SPPS Researchers Awarded 2020 PhRMA Foundation Value Assessment Challenge Award
The PhRMA Foundation recently announced the winners of the 2020 Value Assessment Challenge Awards and among the recipients were Founding Associate Dean Jonathan Watanabe, Founding Dean Jan Hirsch along with their colleague from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Dr. Derjung Tarn. The awards aim to support new concepts that help define […]
Dr. Mahtab Jafari Weighs in on Families Expanding Their Pandemic Bubble to Include Children’s Girlfriends and Boyfriends
In a report by CNN many parents are making the decisions to include their children's boyfriends or girlfriends to their pandemic bubbles. In the report Dr. Mahtab Jafari encourages that if families decided to include their children's significant others to their pandemic pods, it is important to have open communication and to set realistic boundaries within the household.
UCI study first to link disparities and ‘pharmacy deserts’ in California
Irvine, Calif., Jan. 6, 2021— In the United States, Black, Latino and low-income communities have historically lacked nearby access to pharmacy services. To provide the first record of these “pharmacy deserts” in Los Angeles County, a University of California, Irvine study identified communities where the nearest pharmacy was at least one mile away. Unlike previous studies, this one […]
Orange County Health Experts Talk Vaccines and How to Move Forward Safely
With anxieties high it was important give the audience an understanding of what the vaccine was and driving home the sentiment that the vaccine isn't going to fix everything over night
Pharmaceutical Sciences Research and Innovation Amidst COVID-19: Chaput Lab’s Development of COVID-19 Therapeutic
Faculty at UCI’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, have been working on innovative solutions to mitigate the detrimental effects of COVID-19. Professor John Chaput and his research team focus on developing drug discovery technologies. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, they leveraged their skills to develop a new type of synthetic antibody that can be used […]
Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor Mahtab Jafari’s Publication Investigates “Diet and Botanical Supplementation: Combination Therapy for Healthspan Improvement?”
In a study published in Rejuvenation Research, Dr. Mahtab Jafari found that while an ancestral diet, consisting of apples, and botanical extracts (Rhodiola rosea and Rosa damascene) can both increase lifespan and improve healthspan individually, they actually decrease lifespan when combined. For the past 15 years, Dr. Jafari has focused her research on aging and […]
