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UC San Diego Health Named National Leader in Delivering High-Quality Patient Care

UC San Diego Health is recognized by Vizient as 2023 Birnbaum Quality Leadership Top Performer for the fifth consecutive year.

Pathology Professor Named 2023 Keio Medical Science Prize Laureate

University of California San Diego School of Medicine’s Napoleone Ferrara, MD, has been named a 2023 Keio Medical Science Prize Laureate. Awarded annually by Keio University, Japan’s oldest private university, the award recognizes outstanding achievements in medicine and life sciences.

Growing the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Workforce

A $4 million grant from UnitedHealth Group (UHG) is changing lives. The grant, which was made in 2020, has enabled the University of California San Diego School of Medicine to create the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inclusive Excellence program (CAPIE).

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Maintaining Stable Weight Increases Longevity Among Older Women

UC San Diego researchers investigated the associations of weight changes later in life with exceptional longevity and found that women who maintained their body weight after age 60 were more likely to reach longevity.

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$3.8 Million NIMH MERIT Award Supports Research on Innovative Diagnostic Tool for ASD

Karen Pierce, PhD, has received a five-year, $3.8 million Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) that will fund research to develop an eye tracking-based screening tool for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).