April 1, 2026
April 1, 2026 —
The University of California San Diego School of Medicine is pleased to welcome Christopher “Dirk” Keene, MD, PhD, as the new chair of the Department of Pathology effective April 1, 2026.
March 31, 2026
March 31, 2026 —
UC San Diego researchers reveal new insights into how breast cancer spreads, shedding new light on a common cause of cancer-related deaths.
March 26, 2026
March 26, 2026 —
Eight researchers at the University of California San Diego have been elected 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Andrew D. Chisholm, Farinaz Koushanfar, Albert P. Pisano, Ravi Ramamoorthi, JoAnn Trejo, Emily Troemel, Meenakshi Wadhwa and Sheng Zhong.
March 24, 2026
March 24, 2026 —
No two journeys to medicine look the same. Learn about some of the paths that UC San Diego School of Medicine students have taken to arrive at Match Day, the day they find out where they will begin residency training.
March 10, 2026
March 10, 2026 —
Leading experts from the University of California San Diego are set to return to Austin, Texas, for the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference to showcase groundbreaking research and innovation to a global audience.
March 10, 2026
March 10, 2026 —
A single receptor in blood vessels can trigger either harmful inflammation or protective healing, but scientists have struggled to understand how this is possible. UC San Diego research has now answered this outstanding question.
March 10, 2026
March 10, 2026 —
Measured in blood samples, the biomarker p-tau217 was strongly linked to future dementia risk across decades of follow-up in a large, diverse cohort of U.S. women.
March 9, 2026
March 9, 2026 —
By utilizing long-read sequencing, an emerging technique that reads large sections of the genome at once, scientists at UC San Diego have revealed new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum disorder.
March 9, 2026
March 9, 2026 —
There is no evolutionary signal suggesting that these viruses were being “pre-adapted” for humans prior to their outbreaks. Instead, measurable changes in selection typically appeared only after sustained transmission began in people.
March 5, 2026
March 5, 2026 —
“We provide a larger platform so that others can start to make broader connections to see patterns and gaps across fields that usually don’t talk to each other," says Professor Imanuel Lerman.
