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Dec 11, 2025 | UC Irvine News
National Academy of Inventors names two UC Irvine faculty members as fellows
Tibor Juhasz and Marios Papaefthymiou recognized for societally beneficial innovations
Sep 18, 2025 | UC Irvine News
The science of sight
Researcher Krzysztof Palczewski leads UC Irvine’s bold pursuit to cure blindness
Sep 03, 2025 | UC Irvine News
$15 million gift to name, support UC Irvine's Center for Translational Vision Research
The University of California, Irvine has received a $15 million gift from the Brunson Foundation, led by James and Cynthia DeBoard, to name the Center for Translational Vision Research in the Falling Leaves Foundation Medical Innovation Building.
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Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk’s astonishing findings about Greenland sharks may lead to new ways of preserving vision as we age.
What an exciting year 2025 has been for the UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, as we marked the half-century anniversary of the ophthalmology department at UC Irvine and the 60th year of our university!
UC Irvine researchers explore a new treatment for reversing or possibly preventing age-related vision loss, and the findings could extend to boosting immune system health and fighting cancer.
Feb 10, 2026 | Aesthetic Surgery Journal
Congratulations to Dr. Teresa Chen, MD, Dr. Dylann Fujimoto, MD, and Dr. Jeremiah Tao, MD — Aesthetic Surgery Journal Best International Article of 2025!
Teresa H. Chen, MD, 2025 UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Oculoplastic Fellow, and Dylann Fujimoto, MD, 2026 PGY-4 resident, were recognized as lead authors of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal’s Best International Article Award of 2025 for their paper, “Effect of Subcutaneous Injection of Tranexamic Acid on Ecchymosis and Edema After Oculofacial Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized, Split-Face, Double-Blind Study.”
Jan 17, 2026 | Healio Ocular Surgery News
Patient history, growth rate key considerations when evaluating eyelid lesions
Dr. Jeremiah Tao, MD, FACS emphasized that careful patient history, lesion growth rate and bleeding are critical factors in evaluating eyelid lesions and determining when a biopsy may be necessary to rule out malignancy.