August 24, 2021
Among adolescents ages 10 to 14 in the U.S, the overall rate of drug use remained relatively stable in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, one change was a decreased use of alcohol, but an increased use of nicotine and misuse of prescription drugs.
September 17, 2020
…of University of California researchers is working to improve telepresence robots and the algorithms that drive them to help children with disabilities stay connected to their classmates, teachers and communities. The effort is funded by a $1 million grant from the National Robotics Initiative at the National Science Foundation. The…
July 23, 2020
…Trials Before the COVID-19 pandemic, physician-scientists Drs. Ezra Cohen, Catriona Jamieson, Dan Kaufman and Stephen Schoenberger discussed one of 195 cancer therapeutic clinical trials available at UC San Diego Health. These life-saving studies continue to be offered. With additional safety measures in place, clinical trials offer patients potentially lifesaving therapies…
April 3, 2020
Human-centered design can help San Diego address the COVID-19 pandemic and put our city on course to be more sustainable, too. That’s the basic premise of the 2020 edition of the city-wide design challenge from UC San Diego’s Design Lab called “Design for San Diego,” or D4SD for short.
November 3, 2022
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine have selected UC San Diego Assistant Professors Brian Aguado and Sonya Neal as grant recipients in a new program launched to promote equity, diversity and inclusion in science.
February 11, 2021
Credit, iStock.com/tiburonstudios Breastfeeding Research Improves Lives and Advances Health, But Faces Conflicts Lars Bode, professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine and director of Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence (MOMI CORE). Breastfeeding and breast milk provide big opportunities to support maternal, infant and population health.…
March 2, 2022
A recent pilot program measuring the results of online tutoring for K-12 students has shown positive, promising results, according to a new study from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management.
February 9, 2023
Tamara T. Cunningham was recently named inaugural assistant vice chancellor for Global Initiatives. She will develop and implement a strategic internationalization plan for UC San Diego that will unify existing programs on campus and grow opportunities worldwide.
March 26, 2020
…to play during a pandemic. Photo Credit: David Baillot How Robots Can Help Combat COVID-19: Science Robotics Editorial Can robots be effective tools in combating the COVID-19 pandemic? A group of leaders in the field of robotics, including Henrik Christensen, director of UC San Diego’s Contextual Robotics Institute, say yes,…
June 17, 2022
UC San Diego researchers report significant decrease in national cases of Kawasaki disease during COVID-19 pandemic; findings hint at origins of disease.
