January 14, 2024
Nina Weisbrod, a second-year Master of Public Health (MPH) student in the Public Mental Health concentration at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science has taken a unique approach to her practicum project, combining a passion for music with a love of public health.
May 10, 2018
…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 hoping for a different outcome. At one center, he was treated with the only currently available therapy…
February 21, 2024
A new analysis method can detect pathogens in blood samples faster and more accurately than blood cultures, which are the current state of the art for infection diagnosis. The new method, called digital DNA melting analysis, can produce results in under six hours.
April 12, 2023
University of California San Diego computer scientists are among the lead authors of an international study that finds tiny circles of DNA that defy the accepted laws of genetics are key drivers of cancer formation.
March 4, 2021
…to raise awareness for rare disease Seeking healthy lifestyle changes, Colin Jackson started running in 2014. He ran his first-ever mile in 28:47. He finished last in his first marathon. His pace, though, was irrelevant. The drive needed to complete 26.2 miles hooked him. During a recent visit to the…
October 8, 2015
…remained riddled with a rare pediatric cancer. With no other treatment options left, Matthew’s doctors at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis recommended the family consider an investigational therapy under development at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Matthew Haemsch “We made six trips to San Diego in 18…
September 23, 2024
Since 2020 when the Halicioğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) at UC San Diego established its Senior Capstone Program, it has become the premier series for all fourth-year undergraduate data science majors at HDSI – a pioneering interdisciplinary institute advancing data science and AI education within the new School of Computing,…
January 18, 2012
…the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer, and the promotion of women's health. Now she serves as Chair of UC San Diego's Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. What sparked your interest in medicine and health psychology? Marcus: As an undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis, I majored in…
October 27, 2016
…of the spread of disease, to agriculture uses.” A rare fruit fly in which the left half has been mutated by a genetic method developed by UC San Diego biologists while the right half remains normal. Credit: Valentino Gantz, UC San Diego One of the objectives of the Institute’s research…
March 25, 2021
…Access to testing is rare. Businesses have remained open, and the government holds events with large crowds. The true extent of the coronavirus crisis remains unknown in Nicaragua. “It’s been kind of surreal,” said Jorge Huete-Pérez, senior vice president and director of the Molecular Biology Center at University of Central…
