UC San Diego Names Corinne Peek-Asa as New Vice Chancellor for Research
November 2, 2021
Corinne Peek-Asa has been appointed as UC San Diego’s new Vice Chancellor for Research, effective January 1, 2022.
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Prostate Cancer and Blood Lipids Share Genetic Links
April 30, 2014
A new study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Norway, significantly refines the association, highlighting genetic risk factors associated with low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and triglycerides as key players and identifying 17 related gene loci that make risk contributions to…
Listening for Life
January 22, 2015
…Al-Delaimy. As professor of epidemiology and chief of the Division of Global Health in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, Al-Delaimy has devoted much of his career to addressing healthcare issues and crises around the world. “They’re part of my…
UC San Diego Health System Opens Comprehensive Liver Clinic in Nevada
August 24, 2011
Patients in Nevada seeking care for liver disease may now access the university-level expertise of UC San Diego Health System’s Center for Hepatobiliary Disease and Abdominal Transplantation (CHAT).
Tata Institute for Genetics and Society Advances with Building Naming, Inaugural Chair Holders
September 13, 2017
…public health system and epidemiology related to vector-borne diseases in the country. She will also help develop social, behavioral and public health scientists in India in the areas of measurement and evaluation, epidemiology, and social and behavioral theories and their application to public health. To learn more about the Tata…
Improved Survival in Adult Patients with Low-Grade Brain Tumors
July 1, 2015
Using clinical data collected over the past decade through a U.S. cancer registry, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine demonstrated that significant strides have been made in improving the survival of adult patients with low-grade gliomas, a slow-growing yet deadly form of primary brain cancer.
New Program Teaches Empowering “Anti-Cancer” Approaches for Doctors, Patients, and Loved Ones
March 19, 2013
From Saturday, April 6 to Sunday April 7, the Center for Integrative Medicine at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is hosting a landmark conference on integrative oncology. Participants will learn what can be done to foster an “anti-cancer” diet and lifestyle to help rectify health imbalances and…
How Many Parasites Can a Bird Carry?
December 18, 2019
Scripps Oceanography researchers applied an established ecological principle to parasite-host relationships to find that each host’s parasite load stays within a certain range based not simply on the host’s size but on how much energy it can provide the parasites for sustenance.
Step Up: Walking May Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk for Adults 65 and Older
January 20, 2022
UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health study reports that the more steps taken, and the more intense, the lower the risk of Type 2 diabetes among women 65 and older.
Child Brides at Funerals
October 28, 2013
Having children early and in rapid succession are major factors fueling high infant mortality rates in the South Asian countries of Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan where one in 14 births to young mothers ends with the death of the child within the first year, say researchers at the University…
