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Audience watching the panelists at the WIMS 2025 event

Prothrow-Stith, Panel Discussion Highlight Celebration of Women in Medicine and Science

The 2025 event emphasized women’s role in effecting change in science and medicine

By Erika Klein | September 4, 2025

Lisa Fortuna in front of a blue background

Helping Young Patients and Students Thrive: Lisa Fortuna, MD

SOM Psychiatry and Neuroscience Department Chair Lisa Fortuna, MD, is dedicated to supporting young people in the community through mental health care, mentorship, and research

By Erika Klein | August 28, 2025

UCR Health

UCR Health Welcomes New Chief Strategy Officer CJ Lee

New chief strategy officer for UCR Health and UCR alumnus CJ Lee is excited to be back at UCR, helping advance its healthcare mission in the region

By Erika Klein | August 14, 2025

White Coat Ceremony

UCR SOM Celebrates White Coat Ceremony for Class of 2029

91 medical students and five biomedical sciences received their first white coats

By UCR SOM Staff | August 8, 2025

the crowd at the BMSC kickoff event in 2024

Biomedical Sciences

Celebrating 50 Years of Biomedical Sciences at UCR

Over the past year, the 50th anniversary celebration honored the division’s past while focusing on its future

By Erika Klein | August 5, 2025

Staff

Making Goals a Reality: Steve Reyes, PhD

Strategic planning and project manager Steve Reyes, PhD, helps define, guide, and realize strategic goals at the SOM to fulfill the school’s mission

By Erika Klein | July 16, 2025

Commencement 2025

Going Above and Beyond for Migrant Patients: James Elkins, Class of 2025

James Elkins’ work with migrant communities led him to medical school and his goal of treating trauma as a psychiatrist

By Erika Klein | June 30, 2025

Commencement 2025

Serving Undocumented Patients in the Inland Empire, Starting Now: Valeria Barrientos, Class of 2025

Valeria Barrientos hopes to enter medical school after graduating with her master’s degree in biomedical sciences, but she’s not going to wait to become a physician to help patients

By Erika Klein | June 17, 2025