Training Individuals to Work in their Communities to Reduce Health Disparities
February 7, 2023
Community health workers training program aims to increase access to health care services in underserved neighborhoods
February 7, 2023
Community health workers training program aims to increase access to health care services in underserved neighborhoods
October 7, 2021
…and beyond to deliver care, from driving across San Diego to hand-deliver food and medication to patients’ homes to visiting a patient who didn’t respond to phone calls about an urgent medical situation. Rodriguez simultaneously mentors preprofessional students, preclinical and clinical students, and residents at UC San Diego’s School of…
March 15, 2018
…solar panel optimization technologies, holistic cosmetics, fire-detection radars and wearable technology for health diagnostics. In the Elevator Pitch Competition, student competitors, some wearing oversized blazers and slacks, confidently pitched their business ideas to a panel of potential investors, actual venture capitalists and angel investors throughout the state. The conference hosted…
November 12, 2021
…you arrived at the career you are now? I was always interested in human nature, and because of having grown up during a war, I was primarily interested in doing human rights, civil rights and civil liberties work. I went to law and MBA schools right after college and graduated…
June 13, 2019
…industry, which launched his career in accounting. “For the next 30 plus years, I wore my lack of education as a badge of honor,” he said “I reveled in being an auto didactic learner and I was inquisitive and a voracious reader. I used to say, ‘I know a little…
May 2, 2019
…prepares them for future careers as medical doctors, dentists, business or as faculty and researchers at other universities, biotechnology companies and private institutes. We provide the students not only with foundational knowledge of biological systems, but also with key skills in quantitative and qualitative reasoning, in experimental design and interpretation.…
March 11, 2021
…marriage and motherhood to career and caregiving. Yet the disparities that have been exposed may also reveal a more equitable path forward. This moment in history is prime for progress, poised for a feminist transformation. The month of March is dedicated to honoring women’s contributions in American history. At UC…
May 7, 2024
Joan Klein Jacobs, a dedicated and visionary philanthropist, civic leader and patron of the arts died on May 6. She was 91.
May 9, 2024
Sally Ride Science @ UC San Diego is gearing up for its sixth annual Women in Leadership event on the evening of May 23, 2024. Sponsored by the Vertex IWILL Employee Resource Network (Inspiring Women in Leadership and Learning) and the UC San Diego Office of the Chancellor, the anticipated…
May 26, 2022
…podcast covers topics including career advice, student life and more. Photo credit: iStock_coffeekai Triton Tools Podcast Propels Producer to a National Stage UC San Diego senior Sam Tshibangu never expected to work on the Triton Tools and Tidbits podcast, let alone become a producer. But after a friend introduced him…