June 1, 2017
…served as a student health advocate and volunteers at a research lab at the Veteran’s Administration. Abdullahi, who is a member of UC San Diego’s pre-medical fraternity Phi Delta Epsilon, plans to take a gap year before applying to medical school to become a pediatrician. He will continue working with…
April 26, 2016
The California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) of University of California has awarded grants totaling $9.4 million to three teams of investigators to provide and evaluate PrEP – the HIV prevention pill – among transgender persons at risk for HIV acquisition in California.
May 21, 2020
…of Pain Psychedelics and Health Research Initiative explores new territory in treating pain In the last few years, new research has demonstrated the powerful potential for classical psychedelics, especially psilocybin (the active compound in “magic mushrooms”), to treat a range of mental health disorders, including depression, anxiety and addiction. In…
March 31, 2022
…for social change and mobility and he showed that through his active role in achieving equitable rights for farmworkers in our nation. His celebration serves as a reminder that there is power in unity! As members of this nation, we are present, we have a voice, we matter. Regardless of…
October 21, 2015
Virtual reality has become a lightning rod, with opinions split on the substance and relevance of its future applications. UC San Diego’s recent “Future of Virtual Reality” conference demonstrated that this technology has far-reaching potential—not only in the realm of gaming, but in fields like archaeology and medicine as well.
October 26, 2021
Spin, a micromobility provider, and TransLoc, a transportation software solutions company, are combining efforts to deliver and integrate sustainable transportation modes, improving how the university’s 75,000 students, faculty and staff move around campus.
