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Growing With the Community

UC San Diego Health CEO Patty Maysent shares her 10-year vision to unite academic medicine with accessible community health. Read her Q&A on delivering world-class care to the San Diego community.

Meeting Community Needs

UC San Diego community-based programs are partnering with diverse populations to improve well-being.

No Shortage of Solutions

Pharmacists at UC San Diego are working hard to help with the nationwide drug shortage crisis.

Chief Pharmacy Officer Charles E. Daniels, PhD. (left) and Dean Brookie Best, PharmD (right)

UC San Diego partnered with Belmont Village Senior Living to launch Living Lab. This unique space is designed to bring UC San Diego faculty and researchers together with older adults, fostering deeper connections and paving the way for innovative aging research.

seniors in chair using exercise bands to improve strength and balance

How Healthy Stem Cells Turn Into Oral Cancer

UC San Diego researchers have identified the molecular and cellular mechanisms that transform healthy stem cells into oral cancer at the earliest stages of the disease.

UC San Diego Physician-Scientist to Lead New Lancet Commission on U.S. Societal Resilience

“We need to refocus on strengthening our society by understanding what makes communities resilient,” says UC San Diego faculty member Eliah Aronoff-Spencer, chair of the new Lancet Commission.