June 2, 2016
…of the Division of Infectious Diseases. “There are people here doing immunology who can characterize the immune response during an acute infection; in neurosciences who can characterize the impact of the virus on neural cells; who have been working on vaccines for HIV and are now turning their attention to…
April 28, 2023
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine compared written responses from physicians with those from ChatGPT to real-world health questions. A panel of licensed healthcare professionals preferred ChatGPT’s responses 79% of the time.
May 5, 2020
Program makes COVID-19 testing available to thousands of students in effort to track the novel coronavirus and better position the campus to resume in-person activities in the fall.
March 3, 2021
UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers develop an automated process to test city sewage for SARS-CoV-2, allowing them to forecast the region’s COVID-19 caseload one to two weeks ahead of clinical diagnostic reports.
August 10, 2022
A UC San Diego-led program that monitors wastewater for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 and which has effectively predicted subsequent surges in COVID-19 cases in San Diego has been expanded to detect the presence of monkeypox.
December 8, 2022
UC San Diego’s ranks now include 18 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Three professors have been named 2022 NAI fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.
June 1, 2017
…HIV-1 integration in the Infectious Diseases Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Prior to joining NASA, she worked at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research heading 14 researchers studying viral diseases affecting Africa. Total number of graduates: 800. 6:30 p.m., Sixth College Ceremony––Graduating senior Erin Epstein, a communications…
August 20, 2020
…staff and students. Our infectious disease experts and epidemiologists believe that this program of broad testing will help reduce the spread of COVID-19 and allow the campus to respond quickly in the event of an outbreak in our community. In order to protect the privacy of all UC San Diego…
December 6, 2022
Researchers from a broad range of fields at the University of California San Diego are making waves as they push the boundaries of science and medicine to develop groundbreaking, real-world solutions to longstanding health inequities.
November 10, 2022
Eight researchers from UC San Diego are listed in the first-ever ranking of the “1,000 Best Female Scientists in the World” by research.com, an analytics platform that advocates for improved research quality and also ranks universities, scholarly journals and academic conferences.
