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Atul Malhotra, MD, Receives Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award

Recognized by the American Thoracic Society, Malhotra has been honored with the 2024 Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology Lifetime Achievement Award

A Matter of (Pitch) Perception

A study of San Diego-area kindergarten students reveals that singing to pitch has no relation to academic achievement.

Student-Run Free Clinic Project is Transforming Lives Through Holistic Care and Cooperative Learning

Finding a place to belong is a universal desire. We all want to fit in and find connections with people who inspire and encourage us. For nearly 30 years, University of California San Diego School of Medicine’s Student-Run Free Clinic Project has provided that comforting and familiar space for thousands of patients, medical students, physicians and volunteers.

Hannah Manoochehri checks patient's vitals at the UC San Diego Student-Run Free Clinic Project.

Unexpected Impact: Concussion Derails Football Dreams, Experts Help Ignite Hurdles Talent

A traumatic brain injury ended Caden Taffe’s ability to play football, yet he has channeled his talents into running hurdles.

State-of-the-Art Brain Recordings Reveal How Neurons Resonate

Researchers at UC San Diego have shed new light on how the brain processes and synthesizes information. Findings help solve a longstanding mystery in neuroscience.

Using AI to Enable Better Vision – for Both Humans and Machines

Through a unique and long-standing collaboration, electrical engineers at UC San Diego are embedded in Jacobs Retina Center to partner with ophthalmologists to develop better computer vision, AI, and image processing tools to help physicians diagnose patients faster and more accurately; predict which drugs will be most successful for specific patients; and even aid in the process of developing new therapeutic treatments for retinal diseases.