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2025 Issue: Connection to Community

This issue of Discoveries explores the myriad innovations, discoveries and partnerships, as well as the collective spirit, that define the health sciences’ profound impact on the world. We work with and within the communities we serve to understand the most pressing needs and drive the expansive growth that improves health for individuals and populations.  

Time and time again, we witness how academic and clinical excellence within our various communities translates into tangible benefits, transforming ideas into actions that make a lasting difference.

2025 UC San Diego Health Sciences Discoveries cover

Editorial Team

Chancellor: Pradeep K. Kholsa

Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences: John M. Carethers

Chief Executive Office, UC San Diego Health: Patty Maysent

Chief Communications and Marketing Officer: Matt Nagel

Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, UC San Diego Health: Jacqueline Carr

Executive Director of Strategic Communications, Health Sciences and Editor-in-Chief: Sarah Bjorkman

Managing Editor: Mariel Jungkunz

Production Manager: Cindy Mam

Writers: Susanne Clara Bard, Michelle Brubaker, Katherine Connor, Tyler Delong, Yadira Galindo, Nell Gladson, Jade Griffin, Jen Jordan, Miles Martin, Annie Pierce, Joyce Pritchett

Photographers: Kyle Dykes, Erik Jepsen

Publication Design: Traina

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