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Reimagining Public Health

From pandemics to health inequities, confronting future crises will look different — and that’s a good thing.

2017 Outstanding Graduates

…served as a student health advocate and volunteers at a research lab at the Veteran’s Administration. Abdullahi, who is a member of UC San Diego’s pre-medical fraternity Phi Delta Epsilon, plans to take a gap year before applying to medical school to become a pediatrician. He will continue working with…

Meet the New Optimist on Campus

In this Q&A with UC San Diego Today, Executive Director of Student Health and Well-Being Edward Junkins, MD, MPH, shares his vision for the future of Student Health and Well-Being in the Triton Center, a mental health app, and expanded clinical and wellness services.

Paradox of Aging: The Older We Get, the Better We Feel?

…is viewed by many as the “number one public health problem” facing Americans today. This negative view of aging contrasts with results of a comprehensive study of 1,006 older adults in San Diego by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Stanford University.

Strauss Family Gives UC San Diego $1 Million to Help Develop a Cancer Vaccine

…at UC San Diego Health. When their daughter’s cancer reappeared, it was the first place they turned for help. Because of their experience and trust in the medical and research staff, the couple recently donated $1 million to the University of California San Diego to support a clinical trial over…

BPA’s Real Threat May Be After It Has Metabolized

…broken down inside the body that pose the greater health threat.

DELPHI Project Foretells Future of Personalized Population Health

…a new type of healthcare app that does it all – it helps you understand your current health status, assists you in making changes in your life to improve your health, and takes into account the perspective of your entire life history, others in your age group—and perhaps even your…

SDSC, UC San Diego Awarded Two NSF Convergence Accelerator Grants

Researchers at SDSC and UC San Diego School of Medicine have received two National Science Foundation (NSF) planning grants worth a combined $2 million to invest in research collaborations between academia, industry, government, and communities.

IDASH Projects: Protecting Privacy and Patient Rights in the Name of Scientific Progress

In the years since the best-selling book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” made the issue of informed consent and patient privacy a national topic of conversation, scientists and clinicians have continued to struggle to develop a comprehensive methodology for collecting and sharing data from patients and research subjects without…

Novel Coronavirus Circulated Undetected Months before First COVID-19 Cases in Wuhan, China

Using molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations, researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine estimate that the SARS-CoV-2 virus likely circulated undetected for two months before the first human cases of COVID-19 were described in Wuhan, China in late-December 2019.