June 21, 2021
Prompted by the challenge of teaching music via Zoom during the pandemic, researchers use eye tracking, gaze estimation and machine learning to improve non-verbal communication in virtual classrooms.
February 9, 2021
UC San Diego researchers find that an optical tool already embedded in many smartphones can accurately diagnose blood-oxygen levels and help monitor respiratory disease in patients, particularly when they are quarantined at home.
May 26, 2021
Researchers are finding new details on the complex dynamics involved in how organisms sense an infection from pathogens. The researchers found that worms can sense changes in their metabolism in order to unleash protective defenses, even if they don’t directly sense an incursion from pathogens.
May 5, 2020
With website, UC San Diego School of Medicine scientists will monitor health and well-being during and after pandemic.
August 20, 2020
…It was right when COVID-19 hit,” said Martin. That’s when she learned she didn’t even have to leave Washington to donate. Although implemented before the global pandemic, remote donation is now being utilized at a higher rate to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Donors can go through the…
October 5, 2023
Daniel John, a bioengineering undergraduate student at UC San Diego, was one of 11 students from across the state awarded the $15,000 Strauss Scholarship for outstanding students developing social change or public service projects.
January 13, 2022
According to a 2021 World Health Organization report, the global COVID-19 pandemic caused an increase in tuberculosis (TB) deaths – 1.5 million in 2020 versus 1.4 million in 2019 – due to a lack of efficient diagnosis and treatment.
September 16, 2020
Early detection and intervention stanched the first known introductions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into North America and Europe, validating the effectiveness of quick, comprehensive testing and contact tracing, but inadequate public health measures allowed the virus to take hold.
February 7, 2023
Community health workers training program aims to increase access to health care services in underserved neighborhoods
July 21, 2022
UC San Diego researchers describe a different way to build a COVID-19 vaccine, one that would, in theory, remain effective against new and emerging variants and could be taken as a pill, by inhalation or other delivery methods.
