December 17, 2020
…Space for Children with Burns to Heal Benjamin Herrera healing at home after suffering second-degree burns to his foot from an ATV accident. Two weeks before his ninth birthday, Benjamin Herrera went to visit family with his mom and was surprised when his uncle offered to take him for a…
May 3, 2023
New treatment offered at the Regional Burn Center at UC San Diego Health uses an applied synthetic skin substitute to encourage skin growth on burn wound, giving some patients the opportunity to be discharged same-day.
August 29, 2023
For the past 10 years, the WIFIRE team at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego has been focused on meeting the growing needs of hazard monitoring, mitigation and response. Most recently, the team has partnered with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to integrate edge computing…
June 7, 2023
After a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, therapy dogs have returned to UC San Diego Health.
April 30, 2013
Dr. Raul Coimbra is the only trauma surgeon in the western United States recently invited to be part of the Global Alliance for the Care of the Injured – a World Health Organization initiative to improve trauma care in low and middle income countries.
February 13, 2014
…arrests for 2012. Regional Burn Center – The Burn Center at UC San Diego Health System provides leading-edge treatment to residents of San Diego and Imperial Counties who have experienced major or minor burns. Each year, the center admits approximately 450 burn victims and hundreds more are treated as outpatients…
September 27, 2021
UC San Diego has announced a joint appointment with Los Alamos National Laboratory with the appointment of Senior Scientist Rodman Linn to a three-year position with the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI). This is the first joint appointment program between Los Alamos and a UC campus.
May 12, 2022
…like bike cages. Sean Burns, director of development at the Jacobs School of Engineering, has been commuting by bike for years, taking the Coaster to the Sorrento Valley station, then riding on the bike path to campus. He soon discovered an added bonus, “While on campus, I bike to all…
September 27, 2021
According to scientists, a century of suppressing wildfires has created a dangerous stockpile of flammable vegetation on landscapes. This “fire fuel” has fed the megafires that put human life and property at risk and permanently destroy ecosystems.
December 6, 2011
…the UC San Diego Burn Unit, Infant Care Center, Bannister House and Mother, Child and Adolescent Care programs Alonso Noble, past chair of the Staff Association (left); Chancellor Marye Anne Fox; and Dave Wargo, current chair of the Staff Association. Pancakes, sausages and holiday fun will be served up Dec.…
