March 31, 2016
…poor access to health care. His desire to help such communities inspired Prabhu to study medicine and spearhead an initiative that aims to save the lives of thousands of women who give birth outside institutional settings and often die en route to a clinic due to excessive blood loss. The…
June 6, 2019
…therapies for leukemia and diabetes, for example. An episode on blood stem cells is Muotri’s favorite so far. “We went to David Traver’s lab in the Division of Biological Sciences to see how blood cells are formed in zebrafish, then talked to Catriona Jamieson about how that information forms the…
July 9, 2024
Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s NSF-funded Southern California Extreme Heat Research Hub brings together an interdisciplinary team of UC San Diego scientists—from climatologists to epidemiologists—to study extreme heat impacts and mitigation strategies.
May 25, 2017
…campus’s inclusions efforts. Daniel Cardenas, student program coordinator at the UC San Diego Raza Resource Centro, discussed how he addresses student identity concerns. He often suggests reflecting on history when thinking about ideas of normalcy. For instance, how was the notion of gender conceived of among indigenous people? Thinking critically…
April 9, 2020
…routinely by persons with diabetes. Only a couple of drops of blood will be drawn. The team will store the donated blood samples for future studies. For example, the samples may be used to determine who has already been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 and has developed immunity in the form of…
September 3, 2024
With record-breaking heat becoming the new norm, the consequences are far from evenly distributed, with communities of color, low-income neighborhoods and medically vulnerable individuals bearing the brunt of extreme heat exposure. At UC San Diego, researchers are not just examining the disparities, but are actively searching for solutions.
October 18, 2011
…cure for Type 1 diabetes. As part of its yearlong 50th Anniversary celebration, the university launched Volunteer50: Chancellor’s Call to Service. More than 3,300 members of the UC San Diego community donated over 62,000 hours of service, contributing roughly $1.5 million in free labor. The campus was recognized by the…
April 4, 2023
A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a biodegradable polymer system to treat rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune and inflammatory disease, by working in concert with the power of the human immune system.
December 6, 2011
…San Diego. “The consortium carries forward the vision of early pioneers like Jonas Salk and Roger Revelle, who had a big idea about creating a collaborative research environment supported by a city,” said Richard Atkinson, president emeritus of the University of California and former chancellor of UC San Diego. “And…
October 15, 2020
…role goes beyond effectively caring for patients in need. We’re also charged with advancing our understanding of how COVID-19 causes disease and conducting randomized clinical trials of treatments and vaccines to discover the best therapeutic and prevention strategies. Spector: UC San Diego is a major research university, one of the…
