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.
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.
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…
April 30, 2013
…education about the importance of vitamin supplementation, particularly among women who drink alcohol during their childbearing years.
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…
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…
April 4, 2019
…California San Diego presents Women in Leadership May 22 at 6:30 p.m. Hosted by Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego and moderated by journalist Lynn Sherr, the event is free and open to the general public with pre-registration. The influential panelists all have a passion for inspiring girls and…
March 10, 2022
The Women Who Inspire Us In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked Tritons to share “Who is a woman who inspires you and why?” The responses celebrated everyone from the familiar to the famous and made it clear that inspiration, like many things in life, comes in a variety…
April 4, 2016
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have launched a new four-year, $3.7 million multidisciplinary research center to investigate the relationship between sedentary behavior and cardiovascular risk factors in Latinas, who have a disproportionately higher chance of developing heart disease than the general population.
