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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.

UC San Diego Professor Honored by Sony and Nature for Bioengineering Research

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Bioengineering Professor Kiana Aran is one of three inaugural winners of the Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature. She is recognized for her pioneering work fusing biology with electronics to enhance precision medicine.

Computer Science Undergrad Earns Top Honors in Prestigious Competition–a First for UC San Diego

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UC San Diego computer science and engineering undergraduate Venkataram Sivaram is the first student from the university to receive the prestigious Computing Research Association (CRA) Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award.

Computer Science Undergrad Earns Top Honors in Prestigious Competition–a First for UC San Diego

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

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“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.

Eliah Aronoff-Spencer, Richard Carpiano, Lara Vojnov, Wendy MacNaughton and Julie Makani.

Empowered to Thrive

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UC San Diego honored community members who advance student success and inclusivity in all aspects of university life with the inaugural Student Centeredness Awards.

Multiple glass awards with student centered logo affixed to the top arranged on a table

Alum Spotlight: Meet Jennifer Han, Pharm.D., ‘17

Profiles

Han is a board-certified clinical pharmacist at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Syracuse, New York; and co-founder of Seen Nutrition, a company that has developed the first calcium chew made from real foods. She was inspired to found the company after fracturing her back two months after having her baby, and was diagnosed with pre-menopausal osteoporosis.