Research
Developing tomorrow's healthcare breakthroughs today
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Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
The UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC), led by Associate Vice Chancellor and Director Richard A. Van Etten, MD, PhD, is the only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center in Orange County. NCI cancer centers are national leaders in cancer research, education and treatment, and centers designated as "comprehensive" are at the forefront, signifying that it has met rigorous criteria aimed at providing world-class patient care and innovative research.
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Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
The UCI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS), led by Associate Vice Chancellor and Director Dan Cooper, MD, is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Clinical and Translational Sciences Award (CTSA) program. Currently, there are more than 50 medical research institutions throughout the United States that receive CTSA program funding. The ICTS functions as a local centerpiece for the national program, and is dedicated to advancing scientific discovery and medical breakthroughs. Collectively, our goal is simple: to accelerate these discoveries from the lab and translate them into life-altering medical care.
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Precision Health through Artificial Intelligence
The UCI Precision Health through Artificial Intelligence Initiative is led by Co-Directors Leslie M. Thompson, Ph.D., Peter D. Chang, M.D., Daniel S. Chow, M.D., and Suzanne Sandmeyer, Ph.D. Vastly improved health and longer lifespans also bring chronic disorders arising from cumulative genetic, environmental and metabolic factors. Simultaneously, the increasing sophistication of medical diagnostics yields an exponential growth in the density and complexity of aggregated healthcare data. Together, these factors provide an unprecedented opportunity to study differences in disease among individuals and provide tailored patient care. The mission of the UCI Precision Health through Artificial Intelligence Initiative is to leverage machine learning technology to transform population-through molecular-level data into personalized health solutions, and make these tools available to providers and patients around the world.
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Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center
The UCI Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, led by Director Aileen J. Anderson, Ph.D., is a dynamic center encompassing a diverse array of interdisciplinary investigators that span the Schools of Medicine, Biological Sciences, Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, Arts and Law. Our state-of-the-art, LEED Platinum certified research and clinical building houses 23 of our 50 center faculty. Center faculty have obtained more than $200 million dollars in grant and foundation funds (including over $125 million dollars from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine). Our research programs include an NIH-sponsored T32 training grant, state-of-the-art shared equipment and research services programs, community lecture series, annual stem cell science symposium and seminar series.
Centers and institutes across campus promoting health and wellbeing
In addition to the centers and institutes housed in the college, there are an abundance of research organizations and university-wide resources devoted to the promotion of health and wellbeing. We invite you to explore:
- Ablative Oncology Center
- Academic Geriatric Resource Center
- Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic
- Brain Imaging Center
- Cancer Research Institute (CRI)
- Center for Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Medicine (CAIDM)
- Center for Autism Research and Translation (CART)
- Center for Cancer Genetics Research and Prevention
- Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Engineering
- Center for Complex Biological Systems
- Center for Diabetes Treatment and Research
- Center for Disaster Medical Sciences
- Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism
- Center for Future Health Professionals
- Center for Health Care Management & Policy
- Center for Hearing Research (CHR)
- Center for Language Science
- Center for Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine and Genetics (MAMMAG)
- Center for Nursing Philosophy
- Center for Occupational & Environmental Health
- Center for Population, Inequality and Policy (CPIP)*
- Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
- Center for the Study of Cannabis
- Center for Tissue Engineering
- Center for Translational Vision Research (CTVR)
- Center for Trauma and Injury Prevention Research
- Center for Virus Research
- Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Center on Stress and Health
- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Comprehensive Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center
- Conte Center for Brain Programming in Adolescent Vulnerabilities
- Developmental Biology Center
- Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology
- Epilepsy Research Center
- Facility for Imaging and Brain Research (FIBRE)
- Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
- Genetic Epidemiology Research Institute (GERI)
- H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center
- Health Policy Research Institute
- Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
- Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics (IGB)
- Institute for Immunology (IFI)
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research
- Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND)
- Irvine Center for Addiction Neuroscience (ICAN)
- Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies
- Medical Education Simulation Center
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Center (MSRC)
- Neuroscience Imaging Center (NIC)
- NSF-Simons Center for Multiscale Cell Fate Research
- Ovarian Cancer Center
- Pediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center
- Reeve-Irvine Research Center (RIRC)
- Robotic Oncology Center
- Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center
- Surgical Education Center
- Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute
- Tu & Yuen Center for Functional Onco-Imaging
- UC Irvine Health Diabetes Center
- UCI Center for Healthspan Science
- UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality
- Vaccine Research and Development Center (VRDC)
- All UCI Centers and Institutes