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Study Finds Women Who Drink Alcohol Before Pregnancy Less Likely To Take Multivitamins

Health & Behavior

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego Department of Pediatrics and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, a research affiliate of UC San Diego School of Medicine, have found a link between multivitamin use and alcohol consumption before pregnancy, uncovering a need for education about the importance of vitamin supplementation, particularly among women who drink alcohol during their childbearing years.

Study Finds Women Who Drink Alcohol Before Pregnancy Less Likely To Take Multivitamins

Business Leader, Author Robert E. Price Shares Legacy of Price Club Founder, Sol Price, May 6

Business & Economics

The University of California, San Diego will present an evening with Robert E. Price on May 6 at 4 p.m., including a talk and book-signing by the international businessman, philanthropist and author of the book, “Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator.” The event is free and open to the public.

Business Leader, Author Robert E. Price Shares Legacy of Price Club Founder, Sol Price, May 6

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects Three UC San Diego Professors

Business & Economics

Three UC San Diego faculty members have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: neuroscientist Steven Allen Hillyard, linguist David M. Perlmutter and anthropologist Kathryn Ann Woolard.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects Three UC San Diego Professors

Morrison & Foerster to Assist UC San Diego ‘myLab’ Students with Patent Applications

Science & Environment

Morrison & Foerster — a global law firm that represents some of the largest technology companies and research institutes in the world — has agreed to provide in-kind patent prosecution services to students in the University of California, San Diego’s “myLab,” program which is based at the university’s Qualcomm Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology.

Morrison & Foerster to Assist UC San Diego ‘myLab’ Students with Patent Applications

Qualcomm Institute’s Ashley Richter Wins Interdisciplinary Research Award

Humanities

Archaeological Anthropology Ph.D. candidate Ashley M. Richter has won an Interdisciplinary Research Award from the University of California, San Diego’s Office of Graduate Studies and Graduate Student Association.

Qualcomm Institute’s Ashley Richter Wins Interdisciplinary Research Award

Boosting the Powers of Genomic Science

Health & Behavior

In a pair of papers published in PLOS Genetics, two diverse teams of scientists, both headed by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, describe novel statistical models that more broadly and deeply identify associations between bits of sequenced DNA called single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs and say lead to a more complete and accurate understanding of the genetic underpinnings of many diseases and how best to treat them.