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Common Medication Used to Reduce Cholesterol Levels May Reduce COVID-19 Severity 

July 15, 2021

Using anonymized medical records from a national registry, UC San Diego researchers confirm earlier findings that statins may substantially minimize adverse outcomes from SARS-CoV-2 infection.

McKerrow Appointed Dean of Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

June 30, 2014

Effective July 1, 2014, James H. McKerrow, MD, PhD, will become the second dean of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. McKerrow will join UC San Diego from UC San Francisco, where he served as professor of pathology and director of…

Students Showcase Their Work in Augmented and Virtual Reality at the Qualcomm Institute

July 3, 2023

UC San Diego undergraduate students are learning to apply extended reality tools to interdisciplinary projects at the Qualcomm Institute.

SDSC Launches ‘Sherlock’ To Solve Complex National Challenges

August 19, 2013

…together their extensive portfolio of information technology services for healthcare and government under the ‘Sherlock’ brand in an effort to serve federal, state, and local governments as well as universities nationwide.

University of California and Fudan University Mark Groundbreaking International Partnership

April 11, 2013

…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications In celebration of this groundbreaking international effort, Yang Yu-liang, president of Fudan University, and several senior members of the administration visited the UC San Diego campus last week where they explored the campus, interacted with scholars and met with UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K.…

‘Our Energy Future’ Lecture Series to Engage Community with UC San Diego Energy Research

October 2, 2013

Despite 50 years of recommendations from U.S. Presidents to end the nation’s reliance on foreign oil, energy policy in the United States remains focused on keeping the price of gasoline cheap today, rather than creating a plan for sustainable energy production. This political stagnation is becoming all the more consequential…

Q&A with Infectious Disease Modeler Natasha Martin

July 23, 2020

…of a potential outbreak. Public health interventions. Our program strives to ensure that students living on campus with COVID-19 are provided support and a place to isolate, and that contact tracing is performed. Finally, our approach will be adaptive. We will continually monitor the data and adjust our approach as…

Study: Loneliness Highest in the 20s and Lowest in the 60s

November 10, 2020

Seeking to develop effective interventions, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine examined the psychological and environmental factors that lead to patterns of loneliness in different age groups.

Pandemic Response Places Some Campus Transformation Projects on Pause

May 14, 2020

…to maintain our fiscal health, we have taken steps to reduce costs and expenses.” One step the university will take to respond effectively to changes in the economic situation is to temporarily pause some planned campus transformation projects, including the Triton Pavilion and Hillcrest Outpatient Pavilion. The goal is to…

Helping Hands: UC San Diego Center for Community Health Leadership Honored for Health Equity Work

February 15, 2024

Blanca Meléndrez and Amina Sheik Mohamed of the UC San Diego Center for Community Health received the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award for their efforts to address health equity in partnership with underserved, immigrant and refugee communities.

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