January 4, 2022
Marking its 30th anniversary and her enduring interest and support, philanthropist Darlene Shiley has given a $10 million gift for the clinical space expansion of the Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health.
May 26, 2016
Not all habits are bad. Some are even necessary. But inability to switch from acting habitually to acting in a deliberate way can underlie addiction and obsessive compulsive disorders. Working with a mouse model, an international team of researchers demonstrates what happens in the brain for habits to control behavior
December 8, 2021
Pediatric ophthalmologist with Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health explains why infantile cataracts are more common — and problematic — than most people realize.
October 23, 2014
…of Family and Preventative Medicine, are working with the university’s Superfund Research Center (funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences), the City of San Diego and the Environmental Protection Agency to encourage clean up and reinvestment in brownfields in Southeastern San Diego—some of which are being developed for…
October 8, 2015
…fields, from history to medicine. Carol began her tradition of philanthropy at UC San Diego initially to honor the legacy of her late husband, Alkiviadis or “Laki.” She established the Alkiviadis and Carol Vassiliadis Fellowship for Cancer Prevention, an endowment which for more than a decade has given aspiring young…
December 15, 2021
Nixon Foundation funds effort to study and treat macular dystrophy at Shiley Eye Institute. Currently, there are no effective treatments to slow or prevent genetic condition.
February 28, 2024
Individuals with Williams syndrome have a gregarious “cocktail party” personality, while those with the opposite genetic alteration, in contrast, tend to have autistic traits and are prone to struggle socially. Research from UC San Diego sheds new light on the gene responsible.
June 30, 2016
A “more realistic” computer model, created with the aid of Gordon at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego, paints a new picture of global warming’s impact on the complex processes that drive ocean mixing in the vast eddies swirling off the California coast.
October 10, 2019
…of Oceanography, School of Medicine, Jacobs School of Engineering and UC San Diego’s Divisions of Biological and Physical Sciences Research Communications program, which equips scientists with the tools to communicate their research to lay audiences. The foundation has also generously supported the Qualcomm Institute’s Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Marine Microbial…
June 7, 2022
…radiation therapy or nuclear medicine technology; and be a role model for women whose countries limit their educational and professional opportunities. Growing up in Afghanistan, Javaheri is unfortunately all too familiar with gender discrimination. She wants to be part of the movement to recognize the talent and potential of Afghan…
