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...

Even in the best of times, parenting can be a challenge. But for parents who live with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease and more, those challenges can be magnified, causing complications that can make things even more difficult for parent and child alike. A team of researchers from...

What can people living in the mountains of Peru teach us about people dealing with COVID-19 related oxygen deficiency? Actually, quite a bit. High-altitude exposure leads to hypoxia, or low levels of oxygen in the body—a condition that’s present in COVID-19 and many other medical conditions. Erica Heinrich, Ph.D., an...