How are You Doing? Researchers Hope to Measure Well-Being at Global Scale
May 5, 2020
With website, UC San Diego School of Medicine scientists will monitor health and well-being during and after pandemic.
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32 UC San Diego Professors Named Most Influential in Their Fields
December 6, 2017
Thirty two faculty members at the University of California San Diego are among the world’s most influential researchers in their fields, based on their publications over the past decade.
Remembering Jim Simons
May 14, 2024
James “Jim” Simons, co-founder of the Simons Foundation, renowned mathematician and quantitative investing leader, died on May 10 in New York City. He was 86. The Simons Foundation has provided more than $142 million to UC San Diego.
As Wildfires Escalate, UC San Diego Researchers Turn to Science for Solutions
October 2, 2023
Wildfire is an extremely complex problem and research and mitigation have never been more important. UC San Diego researchers across disciplines work to combat wildfires and the problems that stem from them through novel research and technologies.
Study: Loneliness Highest in the 20s and Lowest in the 60s
November 10, 2020
Seeking to develop effective interventions, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine examined the psychological and environmental factors that lead to patterns of loneliness in different age groups.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Linked to Accelerated Aging
May 7, 2015
Writing in the May 7 online issue of American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System suggest that people with PTSD may also be at risk for accelerated aging or premature senescence.
Doctors with Early Life Stress Found at Risk for Professional Challenges
October 31, 2014
A study conducted by the UC San Diego Physician Assessment and Clinical Education program (PACE) found that childhood adversity could potentially play a role in a physician’s later professional relationships.
In Anorexia Nervosa, Brain Responds Differently to Hunger Signals
March 23, 2015
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have pinpointed differences in brain function that may help to explain how people with anorexia nervosa can continue to starve themselves, even when already emaciated. The finding adds to growing evidence about the role of brain mechanisms in eating…
UC San Diego Launches New Center on Healthy Aging and Senior Care
May 2, 2014
Dilip V. Jeste, MD, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, has been appointed the first associate dean for Healthy Aging and Senior Care at the University of California, San Diego and will direct the newly established Center on Healthy Aging and Senior Care.
Paradox of Aging: The Older We Get, the Better We Feel?
December 7, 2012
Aging has been viewed as a period of progressive decline in physical, cognitive and psychosocial functioning, and is viewed by many as the “number one public health problem” facing Americans today. This negative view of aging contrasts with results of a comprehensive study of 1,006 older adults in San Diego…
