October 18, 2024
BONE Academy’s mission is simple; it strives to introduce students from underrepresented communities to the various career pathways in orthopedic surgery, empowering the students to imagine themselves as part of the health care team.
February 11, 2021
…22: Keolu Fox, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology Tell us a bit about your background and the impact of your work? As the son of a Native Hawaiian mother and the grandson of Holocaust survivors, my family history guides my practice as a genome scientist and advocate for technologies…
March 20, 2012
…developing a mathematic model physicians can use to interpret light-scatter imaging and detect very early stage cancer. For other researchers, the goal is more nuanced. “The real quest for me is not finding one answer, but being able to incorporate a whole diversity of experiences and possibilities, and to help…
November 14, 2016
By sampling the molecules on cell phones, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences were able to construct lifestyle sketches for each phone’s owner, including diet, preferred hygiene products, health status and locations visited. This proof-of-concept study could have…
April 15, 2021
Program for High-Risk Seniors Offers Dose of Hope During Pandemic UC San Diego Health’s Population Health Services Organization helps senior patients navigate the COVID-19 vaccination process Sitting in a wheelchair inside her modest Logan Heights home, Brenda Tanoi, 68, reflects on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted her family over…
February 2, 2023
From pandemics to health inequities, confronting future crises will look different — and that’s a good thing.
November 10, 2022
An international symposium November 17-18, 2022 at UC San Diego will discuss current clinical trials using gene therapy, here and abroad.
May 13, 2016
On May 13, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced a new National Microbiome Initiative, a coordinated effort to better understand microbiomes and to develop tools to protect and restore healthy microbiome function. OSTP is launching the initiative with a combined federal agency investment of more…
March 18, 2021
…panelists included Keolu Fox, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology; Danielle Raudenbush, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology; and medical experts, including Dr. Victor Nizet, professor at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; and Dr. David "Davey" Smith, head…
May 19, 2016
…Medicine; and Embriette Hyde, assistant project scientist and project manager of the American Gut Project in the School of Medicine. The UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation has also received letters of support from a number of companies committed to innovation in this field, including GE, Illumina, Janssen R&D,…
