Amy M. Sitapati Named 2022 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award Recipient
UC San Diego Health physician recognized for her humanistic approach to medicine and delivery of care for patients and their families.
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E-cigarettes Alter Inflammatory State of Brain, Heart, Lungs and Colon
UC San Diego study shows chronic JUUL use leads to inflammatory changes across the body, and may affect organs’ response to infection; results depend on e-cigarette flavor.
Researchers Map Lung Development After Birth Into Late Childhood for the First Time
How do the lungs develop after taking their first breaths outside the womb? What cellular events and changes early in life give rise to lung malfunction and disease? UC San Diego researchers developed a single-cell atlas of postnatal lung development that could help answer these questions.
How Ovarian Cancer Defies Immunotherapy
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, with collaborators, have further elucidated how ovarian cancer tumors defy immunotherapy, identifying new molecular targets that might boost immune response.
UC San Diego Joins National Trial to Explore New Vaccines for COVID-19 Variants
UC San Diego has joined a Phase II clinical trial to evaluate various additional COVID-19 booster shots. The trial seeks to understand if different vaccine regimens can broaden immune responses in adults who already have received a primary vaccination series and a first booster shot.
UC San Diego Design Lab & California 100 Partner to Bring Top Talent to Design@Large Workshop Series
In order to get the future we want, we must take an active hand in designing it. Californians are creating many opportunities to shape the state’s future, including Governor Gavin Newsom’s statewide Future of Work Commission, responses to sweeping social changes brought about by COVID-19.
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