January 7, 2016
…San Diego School of Medicine. Dermala licensed rights to the core technology, developed by Dr. Huang, from the University of California. Dermala has had access to the world-renowned experts and state-of-the-art scientific expertise at UC San Diego, including the recently formed Center for Microbiome Innovation, Dermatology Clinical Trials Unit, Department…
March 28, 2022
UC San Diego Health receives “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and inclusion of LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees.
December 15, 2022
As we look forward to the upcoming new year, UC San Diego Today invites readers to take a look back at some milestones from 2022.
December 18, 2018
After living with debilitating phantom leg pain for 18 years, Raul Silva is excited about a new dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation device that erased his pain during a testing phase at UC San Diego Health, one of the only health care providers in the region offering the device.
January 4, 2022
Marking its 30th anniversary and her enduring interest and support, philanthropist Darlene Shiley has given a $10 million gift for the clinical space expansion of the Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health.
May 26, 2016
Not all habits are bad. Some are even necessary. But inability to switch from acting habitually to acting in a deliberate way can underlie addiction and obsessive compulsive disorders. Working with a mouse model, an international team of researchers demonstrates what happens in the brain for habits to control behavior
December 8, 2021
Pediatric ophthalmologist with Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health explains why infantile cataracts are more common — and problematic — than most people realize.
October 23, 2014
…of Family and Preventative Medicine, are working with the university’s Superfund Research Center (funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences), the City of San Diego and the Environmental Protection Agency to encourage clean up and reinvestment in brownfields in Southeastern San Diego—some of which are being developed for…
October 8, 2015
…fields, from history to medicine. Carol began her tradition of philanthropy at UC San Diego initially to honor the legacy of her late husband, Alkiviadis or “Laki.” She established the Alkiviadis and Carol Vassiliadis Fellowship for Cancer Prevention, an endowment which for more than a decade has given aspiring young…
December 15, 2021
Nixon Foundation funds effort to study and treat macular dystrophy at Shiley Eye Institute. Currently, there are no effective treatments to slow or prevent genetic condition.
