October 26, 2020
UC San Diego Foundation welcomes a new class of trustees, the first group to be recruited and elected in an entirely virtual setting. This year’s class, which includes six UC San Diego alumni, is the most diverse to date.
April 20, 2020
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center used CRISPR technology to identify key regulators of aggressive chronic myeloid leukemia.
May 6, 2015
UC San Diego Health System and the City of El Centro have entered into a long-term management services agreement on behalf of El Centro Regional Medical Center (ECRMC), the city-owned hospital, with the goal of enhancing the delivery of high-quality health care to patients in the Imperial Valley.
July 14, 2013
A leadership gift of $1 million from San Diego philanthropists Joan and Irwin Jacobs will help UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center change how cancer is treated by supporting the Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy, a newly established center headed by Razelle Kurzrock, M.D. The UC San Diego Moores Cancer…
September 8, 2022
After a rare disease caused organ failure, UC San Diego Heath transplant teams performed a heart, liver and kidney transplant on a patient. The surgery is a first for UC San Diego Health and a first in the nation to use three organs from a donor after circulatory death.
January 17, 2013
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that hard-to-reach, drug-resistant leukemia stem cells (LSCs) that overexpress multiple pro-survival protein forms are sensitive – and thus vulnerable – to a novel cancer stem cell-targeting drug currently under development.
November 13, 2014
…Razelle Kurzrock, division of hematology-oncology; and Dr. Lucila Ohno-Machado, division of biomedical informatics. The symposium begins at 5 p.m. in Price Center East Ballroom and is free and open to the public. Preceding the event, a reception at The Loft will showcase undergraduate social innovators who are addressing issues such…
September 29, 2020
Networking California for Sickle Cell Care Initiative supports expansion of San Diego’s only adult sickle cell disease clinic at UC San Diego Health which offers child-to-adult transition health services to patients like Vanessa Hughes.
March 23, 2017
…Mina Nikanjam, a visiting hematology-oncology fellow from UCLA Health. He’ll spend the second half of this year working on a related project at Janssen R&D. Yang uses various computer programs that simulate organ systems in the human body. With these tools, he investigates Kaletra, a first-line medication for pediatric HIV,…
December 6, 2022
UC San Diego Health is recognized as a 2022-2023 High Performing hospital for obstetric and infant care, the highest award a hospital can earn by U.S. News & World Report.
