World-Renowned Surgeon Named New Director of Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health
January 8, 2024
Diane M. Simeone, MD, has been named the new director of Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health.
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Rady School Students Place First and Third in Triton Greenovation Network Challenge
December 15, 2011
Solidifying UC San Diego’s role as a research powerhouse with an entrepreneurial culture and collaborative environment, the Triton Greenovation Network (TGN) Challenge concluded its inaugural competition after announcing that students from the Rady School placed first and third in its competition to find the most commercially viable projects with a…
A Target for Potential Cancer Drugs May, In Fact, Worsen Disease
November 9, 2021
Researchers reveal a previously unrealized complexity in cancer development, one that raises concerns and caution about targeting an enzyme popular in oncological treatments.
A New Strategy to Transform Liver Cancer Immunotherapy
December 7, 2021
UC San Diego researchers identify new strategy to improve efficacy of immunotherapy on resistant liver cancers.
Campus Community Invited to Register Now for Triton 5K
April 17, 2014
…future, as a successful oncologist, I can promise that what you have given me will be reciprocated to the UCSD student community.” Added Abdikarin M. Abdullahi, ‘17, “I would not have been able to financially afford UCSD without assistance. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to pursue my dreams.”…
Alumni Father and Son Team Up to Establish Athletics Scholarship
January 19, 2017
…has worked as an oncologist and served on the faculty of several prestigious universities, such as University of Wisconsin—Madison, UCLA and Northwestern, where he served as the Brewer Professor of cancer research. “Getting my undergraduate degree in chemistry was a challenge,” Skip said. “Everything seemed easy after that, including medical…
Trailblazing Tritons: Notable Alumni Forge Diverse Paths
May 18, 2017
…of Project Mercy. The Oncologist. Brian Druker ’77 (Chemistry), M.D. ’81 (School of Medicine), is the director of Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute, the Jeld-Wen Chair of Leukemia Research and a professor of medicine. In 2009, he received the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his influential…
New Blood Test Rapidly Detects Signs of Pancreatic Cancer
May 17, 2018
…Dr. Rebekah White, surgical oncologist and associate professor of surgery at Moores Cancer Center. The chip used in this test works by applying an alternating electric current, which selectively pulls nano-sized particles like exosomes out of the blood and deposits them onto tiny electrodes on the chip’s surface. Larger blood…
Granting the Gift of Hope
February 7, 2019
…Dr. William Mitchell, medical oncologist and director of the Doris Howell Service for Palliative Medicine at UC San Diego. “We were very fortunate to be able to recruit Allison, an expert in the spiritual care of patients with serious illness. This funding for the Palliative Care Specialty Spiritual Care Education…
Not Just Checking a Box
March 14, 2019
…School of Medicine and hematologist-oncologist at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, went through the NCLAM program in 2017 and was among the first cohort to participate in HCOE in 2018. “Besides helping me to navigate the UC San Diego system, the HCOE program gave me a support network and sense of…
