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UC San Diego School of Medicine Receives $1.87M Grant to Expand Pathways to Medical School

August 8, 2022

UC San Diego School of Medicine is the recipient of a three-year $1.87 million grant from the Foundation for California Community Colleges to create a Regional Hub of Healthcare Opportunity (RHHO) in San Diego and Imperial Counties as part of the new California Medicine Scholars Program.

UC San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital Join Nationwide Long-COVID Study

August 5, 2022

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego have joined a nationwide study to better understand the long-term impact of COVID-19 on patients in the United States across all demographic groups.

Best New Dean of Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science

August 5, 2022

Brookie Best, PharmD, has been named the next dean of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California San Diego, succeeding James McKerrow, PhD, MD, who stepped down June 30, 2022.

Mitochondrial DNA Mutations Linked to Heart Disease Risk

August 4, 2022

UC San Diego and Salk Institute researchers report a surprising link between mitochondria, inflammation and gene mutations that may increase risk of atherosclerosis.

Engineering the Microbiome to Potentially Cure Disease

August 4, 2022

UC San Diego researchers report using native bacteria in mice as the chassis for delivering transgenes capable of inducing persistent and potentially even curative therapeutic changes in the gut and reversing disease pathologies.

Surfing for Science

August 4, 2022

It’s a summer morning at La Jolla Shores and Robert O’Brien, a junior at Princeton University who is spending his summer at UC San Diego, is surfing—for science. He is participating in the Smartfin research project, which aims to improve the collection of oceanographic data near the shore.

UC San Diego Research Funding Reaches Record-Breaking $1.64B

August 4, 2022

From deep sea to deep space, research awards this year provide a window into the tremendous scope of discovery conducted by UC San Diego researchers. In fiscal year 2022, the university earned $1.64 billion in research funding, up from $1.54 billion the previous year—a more than 6 percent increase.

Health Risks of COVID-19 Spurred More Smokers to Quit

August 4, 2022

New UC San Diego Rady School of Management study is first to track smoking behavior at the individual level during the pandemic.

Successful Women Make the Best Advocates to Help Other Women Rise up in the Ranks

August 4, 2022

New research utilizing data from U.S. Supreme Court law clerk hiring decisions finds that female job applicants with recommendations from other highly tenured women have the strongest chance of getting a job offer.

Illumina Supports Enhanced Genomics-Enabled Discovery and Training Programs at UC San Diego

August 4, 2022

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego announced today that Illumina has provided researchers at the Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine at Scripps new scientific equipment to build genomics and laboratory automation-enabled discovery and training programs.
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