Two engineers from the University of California San Diego have been elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), in recognition of their efforts to improve human health through engineering.
Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, nurse scientist at UC San Diego Health, mentors other nurses with their research projects. Davidson’s passion for nurse research projects is evident with a new $1.5 million grant to study nurse suicide risk detection and prevention strategies.
Christine Alvarado, a teaching professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the associate dean for the division of undergraduate education at UC San Diego, will be one of four UR2PhD program leaders who have extensive experience developing large-scale programs.
Get to know the rich history and future plans of new vice chancellor for Health Sciences, John M. Carethers.
Tage Rai is a psychologist and assistant professor of management at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management. He co-authored the book, "Virtuous Violence" outlining research which finds that most acts of violence are driven by moral motives on the part of perpetrators.
The use of oral exams in engineering courses increased students’ motivation to learn and understanding of the content, according to preliminary findings from a study of undergraduate students at UC San Diego.
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