In the Community

Nana Entsuah In the Media Headshot
UCI Health Affairs, April 1, 2025

UC Irvine’s Interprofessional Community Health Action Project

"I am proud of our students for coming together in a collaborative, interprofessional manner to tackle the root causes of social issues that significantly impact healthcare access and outcomes. By leveraging their diverse perspectives and expertise, these students created practical, community-centered solutions which move beyond conventional approaches." (Nana Entsuah)
Joyce Lee In the Media Headshot
UCI News, August 22, 2024

Preventing prediabetes

"If you have prediabetes, you don’t typically have any symptoms, and people may not take their nutrition that seriously, especially if they are active and busy and not feeling sick or exhausted. A lot of times, they just carry on with their lifestyle until it’s too late. Maybe there’s a better way to meet their needs without having them losing half a day in the clinic just to be told that they need to be healthier." (Joyce Lee)
Melanie Joe Headshot
Becker's Hospital Review, July 19, 2024

What 14 pharmacy chiefs will prioritize for the next 6 months

"The UCI Health Pharmacy Team will focus on developing ambulatory patient care strategies, including implementation of home infusion pharmacy services and further growth of clinical pharmacy medication management. We are opening an infusion center pharmacy and a retail pharmacy at the new UCI Health-Irvine Medical Complex in July, which will expand access to academic medicine across Orange County. " (Melanie Joe)
Nana Entsuah In the Media Headshot
UCI Health Affairs, July 2, 2024

Improving Cardiovascular Health within the African American Community

"To help address this inequity, I am leading a research study supported by a two-year pilot award from the UCLA-UCI Center for Eliminating Cardiometabolic Disparities in Multi-Ethnic Populations (UC END DISPARITIES). The mission at UC END DISPARITIES centers around addressing these inequitable factors that disproportionately affect low-income and minority groups across Los Angeles County and Orange County. " (Nana Entsuah)
Nana Entsuah In the Media Headshot
UCI Health Affairs, April 25, 2024

Health Fair Draws Local Residents

"The first aim was to help disadvantaged and at-risk residents by creating meaningful access to much needed resources in our community."" (Nana Entsuah)
UCI News, August 28, 2023

Leading the way in transformative healthcare

"In the pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences rotation, students showed off their science knowledge in a “Jeopardy!”-type game with categories such as biology, chemistry, drugs, physiology and pharmacology, followed by a lighthearted Mad Lib exercise spoofing a conversation between a pharmacist and a patient about new medication. The final activity was a true-false quiz on whether a displayed word named a drug or a Pokemon character."