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.
June 9, 2022
…deserving students, guaranteeing a debt-free education. Credit: Erik Jepsen/University Communications. Enhancing the student experience Everything UC San Diego does is motivated by its academic and research mission, with a specific focus on meeting the needs of our students. UC San Diego enrollments have continued to rise in an effort to…
April 7, 2020
Experts at UC San Diego are available to discuss the novel coronavirus, the COVID-19 illness and the societal impacts of the pandemic.
May 21, 2020
…have any questions, feel free to email Michael at omichael@ucsd.edu. Third-year Todd Nguyen is inspiring other Tritons to get crafty in the kitchen Todd Nguyen has since shifted his focus by demonstrating how students can cook nutritious and delicious recipes with easily accessible ingredients. Todd Nguyen, a cognitive and behavior…
July 7, 2022
Scientists and physicians at UC San Diego and Scripps Research describe how wastewater sequencing provided dramatic new insights into levels and variants of SARS-CoV-2 on campus and in the broader community — a key step to public health interventions in advance of COVID-19 case surges.
May 26, 2017
…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 core symptoms…
December 18, 2020
…the virus and conducting clinical trials of vaccine candidates. In March, computational chemist and biophysicist Rommie Amaro led efforts to build the first complete all-atom computer model of the SARS-COV-2 coronavirus envelope, which can help researchers design new coronavirus drugs and vaccines. In October, UC San Diego became a testing…
December 15, 2022
As we look forward to the upcoming new year, UC San Diego Today invites readers to take a look back at some milestones from 2022.
February 26, 2024
Qualcomm Institute Director Ramesh Rao chats with Roland Lee and Mingxiong Huang, who co-direct QI’s new Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Center on the underpinnings of the advanced brain imaging technique, the making of the new facility, and MEG’s contributions to research and patient care.
November 15, 2011
…hires per year “The clinical plans say that there are three areas of growth that would be exciting for us and for San Diego: cardiovascular disease, oncology and advanced surgery. We’re specifically going to recruit key thought leaders in those areas as we make UC San Diego the medical destination…
