Inside UCR

Professor honored with Nancy Chick Article of the Year Award

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0800

Award reflects Rosemary Tyrrell’s contributions to advancing teaching and learning in medical education and beyond

Professor named 2025 Hastings Center Fellow

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0800

Brandon Brown is the first recipient of the honor at UCR

Most eligible Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders missed mental health care, food aid during pandemic

Iqbal Pittalwala — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside’s Andrew Subica is co-author on report showing how COVID-19 affected NHPIs in California

The role of student-run free clinics in developing medical students’ leadership abilities

Iqbal Pittalwala — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0800

Perspective article focuses on the Coachella Valley Free Clinic

Virtual villages can promote social engagement and mental wellbeing

Iqbal Pittalwala — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside-led study focused on older people living with HIV

Treatment needs of unhoused Hawaiians requires more attention, study says

Iqbal Pittalwala — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0700

An estimated 326,000 to 580,000 individuals experience sheltered homelessness in the United States each night, putting them at risk for depression, anxiety, serious mental illness, substance use, and physical health problems. Nonetheless, little is known about their treatment needs, particularly of community-dwelling unhoused individuals living outside the country’s major urban centers.

Recent changes at UCR have promoted well-being, study finds

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0800

A nearly three-year longitudinal study on the culture of campus health at UC Riverside has found that focusing on well-being characterized by programs and services, such as fitness classes, as well as policy and structural-level interventions, such as stairwell beautification and hydration stations, has promoted

High religiosity/spirituality linked to better cardiovascular health

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0800

UC Riverside-led study focused on African Americans living in Jackson, Mississippi

Novel interventions needed for healthy aging with HIV

Iqbal Pittalwala — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Review paper identifies barriers faced by older people living with HIV

Grant to fund health interventions in immigrant communities

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Researchers Ann Cheney and Evelyn Vázquez in the UCR School of Medicine’s Department of Social Medicine, Population, and Public Health have received $113,514 in funding from the Desert Healthcare District and Foundation Board for a project that will “mitigate psychological trauma and mental health disparities in immigrant communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Research identifies women’s health issues as they age with HIV

Iqbal Pittalwala — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Stigma, depression, and social isolation prevail in study participants

Depression and social isolation threaten successful aging of people living with HIV

Iqbal Pittalwala — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside-led study calls for giving more patient-centered care to this population

Study explores ethics surrounding payments to research participants

Iqbal Pittalwala — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0700

Findings could help inform future ethical payment practices