April 30, 2020
…San Diego Health primary care physician Dr. Dustin Lillie. Joe and Helen are both in their 70’s and have underlying medical conditions. Joe has diabetes; Helen has rheumatoid arthritis. “We fall into the high-risk category,” said Joe. Lillie directed him to go to the nearest UC San Diego Health drive-through…
June 23, 2022
…where he transferred his care to UC San Diego Health. A multi-disciplinary medical team there determined Andy needed a liver transplant. UC San Diego Health’s live liver donation program is unique in San Diego County; and one of only two in Southern California. A living-donor liver transplant involves surgically removing…
December 8, 2016
…and associate director of cardiovascular imaging for the Center for Translational Imaging and Precision Medicine. He earned his bioengineering M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and his M.D. as part of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at UC San Diego. After becoming…
November 20, 2023
From the operating room to our homes and streets, robots are becoming increasingly integral to our daily activities. The UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute hosted its eighth annual forum with the theme “Robots in the Wild,” showcasing varied applications of robots in real-world scenarios.
November 14, 2011
…for heart failure and cardiac pacemaker dysfunction. To repair of human heart, it is important to study human cardiac progenitors and to define pathways required to grow and differentiate them utilizing human cells as a model experimental system. Evans’ lab will create special lines of human embryonic stem cells that…
November 2, 2023
Sculptor Manuelita Brown MA ‘76 is the artist behind the iconic “Triton” and “Sojourner Truth” sculptures on campus. But her relationship with San Diego goes far beyond that. Over the past 50 years, she’s been a student, faculty wife, parent of an alumnus, staff member and board member.
January 21, 2021
…on any mask (N95, surgical or cloth). They will be designed to detect the presence of protein-cleaving molecules, called proteases, that are produced from infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The idea is that as the user breathes through the mask, particles—including SARS-CoV-2 proteases if the user is infected—will accumulate in…
March 12, 2015
…said Dr. Kristin Mekeel, surgical director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Program at UC San Diego Health System. “Right now, there are more than 120,000 people listed for organ transplants but only 24,000 transplants are done per year. The number of patients on the transplant list grows longer every…
April 3, 2023
Three faculty members at the University of California San Diego were inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Professors Victor Nizet, Karsten Zengler and Sameer Shah are among the 140 new AIMBE Fellows in the class of 2023. In ad
May 17, 2018
…having to do invasive surgical procedures like tumor biopsies. To screen for pancreatic cancer in the blood, researchers are developing new methods that involve collecting and analyzing nano-sized biological structures called exosomes, which are released from all cells in the body, including cancer cells. Exosomes contain proteins and genetic material…
