April 13, 2017
…chosen fields. They are educators and scholars who are passionate about pushing boundaries as they seek to create new ways of thinking and inspiring the next generation of trailblazers. “All of this year’s award recipients have distinguished themselves as extraordinary scholars and mentors who have enriched the UC San Diego…
June 1, 2017
…Medicine’s Program in Medical Education – Health Equity (PRIME-HEq), which trains physicians to meet the needs of populations who are traditionally underserved by the medical system. He said one of the greatest highlights in medical school was working with a small team of fellow students to co-found the Border Health…
November 19, 2020
…“I’m grateful to the education, skills and learning experiences I received both in and out of the classroom,” said Ping Yeh, Vice President of the Alumni Board of Directors and CEO of StemoniX who studied mechanical engineering at UC San Diego. “I honed skills from serving in student groups to…
September 30, 2021
…arts and culture, higher education, health care and groundbreaking interdisciplinary research.” As the UC San Diego community returns to an improved campus to work and study, they can do so with confidence. UC San Diego’s award-winning Return to Learn strategy has helped establish our campus as one of the safest…
January 7, 2016
…boundaries of research and education, for the benefit of society, human health and the environment. The new year is also a time to look forward to what we want to accomplish next. Here, 14 visionaries from around the UC San Diego campus share their “big ideas” for revolutionizing our local…
January 24, 2023
The gut microbiome plays a critical but poorly understood role in how drugs work or don’t work in the body. It also presents therapeutic possibilities unto itself.
September 29, 2016
…to achieve a higher education at UC San Diego. When paired with the UC Blue + Gold Opportunity Plan, the program essentially provides a full scholarship for eligible students. In what has become an annual tradition, incoming students gathered and mingled with each other and current students, as well as…
October 10, 2011
…further strengthen research and educational collaborations between all six departments of the Jacobs School of Engineering and the School of Medicine and the Skaggs School of Pharmacy.” Chien joined UC San Diego in 1988 after he was recruited by Y.C. Fung and Benjamin Zweifach, who co-founded the bioengineering program at…
June 19, 2014
…further strengthen research and educational collaborations between all departments of the Jacobs School of Engineering, the School of Medicine and the Skaggs School of Pharmacy. Chien is one of only a handful of scholars who are members of all three U.S. national institutes—the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of…
March 18, 2021
…missions with dentists, physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other health professionals, as well as engineers and students aboard Navy ships to deliver care to more than 20 underserved countries around the world. Silverstein has been instrumental in developing training sessions and an educational program for thousands of students that involved noted…
