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UC San Diego Think Tank Addresses Sexual Violence Prevention In and Through Sport

February 2, 2018

On the day U.S.A. National Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nasser was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for the sexual assault of minors, researchers at the University of California San Diego were gathered for the recent Sports and Sexual Violence Researcher Think Tank—a timely and wide-ranging discussion of…

We Need You: Join All of Us to Advance Precision Medicine

May 10, 2018

…Medicine UC San Diego Health researchers call for volunteers to participate in landmark precision medicine research effort Dennis Lyon had a rare form of metastatic basal cell carcinoma. He was told he had two years to live with treatment, one year without. He sought care at five different cancer centers…

Spotlight on Faculty Research: Jobs

February 14, 2012

…and she also researches health economics and health and the labor market. Her publications include Employer Wage Differentials in the United States and Denmark and Wage, Tenure, and Wage Growth Variation Within and Across Establishments. More… Gordon Hanson Gordon Hanson is the director of the Center on Pacific Economies and…

Women Needed to Contribute to WISDOM for Breast Cancer Screening

November 6, 2017

…centers, including Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, have joined together to recruit 100,000 women in California to be part of WISDOM: a clinical trial to uncover whether annual mammograms are the best way to screen for breast cancer, or whether a more personalized approach could deliver better…

Building a Defense Against Zika

June 2, 2016

…deemed a significant human health threat until a major outbreak occurred in the Yap Islands north of Australia in 2007, followed by another in French Polynesia in 2013. For the first time, the Zika virus was associated with serious symptoms, including life-threatening neurological disorders. Zika Virus Last year, the virus…

How Your Phone Can Predict Depression and Lead to Personalized Treatment

June 8, 2021

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine used a combination of modalities, such as measuring brain function, cognition and lifestyle factors, to generate individualized predictions of depression.

2016 UC San Diego Sustainability Awardees Announced

April 21, 2016

As part of Earth Month at UC San Diego, the Sustainability Office will host the 2016 Sustainability Awards on April 26, 2016. Nine award recipients will be honored at this event for their dedication, advocacy and support for practices and procedures that have contributed to sustainability and renewable energy on…

How Marijuana Accelerates Growth of HPV-related Head and Neck Cancer Identified

January 13, 2020

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers identified how THC from marijuana accelerates cancer growth in patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive head and neck cancer.

UC San Diego Fuels Regional Economy, Impacts State

October 3, 2019

…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications The University of California San Diego’s scenic main campus in La Jolla overlooks and offers access to the beautiful Pacific Ocean. But we don’t just ride waves, we make them. Ranked worldwide as a top 15 research university, UC San Diego is one of the…

Visualizing Dreams: Hybrid Performance-Exhibition Set for November 17 at UC San Diego

November 14, 2016

The new performance-exhibition, “The Pawel Norway Dream Machine”, will premiere next Thursday, November 17, at the Calit2 Theater in Atkinson Hall on the UC San Diego campus from 5-7 p.m.

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