May 26, 2017
In a small, randomized Phase I/II clinical trial (SAT1), researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine say a 100-year-old drug called suramin, originally developed to treat African sleeping sickness, was safely administered to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who subsequently displayed measurable, but transient, improvement in…
October 3, 2019
…to advance translation of diagnostics and therapeutics for the improvement of human health. Fung as a mentor Many of the Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers Fung mentored went on to lead bioengineering and biomedical engineering departments around the United States. Many have the same story: they heard Fung talk during…
May 2, 2019
…new antibiotics and develop diagnostics for multidrug resistant bacterial infections. Six years ago, she cofounded a biotech company to accelerate new drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to becoming Dean of Biological Sciences, Pogliano served as dean of UC San Diego’s Graduate Division. What drew your interest in becoming…
August 27, 2024
To date in 2024, eight early-career researchers at the University of California San Diego have received awards from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER), furthering their work to solve pressing issues impacting today’s world.
May 22, 2014
…to develop an effective diagnostic test and to better understand how the disease is caused and spread. Working with the Kawasaki Disease Foundation, she has helped raise more than $250,000 in crowdsource funding for research and last year portrayed the mother of a child with KD in an episode of…
February 24, 2015
Late last year, two University of California, San Diego students set out for Florence, Italy, to diagnose a patient that had no prior medical record, couldn’t be poked or prodded in any way, and hadn’t been in prime condition for more than 800 years.
June 19, 2014
…the development of better diagnostic tests and treatments for atherosclerosis as well as other diseases. Chien played a crucial role in forming the Jacobs School’s department of bioengineering and building it into a world-class institution that is ranked No. 1 for biomedical engineering by the National Research Council. As director…
December 11, 2015
Researchers and students from UC San Diego’s CISA3 presented a wide range of work at the annual Digital Heritage Conference in Granada, Spain, one of the top events worldwide for cultural heritage engineering.
April 17, 2012
…including the field of diagnostic medicine. However, in psychology, there is a premium placed on discovering the NEXT BIG THING, even if it means capriciously tossing aside the brilliant work of our predecessors. It sometimes makes me feel like ours is not a cumulative science, unlike, say, biology, where I…
November 2, 2023
Psychedelic research has taken place at UC San Diego since the 1970s. But today, thanks to an interdisciplinary team from departments all across campus, that research has expanded to include human clinical trials exploring a range of treatments including chronic pain and mental health.
