Medical Innovator: Farah Sheikh
April 1, 2024
UC San Diego researcher, Farah Sheikh, studies a genetic heart arrhythmia condition that usually strikes people under 40. Her research will be used in clinical trials of a treatment for ARV.
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Wearable Ultrasound Patch Monitors Blood Pressure Deep Inside Body
September 12, 2018
…could help people detect cardiovascular problems earlier on and with greater precision. In tests, the patch performed as well as some clinical methods to measure blood pressure. Applications include real-time, continuous monitoring of blood pressure changes in patients with heart or lung disease, as well as patients who are critically…
UC San Diego Health Earns High Quality Marks, Saves Medicare Money
September 7, 2021
UC San Diego Health improved care for more than 32,000 Medicare beneficiaries in San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial Counties, and saved Medicare close to $7 million by utilizing population health technologies to exceed quality and cost goals in 2020.
UC San Diego Awarded 2014 Leapfrog Top Hospital Distinction for Safety and Quality
December 3, 2014
For the second time, The Leapfrog Group has named UC San Diego Health System to its annual list of Top Hospitals. Awarded to hospitals nationwide for demonstrating excellence in hospital safety and quality, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is an elite distinction given to less than seven percent of all…
Moments of Acute Stress Can Cause Molecular Alterations in Immune Response
March 1, 2016
…researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Stony Brook University in New York and elsewhere addressed that question by taking blood samples from skydivers to measure key immune response indicators.
Queer Identity Empowers UC San Diego Scientists to Challenge Norms, Chart New Discoveries
July 6, 2023
Whether they’re engineers, climate scientists or neurobiologists, researchers at UC San Diego say their LGBTQ+ identity makes them better scientists.
Preuss School Teacher Shannon Baird Awarded Frontiers in Physiology Fellowship
June 27, 2014
Shannon Baird, a science teacher at The Preuss School UCSD, has been chosen as one of 14 educators from across the nation to receive a Frontiers in Science Research Teaching Fellowship from the American Physiology Society. The year-long program includes an opportunity to collaborate with local scientists in a laboratory…
Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute Building Opens March 4
February 29, 2016
Rising above Interstate 5 on the east campus of University of California, San Diego, the Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute Building (ACTRI), a five-sided polygon of glass, steel and grooved concrete, officially opens its doors March 4 in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Maternal Programming During Pregnancy Induces Long-Term Postpartum Obesity
January 8, 2019
In a new study using a mouse model, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine suggest that long-term postpartum weight gain may be due not so much to retained fat as to reprogramming of maternal energy metabolism.
Biologist Sonya Neal Named 2020 Pew Scholar
June 15, 2020
The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced that Sonya Neal, an assistant professor in the University of California San Diego Division of Biological Sciences, has been selected to join the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences.
