Eight early-career faculty at UC San Diego received U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER awards so far in 2024, including 3 Jacobs School faculty! Congrats to Profs. Shabnam Semnani, Pengtao Xie and Yang Zheng, as well as UCSD CSE affiliate Babak Salimi, on this prestigious award! today.ucsd.edu/story/rising-u…

Researchers from UC San Diego School of Medicine and NYU Grossman School of Medicine said their findings “emphasize the need for enhanced workplace prevention policies and programs aimed at addressing and managing problematic #cannabis use.”

Our White Coat Ceremony is LIVE! Tune in and cheer on the Class of 2028 ⬇️🥼 📺 Watch: buff.ly/3YW0Pix

Exploring the #classicalhematology discpline on #Heme Today: Soo Park, MD, and Zoya Qureshy, MD, of UC San Diego School of Medicine tell of their academic mentorship pilot program to encourage careers in this clinical field buff.ly/3SPdCj3

𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 Dr. Matthew MacDougall, head neurosurgeon Neuralink and UC San Diego Neurological Surgery alumnus, namechecks UC San Diego Health chair Dr. Alex Khalessi as an "epic neurosurgeon" on the Lex Fridman podcast! 👏 👉youtube.com/watch?v=Kbk9Bi…

—I'm proud to be a VIIDAI veteran and a member of the faculty of this binational collaboration.🇲🇽🇺🇸 Providing medical care to this community and mentoring medical students from UABC-Tijuana and UC San Diego School of Medicine has been incredibly rewarding. I highly recommend this experience! 👇🏼

We were thrilled to welcome 152 new students into the medical community at the 2024 White Coat Ceremony! The future of medicine is bright. 🥼 Read the full photo essay ➡️ go.ucsd.edu/4gerugP

Dr. Gina Frugoni, an assistant professor of UC San Diego OBGYN at the School of Medicine and obstetrician/gynecologist at UC San Diego Health, speaks to USA TODAY on how birth control pills function. ⬇️

.@UCSDSurgery welcomes John Vossler, M.D., M.B.A., M.S., to the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery! Originally from Anaheim, CA, Vossler enjoys exploring San Diego's beaches, parks, and zoo with his wife and two kids. Welcome to the team! #UCSDSurgery

By the Numbers: Discover the achievements of our extraordinary 2024 incoming class of UC San Diego medical students! 🩺 Learn more about the incoming class ➡️ go.ucsd.edu/4gerugP

Dr. Igor Grant, director of the University of California San Diego’s Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research, speaks to The Associated Press on the manufacturing process of common vape shop drugs. ⬇️

Thank you Dr. Karandeep Singh for the crash course in generative AI for clinicians at the Moores Cancer Center retreat… now I know that RISEN is the SBAR of generative AI! 🤙🏻

Aleah Brubaker, M.D., Ph.D., and Gabriel Schnickel, M.D., M.P.H., of @UCSDSurgery receive an Inaugural UC San Diego Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Team Catalyst Fund Award. The team will receive up to $75,000 to catalyze collaborative and transformative change in organ donation.

We thank "The Scalpel and the Silver Bear" author, Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D., our Annual “First Lecture” and Esther J. Calac-Heller Memorial Lecture speaker, an interactive seminar with the MS1 & MS2s! Dr. Arviso Alvord was the first Navajo woman to be board certified in surgery.

“Receiving my white coat just 30 miles from the border where my family's United States story began is profoundly meaningful to me." 🥼 Read more about MS1 and #UCPRIME student Samuel Fuentes & learn more about the incoming class of medical students ➡️ go.ucsd.edu/4gerugP

Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pradipta Ghosh, M.D., recently spoke to Technology Networks on her experience as a physician-scientist, how she manages work-life balance, and her advice for people considering the profession. 🔬 Q+A ➡️ tinyurl.com/3uz6p39u

Recently Published! 🧘‍♀️ Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion Endowed Professor Fadel Zeidan was published in BiologicalPsychiatry for his newly published study on the impact of #mindfulness meditation for pain management. Read the study ➡️ tinyurl.com/ZeidanMindfuln…

“There is a sense of pride and empowerment that only the best educators can provide, and they were plentiful at UC San Diego." - Vijay Menon, M.D. Menon has fond memories of his time at UC San Diego Surgery. Learn more about his experience here: surgery.ucsd.edu/news-events/al…

“I applied to medical school because there is literally nothing else that excites me or brings out who I am more than being a physician.” 🩺 Learn more about MS1 Sausan Buran and the incoming class of medical students ➡️ go.ucsd.edu/4gerugP

🔥 Wildfire smoke isn’t just bad for the air—it can also negatively affect our health. Scripps Oceanography & UC San Diego School of Medicine #ClimateChange epidemiologist Tarik Benmarhnia breaks down the health risks of fire season for University of California. ⬇️ universityofcalifornia.edu/news/you-know-…