November 26, 2024
UC San Diego has the highest number of influential voices in the University of California system and tied for 9th highest among universities and institutes worldwide, according to Clarivate’s 2024 Highly Cited Researchers list.
July 30, 2020
…Gynecology (No. 46) and Cancer (No. 47). “As San Diego’s only academic health system, UC San Diego Health is a recognized destination for patients with deeply complex diseases and conditions that require the multidisciplinary care and attention of nationally recognized experts,” said Maysent. “It is the tireless efforts that happen…
October 3, 2019
…vessels, to skin, cartilage, lung tissue—and more. “He was the first person who wanted to bring medicine and engineering together—and he succeeded,” said Peter Chen, one of Fung’s Ph.D. students who is now a research scientist here at UC San Diego. Fung formulated the exponential law that describes how soft…
March 14, 2019
…funding from the National Cancer Institute. She and others have now started a HCOE group at Rady Children’s Hospital to continue sharing their challenges and building one another up. Quantified success Reznik and Trejo often hear similar positive feedback on NCLAM and HCOE, but are these interventions really moving the…
May 10, 2023
UC San Diego physician-scientist explains why all chronic diseases are linked by the underlying failure of cells and the body to heal completely.
April 25, 2024
UC San Diego electrical and computer engineering PhD student Andrew Bourhis won the top prize at the 42nd annual Jacobs School of Engineering Research Expo for his work to integrate thin film transistors into easier-to-use flexible electrode arrays, which could enable much more precise mapping of human brain activity.
June 2, 2022
…mom was diagnosed with lung cancer. He spent a lot of time traveling back to Mexico to be with her before she passed. He also became a dad while in grad school. At no point, he says, did his professors make him feel like he had to choose between his…
October 15, 2020
…conditions exacerbate risk: obesity, cancer, chronic kidney or lung disease, a serious heart condition or diabetes, for example. Q. Are there specific groups or populations of people you would encourage to enroll in one of the trials? Spector: Because persons of color are at particularly high risk for being infected…
July 14, 2022
…firsts in surgery, imaging, cancer treatment and cardiovascular care. UC San Diego Health is ranked 1st in San Diego and 5th in California for health care by U.S. News & World Report, positioning it among the nation’s best hospitals. During the Campaign, UC San Diego Health went through an immense…
