From cancer care to cosmic discovery, UC Irvine’s female researchers expand scientific frontiers

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Mihaela Balu, UC Irvine associate professor of dermatology and biomedical engineering
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Mihaela Balu and her team develop skin scanner that can better detect early signs of melanoma

February 19, 2026

Aomawa Shields, UC Irvine associate professor of physics and astronomy
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Astronomer Aomawa Shields explores exoplanet habitability

February 13, 2025

Cailin O’Connor, UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor of logic and philosophy of science
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UC Irvine Podcast: Women in science

March 31, 2025

Biomedical sciences Ph.D. candidate Elizabeth Andrews
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Researchers probe Alzheimer’s progression in women with Down syndrome

November 12, 2025

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