News Archive - Qualcomm Institute / Calit2

Study Uses Powerful New ‘Digital Cohort’ Method to Understand Vaping Epidemic

Using the first major innovation for cohort studies in decades, a new paper from UC San Diego leverages social media to understand vaping behavior and opens up an entirely new way to conduct population health research.

UC San Diego Startup Incubator Helps Company Expand Wireless Reach

“The problem World Mobile is solving has global implications,” says Stuart Volkow, World Mobile program manager. “Those without [connectivity] are doomed to relative poverty.”

UC San Diego Team Wins Entrepreneurship Challenge for Third Year in a Row

A UC San Diego team wants to create a company to give first responders and emergency room personnel a new, portable and cost-effective tool to rapidly diagnose stroke patients and speed treatment. The group's pitch was awarded first place in the 2024 National Nanotechnology Entrepreneurship Challenge.

The Climate Games

Now funded with a new state grant, a team at UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute is developing “The Climate Games,” an educational video game set in locations already experiencing the impact of a changing climate.

Strategic Research Plan Refresh Looks to Evolve What UC San Diego Does Best

What broad and pressing societal problems, challenges or questions do you think UC San Diego is uniquely, well-positioned to help solve.

Scientists Show Ancient Village Adapted to Drought, Rising Seas

Researchers from UC San Diego and abroad have unveiled evidence for ancient human resilience to climate change in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Study Finds X’s Community Notes Provides Accurate Responses to Vaccine Misinformation

A new study published in JAMA finds that X's (formerly Twitter's) Community Notes, a crowdsourced approach to addressing misinformation, helped counter false health information in popular posts about COVID-19 vaccines by providing accurate, credible responses.