UCI Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation
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…
Read MoreWater UCI
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…
Read MoreInterdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research (IISBR),
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…
Read MoreThe 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,…
Read MoreCenter for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM)
The Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM) was established by the UC Regents in 1983 and is the first research institute in the world dedicated exclusively to the multidisciplinary study of learning and memory mechanisms. The CNLM’s mission is to promote the most innovative learning and memory research transforming education, technology and…
Read MoreAdeline Mah Vaccine Center
The Adeline Mah Vaccine Center at UCI advances global public health by developing innovative vaccines and adjuvants that enhance the immune response to infections. With expertise across molecular biology, immunology, bioengineering, and clinical medicine, the center focuses on RNA and DNA-based vaccines, which leverage antigen-presenting cells to stimulate targeted immune defenses. This technology addresses rapidly…
Read MoreUCI Critical Theory
UCI Critical Theory is the institutional home for events, research, and study related to critical theory at the University of California, Irvine. The committee for Critical Theory oversees the Critical Theory Emphasis. The Emphasis trains and certifies graduate students from across the campus—humanities, arts, social sciences, and beyond—in a variety of critical approaches. As part…
Read MoreMicrobiome Center
The UCI Microbiome Center promotes the discovery of universal principles of microbial communities (microbiomes) in all environments, including humans, other animal and plant hosts, soil, and the oceans. The Center provides consulting on research projects, facilitates collaboration between labs, and offers a data analysis service.
Read MoreSteckler Center for Responsible, Ethical, and Accessible Technology (CREATE)
UCI’s Steckler Center for Responsible, Ethical, and Accessible Technology (CREATE) was established in 2020 through a generous gift from Vincent (BS ’80) and Amanda Steckler. We promote research and education into the challenges of creating technological futures that produce positive change in the world, focused on principles of equity, accountability, and care. Based in the…
Read MoreResearch Center for Exercise Medicine and Sleep
The UC Irvine Health Research Center for Exercise Medicine and Sleep (RCEMS) formally known as the Pediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center was launched in 2012 and is dedicated to harnessing the healing power of exercise and sleep. We know that improving health outcomes for all people starts with research. Our nationally renowned clinicians, exercise physiologists…
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