Antonio Garcia, one of 12 children, is in his third year at the UCR School of Medicine. Garcia, who grew up in Anaheim, Calif., thought he would be a professional boxer like several of his siblings, but a program for gifted students at his high school set him on the...

Meera G. Nair, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical sciences, is one of few professors who can say they were a part of a faculty team who interviewed and welcomed the very first cohort of a brand new medical school. She joined the UCR School of Medicine in October 2012, the...

Clinical Professor Samer Ghostine, M.D., chief of neurosurgery and director of neuroscience at Riverside Community Hospital (RCH), joined the UCR School of Medicine after working in health care and medical education with the Loma Linda University Medical Center and the UC Irvine School of Medicine. Ghostine is involved in building...