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Upcoming Major SOM Events
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News from the School of Medicine
April 26, 2024
Location, location, location
How geography acts as a structural determinant of health
April 25, 2024
H5N1 bird flu: What threat does it pose?
Dr. Rajesh Gulati at UC Riverside answers some common questions about the virus and its spread
April 24, 2024
Federal grant to advance brain stroke research
Kaveh Laksari, a UC Riverside assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was awarded $3 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop predictive models for stroke treatment strategies using data from patient brain scans.
April 08, 2024
Open House 2024 Welcomes Community to the SOM
On Saturday, the UC Riverside School of Medicine hosted Open House 2024, an annual event that helps attendees learn more about the school and the path to entering the health professions.
More than 600 people attended the event, including prospective students, medical school applicants, high school students, and their families.
See photos from the event.
April 05, 2024
The Long Road to Health Equity for All
In high school, Mario Sims, PhD, read a book that would have a profound impact on his life and career: <em>The Philadelphia Negro</em>, by W. E. B. Du Bois. Du Bois, a sociologist and civil rights activist in the early 1900s, linked social conditions, environment, segregation, and other factors to health disparities among Black people living in Philadelphia at the time.
April 04, 2024
Small protein plays big role in chronic HIV infection
UC Riverside-led study on innate immune system may lead to new treatments for patients with neuroHIV
April 03, 2024
SOM Hosts Event Honoring the J.W. Vines Medical Society
On Monday, the UCR School of Medicine hosted an event to recognize the J.W. Vines Medical Society’s efforts to increase diversity among medical students as well as the organization's influence on the SOM and its community-based mission.
Watch a recording of the event
See a gallery of photos from the event
April 02, 2024
Deas Named to California Health Care Foundation Board
<em>This is a edited version of a press release sent out by the CHCF on Monday, April 1</em>
The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) announced the election of Deborah Deas, MD, MPH, and Kristin Torres Mowat, JD, MBA, to its board of directors.