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Lifesaving Practicum

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.

UC San Diego Researchers Help Discover That Tiny DNA Circles are Key Drivers of Cancer

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.

Graduating Student with Muscular Dystrophy Shows Incredible Strength to Achieve his Dreams

June 16, 2016

…with muscular dystrophy, a disease that causes progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass, when he was 2 years old. He was given an electric wheelchair at age 3. “I was so young to be operating such a machine that doctors made me take driving lessons before taking the wheelchair…

‘Things Must Fall Apart to Fall into Place’

June 15, 2023

In her own words, Student Commencement Speaker Letzy Vargas shares her pathway to UC San Diego, what it means to be the first in her family to graduate from college, lessons learned about the importance of mental health and the change she wants to make as a future physician.

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