October 24, 2013
…Margarita Baggett, RN, chief clinical officer, UC San Diego Health System. “As an academic health system, we combine these healing environments with evidenced-based medical and surgical treatments, many developed at UC San Diego, to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients.” “The Jacobs Medical Center design prioritizes the patient experience…
November 13, 2014
…who fight for the freedoms we enjoy, particularly the student veterans who have continued on their journey here at UC San Diego. We must now serve them the best way we can and help them succeed.” Marine veteran and amputee triathlete Eric McElvenny Cerda is director of Information Technology at…
December 7, 2017
…drugs are currently in clinical trials for the treatment of ALS, Huntington’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. “Don’s work defines the essential nature and need for basic science,” said Dr. David Brenner, Vice Chancellor of Health sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine. “Before there can be new therapies or…
October 3, 2019
…the Presidential Medal of Freedom among countless other noteworthy awards. There are more than 200,000 UC San Diego alumni worldwide. State Impacts Since 2008, UC San Diego’s annual economic impact in California has more than doubled from $7.2 billion to $16.5 billion, an increase of 129%. The total number of…
March 26, 2020
…do the squeezing instead, freeing doctors and nurses to address other concerns. “We’re 3D-printing parts that can be attached to a motor to compress the bag of the manual ventilator,” said Ph.D. student Vasan. “This allows us to control the speed and volume of the compressions to help patients breathe.”…
May 21, 2020
…members Timothy Furnish, associate clinical professor of anesthesiology and pain medicine; Joel Castellanos, pain physician for UC San Diego Health and Adam Halberstadt, associate professor of psychiatry, among others, points to the potential for psychedelics to address chronic pain conditions. Since pain has both physical and affective/cognitive components, the PHRI’s…
June 18, 2020
…million to support the clinical and research mission of the Bone and Marrow Transplantation Program at UC San Diego Health. Photographed by Melissa Jacobs prior to the pandemic. ‘Doctor of Philanthropy’ Gives $1 Million Gift toward Blood Cancer Research ‘Doctor Bob’ and ‘Doctor Ball’ converse warmly in a way that…
October 7, 2021
…editor-in-chief of the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. “The first is the perception among some members of the public that vaccines cause more harm than the diseases they are intended to prevent, both individually and collectively. This misconception is closely tied to the second. Namely, that efforts to promote vaccines encroach…
April 14, 2022
…the box, to be freer with my work, to not be afraid to take chances, which is always hard for a young actor.” Erik T. Engelson ’82, MS ’84 Microbiology & Bioengineering | Warren College President & CEO, Lucira Health, Inc. An inventor of 50+ medical device patents, Erik T.…
February 21, 2012
University of California, San Diego researchers have developed a new injectable hydrogel that could be an effective and safe treatment for tissue damage caused by heart attacks.
