UCD Precision Medicine

🔬 CPMDS Research Highlight New research highlights how AI and digital health technologies are improving healthcare quality and patient safety through proactive, data-driven care, clinical decision support, telehealth, and better care coordination. #AI #DigitalHealth

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🔬CPMDS Research Spotlight (Dr. @DrHH_01) New research highlights how advances in cardiovascular ion channel and Ca²⁺ signaling research are shaping future therapies for heart disease, including arrhythmias and heart failure. ❤️🫀

🔬 CPMDS Research Spotlight (Dr. Emilie Roncali): CFD is advancing cancer therapy by modeling blood flow & drug transport to improve targeting and reduce side effects. Integrating with imaging & AI could enable more personalized treatment. lnkd.in/deHn6Pp4 #CancerResearch

@EmilieRoncali Image Description: Promotional flyer for “VITM 2026 mini,” a two-day online event (April 27–28, 2026, 11 AM–3 PM EDT) focused on virtual imaging trials, digital twins, and quantitative imaging.

Associate Director for Computational Biomedicine Dr. @EmilieRoncali recently gave a keynote on theranostics digital twins and in silico models at the Virtual Imaging Trials in Medicine workshop 2026!!

Congrats to Frederick Ha who presented his research at the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference at UC Davis! Image Description: Frederick stands at the front of a classroom giving a presentation.

Congratulations to @VorobyovUCD and Yen-Her Lai, winners of this quarter’s School of Medicine Research Image Competition! Image descriptions: Dark blue representation of space with constellations. Photo of Lai holding a paper award and gift basket. Photo of Igor in gray suit.

CPDMS Research Spotlight (Dr. Deborah Lieu): New research in Stem Cell Reports reveals insights into how cellular programs regulate stem cell behavior, deepening our understanding of development and advancing potential applications in tissue repair and disease modeling 🧬✨

Congratulations to Dr. Fred Meyers on receiving the 2026 ACTS Distinguished Educator: Mentorship Innovation Award! This honor recognizes innovative mentorship advancing translational science and supporting diverse researchers. Proud to celebrate this achievement! 🎉

Check out the related correspondence in @NEJM 💡 🔗nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

In this new #Review, Chiara Anna Giordani (@ucdcpmds) and @clancyatheart25 discuss #dose as a fundamental organizing principle in physiology💉💊 🔗 Read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

In this recent review article, Kensuke Sakata (@JHU_ADVANCE) and @NTrayanova examine how #digitaltwins technology can facilitate mechanism-driven, personalized ablation planning and improve PsAF patient care 🫀 🔄 Read the article here: 👇️ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📣 Call for Papers 📣 We welcome papers on Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels for a special issue, initiated in the context of the second Worldwide Sodium Channel Conference #WSCC26 👉 hubs.la/Q03QCqHX0 #IonChannels #CallForPapers

Review: Behringer et al. @TUDarmstadt show how coarse-grained computational methods uncover long-range mechanical connectivities in HCN #IonChannels. Together with high-res #cryoEM structures, these methods provide insights into their allosteric regulation hubs.la/Q049G_jX0

New research shows common therapies estrogen, metformin, statins, and vitamin D, may unintentionally affect regulatory T cells (Tregs), key to immune balance. Understanding these effects could help advance more precise, personalized care! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41855744/

🔬 Ionizing radiation reshapes heart cell function, not just tissue damage. Low–moderate doses: pro-arrhythmic High doses: improved electrical stability 🧠 Mitochondria drive these effects 💡 May help optimize radiotherapy & reduce cardiac risk physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP…

Jan 14, 2026: The Data Science Seminar Series spotlighted theranostics & digital twins in cancer care. Emilie Roncali shared advances in liver, prostate & metastatic cancers improving diagnosis, treatment & outcomes. cancer.gov/about-nci/orga…