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Breaking Barriers, Shattering Glass: Women in Medicine Month

September 25, 2024

September is designated as Women in Medicine Month, and UC San Diego Health celebrates three inspiring women physicians and accomplishments.

A Dose of Pharmacreations

September 25, 2024

How would you treat pain in an alien, monster or superhero patient? For the young students enrolled in A Dose Of Pharmacreations, a course offered by the Sally Ride Science Academy within University of California San Diego Division of Extended Studies, the answer was multi-fold.

UC San Diego Health and San Diego County Partner on Behavioral Health Care Hub

September 24, 2024

UC San Diego Health and San Diego County partner on behavioral health care hub at East Campus Medical Center.

Self-Compassion is Related to Better Mental Health Among Syrian Refugees

September 20, 2024

A survey of Syrian refugees living in Jordan reveals that higher levels of self-compassion are associated with better mental health. The findings suggest that interventions teaching self-compassion have the potential to boost the mental health of displaced individuals.

UC San Diego Health Maintains Top Quality Care Status by Vizient

September 18, 2024

UC San Diego Health ranks among the top academic medical centers for quality in Vizient’s 2024 Bernard A. Birnbaum Quality Leadership Award.

Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Team Catalyst Fund Announces Five Inaugural Awardees

September 17, 2024

UC San Diego announced recipients of its inaugural Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Team Catalyst Fund, recognizing five groundbreaking research teams for their exceptional projects.

Clinical Trial Evaluates Spatial Computing App on Apple Vision Pro in Operating Room

September 16, 2024

UC San Diego Health is first in the nation to evaluate the potential use of spatial computing apps on Apple Vision Pro in the operating room.

UC San Diego Receives $10 Million for Center on Neurobiology in Changing Environments

September 10, 2024

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group has selected UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography to receive a four-year, $10 million grant to establish the Allen Discovery Center for Neurobiology in Changing Environments. The center’s goal will be to understand how climate change may impact the nervous systems and behavior of marine animals.

Brain Scans Reveal that Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Is Not a Placebo

September 5, 2024

Brain scans reveal that mindfulness meditation engages different neural pathways compared to placebo, demonstrating that pain relief from mindfulness meditation is not the result of the placebo effect.

At the Ready: A Day in the Life of a Trauma Surgeon

August 30, 2024

The trauma medical director at UC San Diego Health reflects on her career in observance of the 40th Anniversary of the San Diego County Trauma System.
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