April 16, 2024
The University of California San Diego was awarded $7.35 million in funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health for a multidisciplinary program to advance understanding of marine contaminants and nutrients.
October 11, 2023
Researchers at UC San Diego and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been awarded an $8.5 million grant to create a data integration hub aimed at accelerating novel therapeutics and cures for diseases within initiatives supported by the NIH Common Fund.
October 17, 2019
…profile, we can sometimes use drugs off-label when we have sufficient suspicion that it could work for the patient,” said Miller. “Gordon’s other option was to continue on drugs that were approved for the stage of disease he was in, but response rates are not great. Instead, the treatment we…
July 9, 2020
…societies increase renewable energy use will emerge from UC San Diego MRSEC center projects. The second research theme is focused on creating hybrid materials that incorporate living substances—microbes and plant cells—in order to create materials with new properties. The new materials developed at UC San Diego will be used to…
November 12, 2015
…San Diego, said he uses his psychology background every day. He explains, “I didn’t really continue on in that field, but I got a very good education in psychology. I run a hedge fund that invests principally in biotechnology companies. A big part of making investments in the stock market…
July 26, 2021
The UC San Diego Foundation Board of Trustees works to connect the university with community partners and resources needed to launch innovative programs. On July 1, 2021, nine new trustees joined the Foundation Board, eight of whom are UC San Diego alumni.
June 28, 2024
UC San Diego Health offers the only program in San Diego for hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), a condition that causes excessive bleeding.
November 14, 2011
…is crucial for the use of human embryonic stem cells for regenerative medicine, and hence the results of this study will be valuable for almost all types of stem cell research. More… Sylvia Evans Associate Adjunct Professor of Medicine Sylvia Evans is researching human embryonic stem cells aimed at developing…
October 25, 2012
…2013. He plans to use his skills in finance and accounting to start a foundation that provides scholarships for low-income students from Southeast San Diego, where he grew up. Scholarship recipient George Santellano Santellano is grateful for scholarship support that made his dream of attending the campus a reality. “Without…
January 7, 2016
…research funding to good use — in 2015, Washington Monthly once again ranked UC San Diego as the No. 1 university in the nation for its positive impact. These recognitions are a credit to our faculty, students and staff across every school, department and office. We are a university that…
