Five Years Later: Progress, Partnerships, and Possibilities in Child Mental Health,” psychiatrist Tami Benton, MD, said that American youth are showing the first drop in emotional distress in more than a decade, but that there is still more work to be done in ensuring young people have access to proper mental health care.
October 14, 2026
A Fund to Help Future Highlanders: The Rasyidi Family Endowed Scholarship Fund
When physicians answer immediate questions about patient care, they fall back on their experience--and their medical education. “You'll get a call at 2 am where the nurse has a very clear question: ‘Their most recent blood count came back at this, what should I do?’” recalled UCR alumnus Ernest Rasyidi, MD. “That's not your time to be like, ‘let me go to a textbook’--either you know it or you don't,” he added.
October 12, 2026
UCR Health expands direct access through Blue & Gold
UCR Health is expanding access for UC employees through its direct relationship with Blue & Gold. The expansion gives members the option to choose UCR Health directly for their healthcare rather than accessing UCR Health physicians through outside provider networks.
October 09, 2026
Testing a new approach to treating Fragile X
Grant supports a protein-engineering approach to restore brain function in Fragile X syndrome
October 07, 2026
School of Medicine recognized for academic excellence, belonging, and community-building
Medical school is recipient of Insight Into Academia 2026 Higher Education Excellence and Distinction (HEED) Award
October 07, 2026
UC Riverside hosts 2nd annual Latino Physician Consortium
UC Riverside hosted on Oct. 2 the second annual gathering of the UC Latino Physician Consortium, or UCLPC. UCLPC is a network of UC medical schools and health systems that seeks to advance Latino health equity, and support medical education and professional development for Latino medical professionals and students.
Hosted in the UC Riverside School of Medicine Education Building, the event featured workshops, panel talks, and roundtable discussions.
October 06, 2026
UCR’s Robert Rodriguez delivers James D. Mills Jr. Memorial Lecture
Lecture highlighted emergency departments’ role in reaching underserved patients with preventive care
