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News Articles with Topic: Biomedical Sciences

Panel discussion at the Biomedical Sciences 50th anniversary symposium

SOM Hosts BMSC 50th Anniversary Symposium

On Monday, the UCR School of Medicine hosted the Biomedical Sciences 50th Anniversary Symposium, marking the culmination of the department’s yearlong anniversary celebration. The event welcomed alumni, former faculty and staff, and current faculty, staff, and students to reflect on the impact of Biomedical Sciences over the years while looking...

By Erika Klein | May 12, 2025 | Biomedical Sciences
Coss in her lab

From Biomedical Sciences PhD to Associate Vice Chancellor at UCR

When the UCR School of Medicine received preliminary accreditation in 2012, Djurdjica Coss, PhD, was immediately interested in a faculty position. “That was big news; you can't create a medical school every day,” recalled Coss, who earned her PhD from UCR in 2000. “When they started hiring, I applied right...

By Erika Klein | January 23, 2025 | Biomedical Sciences
Carolyn Russo, MD

Sharing Healthcare Efforts from Tennessee: Carolyn Russo, MD

UC Riverside alumna Carolyn Russo, MD, will return to her alma mater on November 21 to present during the School of Medicine Grand Rounds--but as a high school student, she never envisioned a career in medicine. Growing up in West Covina, Russo, now medical director of the Affiliate Program and...

By Erika Klein | November 13, 2024 | Biomedical Sciences
Dean Deas, Dr. Ethell, and Dr. Carson at an event

Women in Biomedical Sciences

As a postdoctoral researcher, Emma Wilson, PhD, a professor of biomedical sciences at UCR and associate dean for Graduate Division, recalled being in a male-dominated science environment. “I think at the time, I wasn't fully aware of what a boys club I was in,” she recalled. “I did well there...

By Erika Klein | August 7, 2024 | Biomedical Sciences
West Point cadets sitting at a table at UCR

Building Bridges between Medical Research and the Military

The first time Madison Critcher, a cadet at the United States Military Academy (West Point), made gels to visualize proteins in a UC Riverside lab, they didn’t work. But to her surprise, no one was upset. “We just learned how to do it and tried again, and were much more...

By Erika Klein | August 2, 2024 | Biomedical Sciences, Veterans/Military
Dr. Nair with a student

Training Community Physicians while Conducting Community Research

Many parents teared up at the UCR School of Medicine’s second White Coat Ceremony in 2014, but one in particular stood out to Meera Nair, PhD, an associate professor of biomedical sciences. Her first lab technician, Josiah Chung, MD, had come to work with her to gain more experience before...

By Erika Klein | January 25, 2024 | Biomedical Sciences
Dr. Iryna Ethell sitting at a computer surrounded by students

A True Mentor at the UCR SOM

At a neurology conference a few years ago, Iryna Ethell, PhD, the associate dean of academic affairs and a professor of biomedical sciences at the UCR Riverside School of Medicine, noticed that children with autism would sit quietly for hours, scream suddenly, then sit quietly again. When she asked the...

By Erika Klein | January 5, 2024 | Biomedical Sciences
Djurdjica Coss in lab

Coss Named Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development

The UC Riverside Office of Research and Economic Development (AVC-RED) has named School of Medicine Biomedical Sciences researcher Djurdjica Coss, PhD as associate vice chancellor. Her official start date is slated for September 1, 2023. With a profound dedication to advancing knowledge, Coss currently leads an NIH-funded laboratory at UCR...

By UCR SOM Staff | August 23, 2023 | Biomedical Sciences
MRB building with Dr. Nair and Dr. Heinrich's photos inset.

SOM to Host COVID-19 Community Chat

UC Riverside School of Medicine Biomedical Sciences Professors Meera Nair and Erica Heinrich are hosting a COVID-19 Community Chat on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at the Multidisciplinary Research Building on the campus of UCR. The chat is free and open to the public, but space is limited to the first...

By UCR SOM Staff | April 6, 2023 | COVID-19, Biomedical Sciences
Rebecca Hernandez, left, with Dr. Changcheng Zhou

Hernandez Receives Predoctorate Fellowship from American Heart Association

UC Riverside School of Medicine Biomedical Sciences graduate student Rebecca Hernandez has received a 2023 predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. "I am so honored to receive this fellowship from the American Heart Association," said Hernandez, who works in the lab of Changcheng Zhou. "I am extremely excited to...

By Ross French | December 14, 2022 | Biomedical Sciences, Alumni
Stephane Guardado and Edward Vizcarra at their wedding in El Salvador

Love & Research

During one of the first meetings after Stephanie Guardado joined the UC Riverside School of Medicine’s Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program from Cal Poly Pomona in 2016, one of her faculty members casually mentioned that there was a chance that the students might be sitting in the room with their future...

By Ross French | September 20, 2022 | Biomedical Sciences
Biomed grads in front of a commencement sign

Four Biomedical Sciences Students Graduate on June 4

On Saturday, June 4, 2022, four members of the UC Riverside School of Medicine's Division of Biomedical Sciences will participate in the annual Graduate Division Hooding Ceremony at the Student Recreation Center North. In celebration of their graduation, we asked John Macbeth, Stephanie Guardado, Edward Vizcarra, and Allison Peterson (pictured...

By Ross French | June 3, 2022 | Biomedical Sciences

Researchers from Around the World Coming to Riverside for Biennial Conference on Parasite

It’s a year later than originally scheduled, but on May 22, more than 200 scientists will gather at the Mission Inn in Riverside for the 16th International Congress on Toxoplasmosis and Toxoplasma gondii Research. “The conference is unique because it is all about the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, which is also...

By Ross French | May 16, 2022 | Biomedical Sciences
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