Clean Energy Institute

Solar Panels

The UCI Clean Energy Institute is a conglomerate of faculty engineers building upon the excellent UCI programs and centers in electrochemistry, national fuel cell research, mobility and connectivity, and “solutions that scale” initiatives. With the support of the UCI Vice Chancellor for Research, as innovative and seasoned engineers, we are developing strategic plans to launch…

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Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome

CFAR-DS Group Photo

The UCI Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome (CFAR-DS) is a multidisciplinary academic research center that supports innovative clinical and biomedical research and provides education in collaboration with researchers, families, and self-advocates to improve the quality of life for aging people with Down Syndrome.

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Center for Theoretical Behavioral Sciences

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The Center for Theoretical Behavioral Sciences at UCI focuses on theories. This plan is motivated by the observation that the natural sciences in general, and social sciences in particular, critically depend on theories. Experiments move science forward during the periods of what Thomas Kuhn called “normal science”. But the most significant conceptual steps call for…

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Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory (APHEL)

Faculty staff and students outside the Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory (APHEL)

The Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory (APHEL) was established with California Air Resources Board (ARB) funds in 1973 on the U.C. Irvine North Campus under the direction of Robert F. Phalen, PhD to study the health effects of current and projected air pollutants inhaled by California populations. The initial purpose of the laboratory was to…

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Center for Occupational and Environmental Health

Faculty staff and students outside the Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory (APHEL)

Mission Our mission is to make work, school, play and home environments healthy, safe, and sustainable, in our region, nationally and globally. We do this through: Uncovering how the environment affects people’s health Conducting research to prevent work-related illnesses and injuries Educating and training the next generation of occupational and environmental health professionals, researchers and…

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UCI Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation

Panorama Of The Vast Slums Of Kibera, Kenya.

The UCI Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation believes in bringing together the expertise and exceptional research abilities found at this world-class university with the passion and energy of the students who form the leaders of tomorrow. The center collaborates across disciplines with students, faculty and practitioners to rigorously explore systemic, geopolitical, technological and climate forces…

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Water UCI

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Water UCI mobilizes seamless collaboration across the university to conduct research, provide educational and outreach programs, foster workforce development, and advance policy solutions to critical water problems facing the state, nation, and world. Water UCI, located in the School of Social Ecology, serves to connect the water industry, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and K-12 schools…

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Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research (IISBR),

Participants in UCI Spit Camp working in a lab

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research is a school-based center, housed under the Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health and the School of Social Ecology. It serves as a scientific hub for research, training, and shared resources regarding the biobehavioral processes underlying health and disease with a focus on the use…

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The Environmental Collaboratory

The Environmental Collaboratory is a collaboration of three UCI entities: UCI-Nature, the Center for Environmental Biology (CEB), and the Masters in Conservation and Restoration Science program (MCRS). We share the goals of: (1) linking academic research with the conservation, restoration, and stewardship of natural systems; (2) promoting immersion in nature in order to enhance appreciation,…

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