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UC San Diego’s Graduate Programs Ranked Among Best in Nation by U.S. News & World Report

April 25, 2023

The U.S. News & World Report 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings named nine of UC San Diego’s graduate programs among the top 10 in the nation.

Lewis Judd to Step Down After 36 Years as Chair of Department of Psychiatry

June 13, 2013

…again.” “It’s a real disease, just as a heart attack is real,” Judd replied. “Depression produces physical, emotional and thinking symptoms. Without treatment, depression can last for years and can even end in suicide. With treatment, as many as nine out of 10 people recover.” Judd has spent his career–both…

Tips to Eat Sustainably as a Student on a Budget

April 28, 2022

…chronic illnesses such as heart disease, high blood pressure, or diabetes. Similarly, by increasing consumption of produce, pulses/legumes and whole grains, your fiber intake and nutrient density will increase as well. Of course, not everyone can eat entirely plant-based—and that’s okay. Pre-existing health conditions take precedence and eating something is…

Virtual Celebration Honors Senior Successes at The Preuss School

June 8, 2020

A virtual celebration will be held on June 18 to honor the accomplishments of 106 graduating seniors from The Preuss School UC San Diego, a charter middle and high school for low-income, first generation scholars.

Robotic Surgery with One Small Incision, U.S. First

December 22, 2011

On Tuesday, December 20th, Santiago Horgan, MD, chief of minimally invasive surgery at UC San Diego Health System was the first surgeon in the United States to remove a diseased gallbladder through a patient’s belly button with the aid of a new FDA-approved da Vinci Si Surgical System.

What’s New at Founders’ Day 2012

November 1, 2012

…say for cancer and heart disease, and we are the first to do that. We wrap diagnostics in this material, and the diagnostics won’t turn on until it senses inflammation. When the body is inflamed, it’s like “Inflammation on Aisle 7 and 10”—the drug delivery deals only with those areas,…

Nine UC San Diego Professors Named 2011 AAAS Fellows

December 9, 2011

Nine professors at the University of California, San Diego have been named 2011 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the nation’s largest scientific organization.

Controlling Cholesterol in Microglia Alleviates Chronic Pain, Opioid-Free

May 10, 2021

Using a mouse model, researchers discover pivotal role of cholesterol in chronic pain often caused by chemotherapy, and propose novel therapy.

Greater Levels of Vitamin D Associated with Decreasing Risk of Breast Cancer

June 15, 2018

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine suggest higher levels of vitamin D are associated with decreasing risk of breast cancer. Their epidemiological study is published in the June 15 online issue of PLOS ONE, in collaboration with Creighton University, Medical University of South Carolina and GrassrootsHealth,…

1 million Youth Became Daily Tobacco Users, Most Used JUUL E-cigarettes

May 30, 2022

More than 1 million United States youth became new daily tobacco users within two years, most were vaping e-cigarettes daily, report UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science researchers.

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