March 1, 2018
…Touching on everything from mental health to balancing work and school, the panelists spoke earnestly about the obstacles they faced navigating college and graduate school, as well as the surprising turns and invaluable support that led them to where they are today. “It’s hard to envision life as a graduate…
April 12, 2022
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.
November 27, 2012
In older adults, antipsychotic drugs are commonly prescribed off-label for a number of disorders outside of their Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved indications – schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In a new study, four of the antipsychotics most commonly prescribed off label for use in patients over 40 were found to…
October 12, 2017
A UC San Diego Health employee receives a flu vaccination at the flu and hepatitis A drive. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications At the Front Lines of San Diego’s Hepatitis A Outbreak San Diego County is in the midst of an outbreak of hepatitis A, a viral infection…
October 3, 2019
…is looking at the health of the eye and some vision problems that we're seeing in some astronauts post-flight and changes in the retinal layer,” said Meir. “We're not sure if this is caused by the increase in pressure due to the fluid shift that we have when we're in…
April 14, 2014
…a National Institutes of Health (NIH) press release that described a newly published study of monkeys in the journal Science, where researchers for the first time found that in-sync large-scale brain waves affecting various regions of the brain hold memories of objects just viewed. “This study provides more evidence that…
September 8, 2022
After a rare disease caused organ failure, UC San Diego Heath transplant teams performed a heart, liver and kidney transplant on a patient. The surgery is a first for UC San Diego Health and a first in the nation to use three organs from a donor after circulatory death.
October 2, 2018
Three researchers at the University of California San Diego have been selected to receive 2018 NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards. In addition, David Traver from the UC San Diego School of Medicine, has received an NIH Director’s Transformative award.
March 10, 2022
…at UC San Diego Health as part of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease program, led by Dr. Laith Alshawabkeh, cardiologist and founding director (right). Adult Congenital Heart Disease Care Now Accredited at UC San Diego Health In recognition of its multidisciplinary approach to treating adults with congenital heart disease, the…
January 12, 2021
Researchers at UC San Diego, UCLA, UC Irvine and San Diego State University have been awarded a $1.2 million UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) grant to develop an advanced class of mobile telemanipulation robots.
