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Training Individuals to Work in their Communities to Reduce Health Disparities

Community health workers training program aims to increase access to health care services in underserved neighborhoods

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Don’t Know CPR? There’s an App for That, Thanks to UC San Diego Health Doctor

A free Rescue Me CPR! app was created by UC San Diego Health’s Mark Greenberg, MD, as a tool to help combat the surge of opioid overdoses. The app uses videos and simple instructions to walk anyone through all the necessary steps to perform basic life support in real time.

Reimagining Public Health

From pandemics to health inequities, confronting future crises will look different — and that’s a good thing.

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Artificial Intelligence Aids Discovery of Super Tight-Binding Antibodies

UC San Diego scientists developed an artificial intelligence tool that could accelerate the development of new high affinity antibody drugs.

Don Cleveland Wins a Trifecta of Recognition

In the span of just a few weeks, Don Cleveland, a leading researcher in the study of neurodegenerative diseases like ALS and Alzheimer’s, has received three major awards.

Therapeutic Potential of Bizarre ‘Jumbo’ Viruses Tapped for $10M HHMI Emerging Pathogens Project

UC San Diego and its collaborating partners have been awarded $10 million from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to leverage the biomedical promise of viruses known as bacteriophages as new therapeutic agents in the fight against the rising crisis of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections.