May 20, 2021
…is studying cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, so that she can reframe conversations and address misconceptions about neurological diseases. As a PATHS Scholar, she was awarded a four-year scholarship to cover all educational costs, in addition to receiving ongoing academic and professional coaching, access to tutoring through the Teaching + Learning…
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…
November 30, 2017
…aspects of physiology and behavior according to daily and seasonal cycles are working together on unraveling the basic genetic and biochemical machinery that control the timing of our human sleep-wake cycles, metabolism and immune function, as well as our cardiovascular, endocrine and reproductive health. Because biological clock genes have been…
March 1, 2018
…Marquez, assistant professor of behavioral medicine. UC San Diego Acquires Listening Station to Capture First-Generation Stories UC San Diego is the first UC campus to acquire a Listening Station from Story Center. The unique iPad-based recording station and app makes it simple to produce audio and video recordings of oral…
June 14, 2018
…1973 Jensen Healey race car rather than playing video games. At UC San Diego, he’s studied engineering physics, furthering this childhood interest. “I chose engineering physics because it gives the best foundation for understanding system level problems and the ability to branch out into a wide range of technical disciplines,”…
April 30, 2020
…of clinicians providing in-home care to local seniors struggling with hoarding disorder. In one corner of the great room, there are tidy stacks of boxes, waist-high and filling an area the size of a small office. They are a hint of why a therapist from UC San Diego Health’s Cognitive…
May 19, 2016
…The University of California Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit, held last October at Scripps, allowed Gov. Jerry Brown, who joined UC President Janet Napolitano at both the UC and Paris summits, to arrive in France with specific scientific recommendations, along with more than 30 UC faculty experts and students, to…
