January 12, 2017
…every patient room, each person can take control of their hospital experience through regulation of their environment to connecting online with friends and family for support,” said Dr. Thomas J. Savides, chief experience officer at UC San Diego Health. “Patients also see portions of their electronic medical record to help…
July 13, 2021
A new wearable device turns the sweat and press of a fingertip into a source of power for small electronics and sensors. This sweat-fueled device is the first to generate power even while the wearer is asleep—no exercise or movement required.
October 29, 2020
…hybrid of remote and in-person instruction this fall Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Communications They are working as peer mentors to veteran students. They are making friends with their new roommates. Some studying medicine are practicing performing exams on patients. UC San Diego’s record-setting population of more than 40,000…
October 4, 2012
…students an opportunity to interact with the candidates in person. “Increasing student involvement is our goal and this debate is one of the best opportunities for students to get involved in the election season, ” Heiskala said. For more information on SOVAC, go to facebook.com/StudentOrganizedVoterAccessCommittee.
June 7, 2022
…he is strengthening his personal impact. “Education is the most important thing that my mom wanted us to pursue; she would say ignorance is what causes hate,” he said. “To be educated and informed despite the difficulties of being an immigrant and transitioning medically is the best way I can…
April 27, 2020
Antibiotic treatment — which depletes gut microbes — drastically changes the parts of a rat’s brain that are activated during opioid addiction and withdrawal.
March 10, 2016
…the plight of any person looking for a new home and trying to resettle in hopes of a better life,” she says. In the documentary—which was filmed entirely on her iPhone—Vayntrub intentionally misses her flight home to Los Angeles to instead fly to the Greek island of Lesbos where volunteers…
July 9, 2013
The rates of regional brain loss and cognitive decline caused by aging and the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are higher for women and for people with a key genetic risk factor for AD, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in a study…
September 1, 2015
An international research team, headed by Joseph Vinetz, MD, professor of medicine at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and director of the UC San Diego Center for Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health, has been awarded a 5-year, $1.89 million cooperative agreement to carry out translational research studies…
March 29, 2019
In a study of people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and their twins and other close relatives, UC San Diego researchers were able to diagnose liver cirrhosis simply by analyzing a person’s stool microbes.
