Students Integrating Engineering in Medicine Honored as Siebel Scholars
September 19, 2023
Five UC San Diego graduate students working at the intersection of engineering and medicine have been selected as 2024 Siebel Scholars.
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Engineering a Solution to a Skin-Deep Problem of Blood Oxygen Measurements
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.
UC San Diego Ranks 7th in the World for Most Influential Researchers
December 4, 2023
UC San Diego has the highest number of influential voices in the University of California system and ranks 7th highest among universities worldwide, according to Clarivate’s 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list.
COVID-19 Experts Directory
April 7, 2020
Experts at UC San Diego are available to discuss the novel coronavirus, the COVID-19 illness and the societal impacts of the pandemic.
First Large-Scale Population Analysis Reinforces Ketamine’s Reputation as Antidepressant
May 3, 2017
Researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California San Diego mined the FDA Adverse Effect Reporting System 〈FAERS〉 database for depression symptoms in patients taking ketamine for pain. They found that depression was reported half as often among the more than 41,000 patients who took…
U.S. News & World Report Ranks UC San Diego Health Nationally
August 14, 2018
UC San Diego Health and its medical and surgical specialties have again been nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report for 2018-19. Each year, U.S. News & World Report analyzes and reviews hospitals performance in a clinical specialties, procedures and conditions for its “Best Hospital” rankings. These rankings distinguish…
Generosity Gone Viral: Donations of Supplies, Food to UC San Diego Health Boost Fight Against Corona
April 2, 2020
…with COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Shannon Needoba, assistant director of Supply Chain Management at UC San Diego Health, inspects a shipment of donated masks. The call-to-donation effort does not reflect an immediate need or crisis. UC San Diego Health officials say current supplies of PPE…
UC San Diego Entrepreneurs Pitch Their Technologies in $300,000 primeUC Competition
January 7, 2016
…I’m a technologist at heart, the truth of the matter is I spend a limited amount of my time on technology development; much of my time is consumed in the operational logistics associated with running a productive business venture, which includes fundraising, marketing, business development and clinical/regulatory affairs, not to…
Like Language, Genomes Are Encoded by Grammar Rules
March 10, 2023
A study led by Assistant Professor Emma Farley and two graduate students has found that developing genomes not only follow a precise pattern of expression, but the process is governed by rules that are similar to the ways in which grammar systematically structures our languages.
More Than a Haircut
February 26, 2024
Each month, a group of University of California San Diego School of Medicine students can be found at Freshly Faded Barber + Shop in San Diego’s North Park community conducting blood pressure screenings as a complement to the haircuts and shaves that the Black-owned barbershop specializes in.
