The University of California San Diego School of Medicine has developed a new Master of Advanced Studies in Precision Medicine Therapeutics in Oncology (PMTO) program. Classes for the new program will begin in Fall of 2026.
Two University of California San Diego School of Medicine physician-scientists have been elected to the Association of American Physicians (AAP). Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, M.D., M.S. and Harold (Hal) Hoffman, M.D. were selected for membership to the American Association of Physicians.
Brain researchers have identified a bridge between the thalamus and the cortex as the key area that is modified during motor learning functions. They found that such learning does much more than adjust activity levels, it sculpts the circuit’s wiring, refining the conversation between brain regions.
The virus that causes COVID-19 arrived in Wuhan, China from its place of origin too quickly for its horseshoe bat hosts to have carried it there — a dispersal pattern consistent with that of the virus that caused the 2002 SARS pandemic, according to a new study.
UC San Diego’s 2025 Strategic Convene and Influence Awards highlight seven groundbreaking initiatives aimed at fostering investigator-led collaborations that advance interdisciplinary thought leadership.
Researchers from UC San Diego found that Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) can help rewire the brain’s response to natural healthy pleasure, leading to reduced opioid cravings. The findings suggest that MORE could be a promising tool in the fight against opioid use disorder.
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