Campus Blood Drive 

UCI Health
April 4 at 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
April 5 at 11 a.m.–7 p.m. 

Start off the new semester by saving a life! The Campus Blood Donor Center is having a two-day blood drive that is offering two gifts to choose from. Give hope when you give blood!

2023 Community Lecture Series: Low Vision 

UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute 
April 11
7–8 p.m.

Join this free online seminar about low vision and how to improve your independence and quality of life. This seminar will be led by speakers Karen C. Lin, OD, and Nilima Tanna, OT. Join the UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute’s free seminars to learn about the causes, symptoms and treatment of eye-related conditions.

Integrative Insider LIVE!: Diabetes, Diet and Disease Prevention

UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute 
April 12 
5:30–6:30 p.m. 

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly a quarter of American adults are undiagnosed with diabetes and 38% are pre-diabetic. Join this webinar featuring Michelle Luhan, MS, RD, CDN, who will present symptoms, prevention and how medical nutrition therapy can assist a patient's management in diet and disease prevention.

Online LASIK Surgery Seminar

UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute 
April 13
6:30–7:30 p.m.

If you are tired of wearing glasses or contact lenses, LASIK surgery may be right for you. Join us for a free online informational seminar to learn about LASIK surgery, including whether you might be a candidate for the procedure.

Quick Bites: Eat on the Wild Side 

UCI Student Wellness & Health Promotion
April 17
12:30–1 p.m.

Optimize your health through nature's farmacy and learn which fruits/veggies to throw in your cart this spring! Quick Bites is a brief, virtual lunch and learn series on Zoom with our RDN, Jody Margolis, who will cover various nutrition hot topics. You’ll have the opportunity to ask the expert and expand your nutritional knowledge.

The Havana Syndrome: A Disorder of Neuropolitics?

UCI Center for Neuropolitics
April 19
5–6:15 p.m.

In one of the most extraordinary cases in the history of science, the mating calls of insects were mistaken for a “sonic weapon” that led to a major diplomatic row. This lecture by Robert W. Baloh, MD, professor of neurology and head and neck surgery (emeritus) at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, will trace the origins of the Havana syndrome, as well as the U.S. government’s response, results from scientific investigations and opinions, the evolution of the syndrome over time and similar phenomena that have occurred in the past.

Holistic Spring Cleaning: Reset Your Mind, Body & Spirit

UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute
April 21
Noon–1 p.m.

The UCI Culinary Health webinar series is a 50-minute workshop based on the UCI School of Medicine culinary medicine curriculum. Learn about spring cleaning for your mind, body and spirit in this class led by Theresa Nutt, MA, BSN, HNB-BC, NBC-HWC, director of Health and Wellness Coaching, and SSIHI Executive Chef Jessica VanRoo.

Understanding Aging and Your Spine

UCI Health
April 24
7 p.m.

Oh, those aches and pains. Whether in your shoulders or the small of your back, back pain can really affect your everyday life. Join Dr. Sohaib Hashmi, director of the UCI Health Spine Trauma Program and assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the UCI School of Medicine, as he demonstrates why it is important to ask the right questions about your back pain and what you can do to manage your treatment in partnership with your doctor.

A Reading from The Birthright Mansion: At Home in the World of Chronic Illness

Center for Medical Humanities
April 27
5 p.m.

Professor Megan Moodie will present an excerpt from her book-in-progress, The Birthright Mansion: At Home in the World of Chronic Illness. The Birthright Mansion is a creative nonfiction book that combines memoir, imaginative ekphrasis, and accessible feminist analysis to tell the story of Professor Moodie's diagnosis with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) in 2016, at age 40, after a decade in which she became disabled — that is, "unhoused" from the body she thought she knew.

OneLegacy Donate Life Run/Walk 2023

UCI Health
April 29
7 a.m.

Join this non-competitive 5K/1K run/walk to educate and inspire the community about organ, eye and tissue donation, with proceeds benefiting the OneLegacy Foundation. Search for and join the "UCI Health" team when registering for the event.

Healthy Happenings is a monthly email that includes a six-week calendar of health news and events. To be included, events must be open to the public, health-related, and hosted or co-hosted by a UCI Health entity. Healthy Happenings is distributed at the beginning of every month. To appear in next month's edition, you must submit your event by one week before the first of the month.

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