March 2, 2012
In observance of National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the UC San Diego AIDS Research Institute (ARI) and Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) are sponsors of “A Woman’s Voice/Una Voz de Mujer,” San Diego’s annual women’s HIV/AIDS conference.
November 17, 2016
…average age of a woman giving birth for the first time has risen dramatically in the United States over the past 40 years, driven by factors like education or career. A new study by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that women choosing to become…
October 23, 2012
Lisa Murphy, associate administrator for University of California, San Diego Health System and administrative director for Cardiovascular and Medicine Services, has been chosen “Woman of the Year” in the field of health care by the Women in Leadership program sponsored by the San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce.
April 30, 2013
…education about the importance of vitamin supplementation, particularly among women who drink alcohol during their childbearing years.
December 7, 2017
…Researcher Named Semi-Finalist for Women’s Safety XPRIZE UC San Diego’s Debashis Sahoo is one of 21 semi-finalists in the $1 million Anu & Naveen Jain Women’s Safety XPRIZE, which challenges competitors around the world to develop technological solutions to improve women’s safety in instances of violence or harassment. According to…
September 17, 2019
Two surgical procedures used to repair vaginal prolapse — hysterectomy and employing mesh support that preserves the uterus — have comparable clinical outcomes after three years, according to new data from researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine.
April 18, 2023
An Olympic Gold Medalist, a MacArthur Fellow and the first woman to serve as director of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory will lead an inspiring discussion that challenges the status quo at the fifth annual Women in Leadership.
May 27, 2021
Sally Ride Science’s 2021 Women in Leadership panel includes (clockwise from top left) moderator Lynn Sherr, feminist scholar Brittney Cooper, pioneering astronaut Kathy Sullivan and public broadcasting journalist Maria Hinojosa. Image from UCTV Ten Moments from 2021 Women in Leadership Conversation that Might Inspire you or Make You Smile Lynn…
July 24, 2012
Sally Ride, professor emeritus of physics at the University of California, San Diego and former director of the University of California’s California Space Institute, died July 23 of pancreatic cancer. She was 61.
March 15, 2018
…San Diego Publications Inspiring Women to Channel Their Inner Leader Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth Simmons shared personal stories of growth as Women’s Conference keynote “You don’t look like a physicist.” Elizabeth Simmons, UC San Diego’s executive vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, has lost track of how many times she has…
