September 27, 2012
…the experience of educational disparities. Nonetheless, my parents and grandparents urged me to set my sights on higher education and ambitious professional goals. I obtained an outstanding professional education at UC Berkeley (Boalt Hall) where I learned about lawyers such as Charles Houston and Thurgood Marshall who devoted their lives…
March 16, 2023
A culturally affirming, community-led transformation model pioneered by the UC San Diego Refugee Health Unit will be replicated across California, providing vital academic and social support to newly arrived Afghan youth and families during resettlement.
March 18, 2021
…Diseases and Global Public Health. To learn more about the panelists’ professional backgrounds, please visit the Evenings of Nonconventional Wisdom news story here. Now, a little over a year after the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the virus, the vaccine and its related effects remain among the…
August 5, 2021
As the University of California San Diego heads into the last year of its ambitious 10-year Campaign for UC San Diego, the university completed its fourth consecutive year of record-breaking philanthropy with an all-time annual high of $376.4 million raised for the fiscal year 2020-2021.
June 12, 2014
…a Tireless Advocate for Health Education and Medical Access A standout leader and tireless health education promoter, Damini Tandon has been named this year’s Outstanding Senior. A bioengineering-biotechnology major graduating from Warren College, Tandon’s work focuses on increasing access to medical care for underserved communities in San Diego and abroad.…
November 7, 2024
Students, faculty and staff from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and School of Global Policy and Strategy are set to attend the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan.
February 15, 2018
…medical economists, efficiency experts, disparities reductionists and big data gurus. Some will possess a CEO’s business acumen. They will enter a world as complex as the diseases they treat. With each scientific discovery, there is more to know every year, said Jess Mandel, MD, professor of clinical medicine and former…
June 4, 2024
Seven formerly unhoused San Diego County residents are contributing their insights and perspectives as co-researchers at UC San Diego’s Homelessness Hub.
February 2, 2023
From pandemics to health inequities, confronting future crises will look different — and that’s a good thing.
June 1, 2017
…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…
