Shooting for the Stars
UC San Diego scientists are sending cells into space and health science into the future. The unique microgravity environment offers an unparalleled view into the molecular mechanisms of cancer and aging.
Feature Articles
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Smartly Done
Artificial intelligence is on its way to transforming how we understand and treat disease. Learn how UC San Diego Health Sciences faculty are driving innovation in radiology, disease modeling and drug discovery.
UC San Diego’s Astrobiotechnology Hub to Drive Drug Discovery in Space
Leaders in academia, biotechnology and aerospace industries unite in their mission to advance stem cell science in space.
Exploring the Role of Dopamine in Natural Behaviors
New research suggests that the neuromodulator plays a role in learning even in the absence of external rewards. The work also raises new questions.
(Re)introducing John
John M. Carethers, MD, is many things: physician, scientist, teacher, mentor, husband, father, friend and role model. He’s also the new vice chancellor for Health Sciences at UC San Diego.
Re(Introducing) John
Transformation continues under the leadership of the new vice chancellor for Health Sciences, John Carethers.
Smartly Done
Artificial intelligence is on its way to transforming how we understand and treat disease.
Precision Meditation
Backed by neuroscience and individually customized, mindfulness meditation enters an era of clinical precision.
Equity Through Education
To support diversity and address disparities in health care, change starts with medical training.
New Efforts to Relate Brain Structure and Function Reveal Surprising Properties of Neural Circuits
Nematodes don’t like to be touched. A poke will send the worm slithering backward, away from the bothersome nudge. Unless, that is, the worm was in the midst of turning when it was poked. “Somehow, the act of turning makes the worm change the way it responds to this very salient stimulus, but we didn’t know how this computation played out in the brain,” says Andrew Leifer, a neuroscientist at Princeton University and an investigator with the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain. Despite havi
Old Drugs Offer a New Route for Exploring Neural Dynamics
Though humans have been exploring psychoactive drugs since ancient times, how they actually work remains largely a mystery. Researchers have made extensive progress unpacking the biochemical impacts of different drugs, such as their target molecules and how they shape synaptic transmission. But uncovering how specific drugs alter neural activity to enhance attention, alleviate depression or dampen tremors remains a much more difficult challenge. This is beginning to change, though, as researcher
Family Medicine
Spread in Triton Magazine: Care and community are at the heart of the student-run free clinic project.
Family Medicine
Care and community are at the heart of the student-run free clinic project.
As the sun sinks into the ocean off San Diego’s Pacific Beach neighborhood, the boardwalk begins to buzz with nightlife. Music pulses as crowds queue up outside bars and restaurants. But just blocks away, in the parking lot of a church, a different line starts to form.
For one night each week, a small church space is transformed into UC San Diego’s Student-Run Free Clinic. What was once a storage closet is now a dentis
As the sun sinks into the ocean off San Diego’s Pacific Beach neighborhood, the boardwalk begins to buzz with nightlife. Music pulses as crowds queue up outside bars and restaurants. But just blocks away, in the parking lot of a church, a different line starts to form.
For one night each week, a small church space is transformed into UC San Diego’s Student-Run Free Clinic. What was once a storage closet is now a dentis
Diversity and Science Lecture Series Gets Funded
Graduate seminar series receives a $460,000 grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to expand its programming at UC San Diego and beyond
Amid the growing social justice movement in the summer of 2020, many graduate programs issued mission statements for equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). But as Gene Yeo, a professor of cellular and molecular medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine, met with students from the Bioinformatics Graduate Program (BGP), he could see they needed something bey
Amid the growing social justice movement in the summer of 2020, many graduate programs issued mission statements for equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). But as Gene Yeo, a professor of cellular and molecular medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine, met with students from the Bioinformatics Graduate Program (BGP), he could see they needed something bey
UC San Diego Welcomes Native American Medical Students with Blanket Ceremony
Eight Native American medical students were recognized Nov. 10 as part of the School of Medicine’s inaugural American Indian Medical Student Blessing Ceremony and Blanket Presentation.
From Landscaping to the Lab: David Gonzalez’s Academic Journey
David Gonzalez dropped out of high school and got a job mowing lawns. Years later, he’s exploring the microbiome as an associate professor at UC San Diego.
Natalie Rodriguez: The Whole Person
2021 AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award winner Natalie Rodriguez sees every student and patient in their entirety. Now, it’s her time to be seen.
Pregnant, Breastfeeding or Trying? Here’s What COVID-19 Means for You
As the U.S. continues to see low vaccination rates in pregnant people, experts at UC San Diego Health weigh in on the latest research
