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Advancing patient care through groundbreaking research. 🧬🩺🧠 @UCSDHealth @UCSDMedSchool @UCSDSkaggsSOP @UCSanDiegoSPH @UCSDACTRI @UCSDCancer @UCSDCompassion
La Jolla, California
Joined January 2018
-@UCSanDiego Health Sciences has officially welcomed its new vice chancellor, Dr. John M. Carethers, "the perfect person to lead us into our future." Get to know his story, achievements, motivations, and plans in this latest profile from #UCSDdiscoveries
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Get to know the rich history and future plans of new vice chancellor for Health Sciences, John M. Carethers.
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The AACR congratulates John M. Carethers, MD, FAACR, who will be honored with the 2025 AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities at #AACRdisp25. https://t.co/9Zrh0e7uRF
#AACRFellows @ucsandiego
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Stem cells from UC San Diego are headed to space this spring — this time, to study cancer's "kill switch" 🚀 @ucsdstemcell director and Moores member Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD (@CatJamieson9) shares more about how space is an ideal environment to research various different
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UC San Diego scientists are tackling cancer, Alzheimer’s and more. 💡 Without funding, progress stalls. Speak up now ➡️ https://t.co/mjKatizeK4
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #ResearchSavesLives #SaveResearch
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MCC's Sam Ward, PhD, has been appointed Vice Dean for Research at @UCSDMedSchool.👏 He has launched multiple initiatives in communications, finance, operations and external partnerships to enhance their research enterprise: https://t.co/uuS513ayof.
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Happy Thank a Resident Day to our over 1,100 residents and fellows across 150 programs! 👏 To all our residents and fellows at @UCSDHealth and @radychildrens, we appreciate you and all that you do. 🩺
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In his new Forefront article, Raphael Cuomo from @UCSD discusses how, as cancer care has evolved to include more sophisticated therapies such as targeted treatments and immunotherapy, the parallel challenge of hazardous alcohol use, prescription opioid misuse, and other substance
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We congratulate Geoffroy Noel, Ph.D., professor and chief for the Division of Anatomy in the Department Surgery, on his recognition of the Educational Scholarship Award! 🏆 Read ➡️ https://t.co/Z3JAGr8oYq
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Two major theories of #aging both involve #DNA, but in very different ways. Researchers at @UCSDMedSchool and @UCSDJacobs have revealed new links between these theories. https://t.co/pY18V7jF9C
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Two major theories of aging both involve DNA, but in very different ways. Researchers at UC San Diego have revealed that these theories may not be so different after all.
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Researchers at @UCSanDiegoMedSchool are at the helm of a new #pandemicpreparedness initiative funded by the @CDCgov. The project will help uncover new information on how respiratory viruses like #COVID19 spread https://t.co/6xCIglKDK4
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Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine are serving as the central data hub for the CHARM Network, a new five-year pandemic preparedness initiative funded by the CDC. This includes ensuring...
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We welcome Barbara Jung, M.D., as our new UC San Diego School of Medicine Dean and @UCSDHealthSci Associate Vice Chancellor! Read more on Dean Jung ➡️ https://t.co/m0XTm2n6cD
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A poor, fast-food diet can be as dangerous as cigarette smoking in the long run," said @UCSD School of Medicine professor Michael Karin. In a new @nature study, Karin and colleagues have shed new light on how a high-fat diet leads to #livercancer
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UC San Diego Scientists have revealed new insights into the origin of liver cancer and, more broadly, on the effects of a high-fat diet on our DNA.
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Thread 🧵: UC San Diego leads in health innovation, transforming patient care, advancing medical technology, and driving research for a healthier future. 💡🩺#UCSD #HealthInnovation #MedicalBreakthroughs Discover how ⬇️
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As he prepares to step down from his post and transitions into a new role, we thank Steven R. Garfin, M.D. for his work over six years as the interim dean of the School of Medicine and take a look back at his over four-decade career at UC San Diego. Read: https://t.co/cHRffaD6VP
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Researchers at @UCSDMedSchool have shown that a systemic approach to eliminating inefficiencies in surgical residency programs can reduce unnecessary work hours in the general residency program at @UCSanDiego . #leanmethodology #processimprovement
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Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have shown that a systemic approach to eliminating inefficiencies in surgical residency programs can reduce unnecessary work...
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Using neural #stemcells could help treat spinal injuries once thought to be untreatable - a new phase 1 trial from researchers at @ucsdstemcell & @ucsdmedschool trial has determined this approach is safe https://t.co/aBFuAPR1YO
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Using neural stem cells could help treat spinal injuries once thought to be untreatable - a new phase 1 trial has determined this approach is safe.
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After dozens of clinical trials, there are still no effective vaccines against #Staphylococcusaureus. In two new studies,@UCSDHealthSci scientists report that the pathogen turns on the protein interleukin 10, shutting down the protective vaccine response. https://t.co/10lZ57DpBU
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After dozens of clinical trials, there are still no effective vaccines against Staphylococcus aureus. In two new studies, scientists report that the pathogen turns on the protein interleukin 10,...
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Even with access to care, people with social risks receive fewer cancer screenings, says new study by @mateopbanegas (@UCSDMedSchool/@UCSDCancer) and others https://t.co/9EZGH7gIKE
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Researchers at UC San Diego and collaborating organizations have revealed disparities in cancer screening rates for individuals with social risks, even when patients have regular access to care...
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By analyzing the genomes of #malaria parasites, researchers at @UCSDMedSchool and @UCSDPharmacy have revealed which genetic variants are most likely to confer resistance to antimalarial compounds #drugdiscovery
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Researchers at UC San Diego analyzed the genomes of hundreds of malaria parasites to determine which genetic variants are most likely to confer drug resistance.
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Out now in @naturemethods: First comprehensive map of the dramatic changes that take place in the blood system over the course of the human lifetime could have implications for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia and other blood diseases. Read more: https://t.co/7nu7VSti0l
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New research from @UCSDMedSchool and @UCSDJacobs suggests that large language models like GPT-4 could streamline the process of gene set enrichment, an approach what genes do and how they interact. #Genomics #Genetics
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New research from UC San Diego suggests that large language models like GPT-4 could streamline the process of gene set enrichment, an approach what genes do and how they interact. Results bring...
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