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Center for Community Health to Lead $13M Statewide Program for Newly Arrived Afghan Families

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.

Alicia Garza, Black Futures Lab Principal, Black Lives Matter Co-Founder, to Speak at Commencement

April 14, 2021

…Khosla. “Her commitment to health equity and rights for domestic workers as well as ending police violence, racism and violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people of color has made a significant impact on the lives of many in our nation and around the world.” Deliver the Student Keynote Address…

Faculty Mentor Training Program Strengthens University’s Institutional Climate

January 11, 2022

A pioneering mentorship program at UC San Diego Health Sciences improved faculty satisfaction, especially among underrepresented faculty. The program serves as a successful model for other universities and medical schools looking to improve faculty diversity and success.

Tribal Health Elective Ignites Interest in Indigenous Health Care

November 30, 2023

MED-235 Tribal Ambulatory Health Care Experience is an elective course designed to provide medical students with the opportunity to observe physicians at the Indian Health Council to gain a better understanding of the provision of health care to Native American populations’ health.

Two UC San Diego Researchers Elected to National Academy of Medicine

October 17, 2016

…are in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health. Election to NAM is considered among the highest honors possible in the fields of health and medicine.

Stories of Transformative Impact Shared During Changemaker Fellow Showcase

May 9, 2023

Last month at the UC San Diego Faculty Club, the university’s Community Engaged Learning and Anti-Racist Pedagogy Learning Community graduate student and faculty fellows showcased their transformative work to the campus community for the first time.

Multi-dimensional Brain Measurements Can Assess Child’s Age

August 16, 2012

A national team of researchers led by investigators at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed a multidimensional set of brain measurements that, when taken together, can accurately assess a child’s age with 92 percent accuracy.

UC San Diego Names New Dean of Social Sciences

June 18, 2014

Carol Padden, an award-winning scholar of sign languages and a longtime member of the University of California, San Diego community, has been appointed dean of the Division of Social Sciences at UC San Diego, effective Oct. 1, 2014. The appointment follows an extensive national search.

UC San Diego Health Celebrates Inaugural Improvement Excellence Awards

July 20, 2023

The ceremony recognized the work of individuals and teams whose improvement projects made a positive impact for providers, staff and patients at UC San Diego Health.

Headline News: Botox Injections May Lessen Depression

July 30, 2020

By analyzing the FDA database of adverse drug effects, UC San Diego researchers discovered that people who received Botox injections — not just in the forehead — reported depression significantly less often than patients undergoing different treatments for the same conditions.

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