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Health Data Exploration Projects Show Value of Personal Health Data and Devices

March 31, 2016

A series of reports from recipients of five Health Data Exploration (HDE) grants demonstrate a growing awareness and appreciation for systems and devices that monitor personal health data, advance the use of personal health data for research and encourage healthy living.

UC San Diego Health Spotlights SMART Health Insurance Cards

May 4, 2023

UC San Diego Health is the first health system in the nation to pilot scanning health insurance card QR codes for easy patient check-in.

Exceptional UC San Diego Faculty to be Honored by Chancellor’s Associates

March 24, 2017

Among UC San Diego’s distinguished faculty, they are standouts in their chosen fields. The six winners of the 2017 Faculty Excellence Awards are educators and scholars who are passionate about pushing boundaries as they seek to create new ways of thinking and inspiring the next generation of trailblazers. They will…

UC San Diego Leads a $12.25 Million Grant to Improve Epilepsy Treatment

September 10, 2021

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $12.25 million grant to the University of California San Diego to develop and enhance brain-sensing and brain-stimulating platform technologies to enable treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy.

Scientists Set a Path for Field Trials of Gene Drive Organisms

December 17, 2020

A broad coalition that includes UC San Diego scientists sets commitments for field trials of powerful gene drive technology. The multidisciplinary group encourages trials that are safe, transparent and ethical.

Center for Health Innovation Expands with $22 Million in Gifts

February 8, 2023

With a generous $22 million in gifts from Joan and Irwin Jacobs, UC San Diego Health will bring its Center for Health Innovation into full reality.

Court Rules UC San Diego is Rightful Owner of Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study Data

July 27, 2015

On Friday, July 24, Superior Court Judge Judith F. Hayes found in favor of the University of California Regents’ request for a preliminary injunction to restore rightful custody and control of Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS) data to UC San Diego.

UC San Diego School of Medicine Named One of Nation’s Top Residency Programs

January 13, 2015

UC San Diego School of Medicine was today named one of the nation’s top residency training programs in 10 specialties by Doximity. The Doximity report included more than 50,000 peer nominations from board-certified US physicians, and evaluated 3,691 residency training programs across 20 specialties.

UC San Diego Philosophy Department Ranked Top 20 in the Nation

March 12, 2018

…of science, history of philosophy, philosophy of mind, and ethics, the University of California San Diego Department of Philosophy increased its international prestige by ranking as one of the top 20 Ph.D. philosophy programs in the United States.

‘Body Practices’ Exhibition Explores Interface between Virtual and Physical Bodies

October 27, 2014

…will explore notions of virtual and physical presence. Body Practices opens November 5 , 2014 with a panel discussion at 5pm with artists represented in the exhibition, followed by a 6pm reception. The panel and reception are open to the public and free of charge.

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