May 3, 2018
…director of the Global Health Program in the Division of Social Sciences, opened the UC showcase of change-making work in global health. Students and Faculty Commit to Healthier World as Part of UC Global Health Day 2018 Event brings ‘well-being warrior’ and 500 other champions of global health to San…
November 21, 2022
What is the Metaverse, and how will it affect our future, socially and economically? Those were questions addressed at a recent event at QI’s Atkinson Hall.
January 12, 2021
Researchers at UC San Diego, UCLA, UC Irvine and San Diego State University have been awarded a $1.2 million UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) grant to develop an advanced class of mobile telemanipulation robots.
February 28, 2022
UC San Diego is welcoming 13 new faculty members across eight disciplines who will serve as connection points between the experiences and outcomes of Black and African American people and issues in science, technology, engineering and health.
October 11, 2022
Blood oxygen monitoring is one of the main methods to determine if COVID-19 patients need immediate medical attention, but the devices used for these measurements can be less accurate on darker skin tones. UC San Diego nanoengineers are engineering a solution to improve accuracy on all skin tones.
February 6, 2020
…key changes in the health care system to prevent pregnancy-related death among black women. And Jaida Day and Senuri Boralessa envision a mobile food truck that could improve access to nutritious food among communities that reside in food deserts. The inaugural Change-a-Thon event was led by the UC San Diego…
February 11, 2021
…Improves Lives and Advances Health, But Faces Conflicts Lars Bode, professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine and director of Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence (MOMI CORE). Breastfeeding and breast milk provide big opportunities to support maternal, infant and population health. This is especially true…
March 18, 2021
…would pursue as a career. “I was mostly interested in computer science and technology when I was younger. With my first laptop, I swapped out the hard drive and it was fascinating to me how something so simple and seamless on the outside could be so complex on the inside;…
February 6, 2020
…more racially diverse, income inequality has increased. Yet, Hajnal argues that the country is still more divided by race, than class. “Ironically, as the nation has become more diverse, it has become more divided by the diversity,” Hajnal writes. The book provides insights into how immigration has become a major…
September 7, 2022
The University of California San Diego School of Medicine welcomed the Class of 2026 at its White Coat Ceremony on Friday, September 2, 2022. An annual tradition, the event marks the beginning of the medical education journey for first-year students when they receive the white coat that will be worn
