June 10, 2021
Researchers at UC San Diego, San Diego State University, and international collaborators have designed and validated a prediction model to signal counties at risk of future overdose death outbreaks.
December 12, 2013
Enterprising researchers and students at the University of California, San Diego are looking for funding to complete a “citizen-sensor” project that, they hope, will revolutionize global health and environmental monitoring – especially in remote and undeveloped areas of the planet.
April 25, 2017
Scientists and physicians at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, working with colleagues at the U.S. Navy Medical Research Center – Biological Defense Research Directorate (NMRC-BDRD), Texas A&M University, a San Diego-based biotech and elsewhere, have successfully used an experimental therapy involving bacteriophages — viruses that target and…
November 10, 2022
Every November, UC San Diego joins hundreds of higher education institutions worldwide to celebrate International Education Week, an opportunity to champion the benefits of international education and exchange.
August 17, 2018
In a pair of new modeling studies, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with international colleagues, examined how policy reform in terms of drug decriminalization (in Mexico) and access to drug treatment (in Russia) might affect two regions hard hit by the HIV pandemic: Tijuana, Mexico…
June 13, 2019
Biologists have provided the first example of cargo within bacteriophage cells transiting along treadmill-like structures. The discovery demonstrates that bacteria have more in common with sophisticated human cells than previously believed.
March 20, 2012
…clinical practice with the Infectious Disease Division of the UC San Diego Department of Medicine. “You think about this day working through the years of medical school. And I will tell you that however it turns out, wherever you go, it will be for the best. You will meet wonderful…
November 8, 2018
…developing molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases. Though he still works part-time in the diagnostics industry, he dedicates the majority of his energy to Total Raptor Experience. “The greatest part of my job is spending time with the birds and watching them fly,” said Metzgar. “As a pilot, I greatly experience…
June 18, 2020
…show that it remains infectious for hours in aerosols and up to a few days on surfaces. Molina, Zhang and their colleagues demonstrated the contribution of airborne transmission to the COVID-19 outbreak by comparing the pandemic’s trends and mitigation measures worldwide, and by considering the virus’ transmission routes (see Figure…
May 1, 2023
UC San Diego’s distinct college communities offer undergraduate students the benefits of a smaller liberal arts college with the resources of a large research university. Now, two decades after Sixth College welcomed its first students, two new colleges emerge.
