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Adwoa Osei in front of the SOM Ed 2 building

Osei Appointed Associate Dean for Medical Education Quality and Compliance at UCR SOM

Adwoa Osei, MD, FAAP, has been named the associate dean for medical education quality and compliance at the UC Riverside School of Medicine. Her appointment begins on July 1, 2025. "Dr. Osei has been an integral part of our School of Medicine for years, shaping our curriculum, mentoring students, and...

By Ross French | March 24, 2025 | Medical Education
David Lo

Lo named to CARB Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants

Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sciences David Lo, MD, PhD, of the UC Riverside School of Medicine has been appointed to the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants. The appointment is for a three-year term. The panel meets quarterly and is charged with reviewing proposed...

By Ross French | March 6, 2025 | Research
Linda Reimann

Reimann Receives Distinguished Service Award from AAMC

Linda Reimann, assistant dean for Strategic Initiatives and chief of staff of the UC Riverside School of Medicine, has been selected to receive the Distinguished Service Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Institutional Planning (GIP). The award recognizes the contributions of members of the GIP...

By Ross French | August 19, 2024 | Awards
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UCR School of Medicine Ranked Seventh for Diversity in US News and World Report Annual Report

The University of California, Riverside School of Medicine has been ranked seventh in diversity in the US News and World Report’s annual Best Medical Schools rankings that were released on July 23, 2024. UCR SOM tied with the University of New Mexico and was second among University of California medical...

By Ross French | July 23, 2024 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Three West Point Cadets to Participate in Inaugural Research Internship Program

Three cadets from the US Military Academy at West Point will be conducting research internships in the University of California Riverside School of Medicine’s Biomedical Sciences program as the inaugural participants in a new program designed to build research-based bridges between the institutions. Scott Pegan, PhD, a professor in the...

By Ross French | June 6, 2024 | Research, Veterans/Military
Kathy Barton and Stephanie Sandoval

SOM Staff Honored at Annual Staff Assembly Awards

A pair of School of Medicine staff members received awards from the UC Riverside Staff Assembly at their annual end-of-year awards ceremony at the Barn on Monday, June 3, 2024. Stephanie Sandoval of the School of Medicine's Department of Social Medicine, Population, and Public Health was presented with the People...

By Ross French | June 5, 2024 | Awards
Evita Limon Rocha

Limon-Rocha Named Chair of SOM Admissions Committee

Evita Limon-Rocha, MD, MPH has been named the new chair of the UC Riverside School of Medicine's Admissions Committee. Limon-Rocha, a community-based faculty member and UCR alumna, has volunteered on the committee for the past two years. She works as a bilingual child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente...

By Ross French | August 30, 2023 | Medical Education, Alumni
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Martinez Named Associate Dean of DEI

Denise A. Martinez, MD has been appointed as the new associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. Her position, which includes a faculty appointment in the Department of Family Medicine, begins on August 21, 2023. "We are thrilled to welcome Dr...

By Ross French | July 12, 2023 | Medical Education
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Fortuna Named Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at UC Riverside School of Medicine

The UC Riverside School of Medicine has announced the appointment of Lisa Fortuna, MD, MPH, MDiv as the chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. Fortuna is a triple board-certified psychiatrist in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry and addiction medicine.

By Ross French | June 5, 2023 | Faculty
Deborah Deas on stage during the Western University Commencement

Deas Surprised with Honorary Degree from Western University of Health Sciences

UC Riverside Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and the Mark and Pam Rubin Dean of the School of Medicine Deborah Deas, MD, MPH, can now add a new title to her signature: doctor of humane letters or LHD. Deas was surprised with an honorary doctorate from Western University of Health...

By Ross French | May 18, 2023 | Awards
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Timothy J. Collins Named CEO of UCR Health

On Wednesday, the UC Regents’ Health Services Committee voted to approve Timothy J. Collins, EdD, MHA, FACHE, EMT as the new chief executive officer of the UC Riverside Health clinical enterprise (UCR Health). Collins brings more than 30 years of experience in acute care hospitals, health systems and academic medical...

By Ross French | April 12, 2023 | UCR Health
Dr. Peter Igrashi in 1980 and 2023

Peter Igarashi, MD to Return to UCR to Provide Keynote Address at Commencement and Hippocratic Oath Ceremony

Peter Igarashi, MD, a nationally recognized physician-scientist, medical education innovator and the current dean of the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming UC Riverside School of Medicine Commencement and Hippocratic Oath Ceremony on Friday, June 2, 2023. Igarashi's roots run...

By Ross French | April 5, 2023 | 10th Anniversary, Alumni
The class of 2017 toasts at their Match Day at the Mission Inn.

Looking Back on Match Day at the UCR School of Medicine

For fourth-year medical students, there are few moments more anticipated than Match Day. Held annually on the third Friday in March, Match Day is the day where medical students at schools across North America learn where they will go for their graduate medical education, also known as their residency. Most...

By Ross French | March 13, 2023 | 10th Anniversary, Match Day
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The Buildings That the SOM Has Called Home

The new School of Medicine Education Building II, scheduled to open in the fall of 2023, has everyone excited about the future of medical education at UC Riverside. As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we thought we would look back on the many buildings that the school has used for...

By Ross French | February 10, 2023 | 10th Anniversary
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Cheney Named Outstanding Faculty Mentor for 2022

Ann Cheney, PhD, has been named the recipient of the UC Riverside School of Medicine's 2022 Outstanding Mentor of the Year award. The award is in recognition of a faculty member's outstanding contributions to mentoring other faculty, postdoctoral fellows, residents, and/or students. The announcement was made at the School of...

By Ross French | January 19, 2023 | Awards, Social Medicine, Population, and Public Health, Center for Healthy Communities
Declan McCole in the lab with two graduate students

McCole Records Awards Hat Trick

Declan McCole, PhD, of the Division of Biomedical Sciences pulled off a remarkable accomplishment as he was named recipient of three separate awards in recognition of his variety of work at the UC Riverside School of Medicine. McCole was named recipient of the 2022 Research Achievement Award in Biomedical or...

By Ross French | January 4, 2023 | Awards, Research
Rebecca Hernandez, left, with Dr. Changcheng Zhou

Hernandez Receives Predoctorate Fellowship from American Heart Association

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...

By Ross French | December 14, 2022 | Biomedical Sciences, Alumni
Medical student checking the heart of a patient

UCR SOM Receives $225,000 Grant to Support Internal Medicine Residency Program

The UC Riverside School of Medicine has received a grant of $225,000 to support the Internal Medicine Residency Program at St. Bernardine's Medical Center in San Bernardino. The award was part of more than $38 million in CalMedForce awards distributed across the state to support medical trainingand residency programs that...

By Ross French | November 30, 2022 | Graduate Medical Education
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SOM Researchers to Look at Chronic Illness and Parenting

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...

By Ross French | November 7, 2022 | Research, Medical Education
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SOM Receives Grant from AMA to Improve Opportunities for Research and Scholarship

The UCR School of Medicine has received a $30,000 grant from the American Medical Association (AMA) to develop a curriculum in the health sciences designed to encourage ongoing research and scholarship among current medical students from underrepresented communities throughout their careers. The project, titled "Starting Upstream: Integrating Research and Scholarship...

By Ross French | October 21, 2022 | Medical Education
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