UC San Diego Health Spotlights SMART Health Insurance Cards
May 4, 2023
UC San Diego Health is the first health system in the nation to pilot scanning health insurance card QR codes for easy patient check-in.
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“Top Docs” Raise the Bar at UC San Diego Health
September 22, 2017
More than 100 physicians from UC San Diego Health were named “Top Docs” in the annual San Diego Magazine “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence” annual survey. These physicians represent 45 diverse specialties, from infectious disease, surgery and oncology to obstetrics, cardiology and emergency medicine.
Q&A with Steffanie Strathdee
April 18, 2011
…Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences and Director of the Global Health Initiative at UC San Diego, she is focused on enhancing collaboration and communication among global health researchers on campus. She remains engaged in a number of HIV prevention research projects and training programs in international settings including Mexico,…
E-Cigarettes and Mental Health
May 13, 2014
…that people living with depression, anxiety or other mental health conditions are twice as likely to have tried e-cigarettes and three times as likely to be current users of the controversial battery-powered nicotine-delivery devices, as people without mental health disorders.
The Impact of COVID-19 on San Diego’s Refugee Community
April 22, 2021
…the UC San Diego Health mobile vaccine clinic in City Heights. The Impact of COVID-19 on San Diego’s Refugee Community When COVID-19 officially became a pandemic in March 2020, the world and life as we knew it changed. Grocery store shelves emptied. Shelter-at-home orders were given. Fears about a previously…
UC San Diego Health Named “Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality”
March 29, 2017
UC San Diego Health has again been named a “Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization.
Topping the Charts
September 24, 2018
More than 100 UC San Diego Health physicians have been named as “Top Docs” in the 2018 San Diego Magazine “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence” survey, an annual opportunity for doctors across the region to vote for much-admired colleagues.
Establishment of UC San Diego School of Public Health Approved
September 18, 2019
The University of California Board of Regents Academic and Student Affairs Committee has approved the establishment of a School of Public Health at UC San Diego. The unanimous vote took place at the September 18, 2019 meeting.
Doctorate Program Will Study Substance Abuse and Its Consequences
February 18, 2015
…has been launched by the Division of Global Public Health in the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and San Diego State University’s School of Social Work. The program will emphasize research devoted to studying the use and misuse of alcohol and drugs – and related social and…
UC San Diego Health Named Medical Provider of the Year
November 20, 2017
The UC San Diego Health International Patient Program was recognized as the 2017 Medical Provider of the Year by the International Travel & Health Insurance Journal (ITIJ). ITIJ recognizes leading health systems from around the globe for their ability to provide comprehensive, culturally-sensitive care to patients from international destinations.
