UC San Diego Faculty Receive Trifecta of National Awards
Three UC San Diego faculty--Terry Hwa, Benjamin Grinstein and Suckjoon Jun--have been recognized by national physics associations for their achievements.
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UC San Diego-Led Team Receives $9M to Advance Parkinson’s Disease Treatments
A new $9 million grant from Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) will enable advancement of UC San Diego’s discovery that inhibiting a single gene in mice converts other cell types directly into new neurons, alleviating all Parkinson’s symptoms.
UC San Diego Ranked Nation’s No. 6 Best Public University by U.S. News and World Report
UC San Diego has been ranked sixth among the nation’s top public colleges, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2022 Best Global Universities. Released Tuesday, the publication ranked UC San Diego as the No. 21 best university in the world.
Two UC San Diego Scientists Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Leaders in cell biology and anti-malarial drug development respectively, JoAnn Trejo and Elizabeth Winzeler were recognized by their peers with one of the highest honors in health and medicine.
Matthew Lovett-Barron Named 2021 Packard Fellow
UC San Diego Assistant Professor Matthew Lovett-Barron, who researches the neural mechanisms of internal brain states and collective decision making in schooling fish, has been selected for the 2021 Packard Fellowship Program and the Searle Scholars Program.
Natalie Rodriguez: The Whole Person
As San Diegans settle down to watch the sunset at Pacific Beach, the Student-Run Free Clinic Project picks up speed a few blocks away. Health care workers move through the small space with focus and urgency. Pharmacists painstakingly fill and sort pill boxes.
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