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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.

CDC Awards $17.5M to Team Led by UC San Diego to Strengthen Response to Disease Outbreaks

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $17.5 million to a coalition led by researchers at UC San Diego to develop innovative tools and networks to respond rapidly to emerging disease outbreaks.

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.

UC San Diego School of Medicine Welcomes its 55th Class of Medical Students

UC San Diego School of Medicine welcomes 141 new medical students at the 2023 White Coat Ceremony. The annual ceremony marks the beginning of the medical education journey for these future physicians.

First-year medical students celebrate their 2023 White Coat Ceremony at UC San Diego School of Medicine.

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).

Group of high school students participating in an art project as part of a mental health workshop.

Enhancing Immune Defenses: Researchers Unveil the Secrets of Specialized T Cells to Conquer Tumors

Immunologists have uncovered new approaches to enhance protection from tumors and infections. They have revealed new insights into the metabolism of specialized cells of the immune system known as tissue-resident CD8 T cells and how they could be enhanced as immune defense weapons against tumors.