UC San Diego School of Medicine

What a great time! 🎮

Happy Thank a Resident Day! 🩺

Medical and Pharmacy Students Showcase Research with Real-World Impact Each summer between the first and second years of medical school, students at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine are encouraged to participate in a research project driven by th...

We asked our medical students at the annual @ucsandiego.bsky.social School of Medicine Summer Research Symposium how they'd explain their research to a 5-year-old! 🖍️

Read more about the research at this year's Summer Research Symposium at go.ucsd.edu/4rHopuP

Alisse Singer, MD, is a chief resident of Internal Medicine at @ucsdhealth.bsky.social. 🩺

Read her Q&A with the American Medical Association on "What I wish I knew in residency about taking feedback" 👇
tinyurl.com/5n89c5zk

In recognition of the commitment and care our residents and fellows provide every day, we’re pleased to host @goldfdtn.bsky.social Thank A Resident Week from February 23-27, 2026! 🩺

Full list of events at @ucsandiego.bsky.social 👇
go.ucsd.edu/4aOgvbM

A collection of Erlenmeyer flasks containing green liquid is topped with styrofoam stoppers covered in fabric. The flasks are arranged on a perforated metal surface.

How do internal clocks influence our health? ⏰ Scientists are uncovering how circadian clocks control genes, advancing research at the intersection of biological timing and medicine: https://bit.ly/4qDCqbJ

We are so proud of Dr. Greenberg!

Congratulations to Dr. Barry Greenberg of
@ucsdmedschool.bsky.social , a Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awardee!
Explore his groundbreaking study in
@nejm.org: nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Mapping Protein Production in Brain Cells Yields New Insights for Brain Disease UC San Diego School of Medicine and Scripps Researchers scientists used novel technology to map protein translation in ~20,000 individual mouse brain hippocampal cells, revealing that some memory…

@UCSDMedSchool.bsky.social & @Scripps.edu researchers used novel technology to #mapprotein #translation in ~20,000 individual mouse brain #hippocampalcells, revealing that some memory #neurons produce proteins faster than others.

buff.ly/CNYHK7d

(Dog)tor's best friend! 🐕‍🦺🐾

As part of Health Sciences Wellness Initiatives, our med, PA & Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences students had the opportunity to de-stress with therapy dogs and their handlers visiting campus to interact with students in the midst of a busy quarter.

🦠  H5N1 – the “surprising” avian flu that keeps evolving and could jump to humans. @ucsandiego.bsky.social Prof. of pediatrics Dr. Carrie Byington, MD, just published a pivotal review in Pediatrics urging deeper study of this virus and its potential spread to infants.

Read ➡️ go.ucsd.edu/4an6Ji3

Artificial Intelligence Predicts Colorectal Cancer Risk in Ulcerative Colitis Patients A new AI tool developed by UC San Diego researchers uses clinical data to predict colorectal cancer risk in ulcerative colitis patients, helping clinicians make evidence‑based care decisions and preve...

A nice story about the paper also in @ucsandiego.bsky.social Today today.ucsd.edu/story/artifi... @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social @ucsdhealth.bsky.social

What a wonderful morning! A group of our PA students toured the Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion, Jacobs Medical Center & Thornton Pavilion at UC San Diego Health. 🥼

Students got to see a PA do a procedure, observe a radiologist interpreting MR of the abdomen and more!

📸 Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, MD

Happy Valentine's Day from the @UCSanDiego.bsky.social School of Medicine! 💙💛

A new @jci.org study shows that wildfire smoke or burn‑pit fumes more than double sinus mast cells in people with chronic rhinosinusitis. That makes mast cells a fresh therapeutic target for veterans and civilians, especially since no FDA‑approved treatments exist yet. 🧫

Read 🗞️ buff.ly/cPneHmN

This Valentine's Day, hear some fun facts on the heart from our @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social Cardiology Fellows! 🫀

Cardiology fellows Apurva and Emily share some fun facts on their favorite organ on its special day: the heart! ♥️

The friendships & community made throughout med school have the power to shape who we become, what specialties we choose & last into residency & beyond. 📩

4th-year @ucsandiego.bsky.social med students Lauren Wedekind & Leo Meller celebrated their ophthalmology matches together on campus 👁️

Immunity Against Common Virus Leveraged Against Pancreatic Cancer UC San Diego researchers have harnessed the body's immune response to a common virus to shrink pancreatic tumors, offering hope for a new cancer treatment approach.

Out now in Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer: Researchers at @UCSDCancer are harnessing common viral immunity against #pancreaticcancer. Results could prompt new #cancer #immunotherapy approaches

today.ucsd.edu/story/immuni...

We are impressed that our students recognized which TV sitcom this trend is based on! 📺

A student-led initiative, Medical Student Accessible Peer Support (MAPS) empowers medical students to seek support, normalize personal struggle, provide resources and foster a compassionate medical community. 🤝

Now immune cells can see pancreatic tumors—and attack them San Diego scientists harness viral molecules to jump-start battle against pancreatic cancer

New from LJI and @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social scientists:

San Diego scientists harness viral molecules to jump-start battle against pancreatic cancer bit.ly/4rfES9q

#ImmuneSystem #Virology #Immunology #Health #Medicine #Cancer #CancerResearch

Could a cup of joe reduce dementia risk? ☕️

Associate Professor of Medicine, Aladdin Shadyab, PhD, spoke to @nytimes.com about a new study on coffee, tea, and dementia risk. 🧠

Read full article 🗞️ tinyurl.com/3y3y2rxb

Professor of Radiation Medicine and Psychiatry at @ucsandiego.bsky.social, Carrie McDonald, PhD, who specializes in imaging, shares insights with the NIH on her research testing artificial intelligence (AI) to identify these brain patterns on MRI scans. 🧠💻

🗞️ ➡️ newsinhealth.nih.gov/2026/02/unde...

UC San Diego Researchers Uncover the Earliest Stages of Human Placenta Formation A gene that turns on very early in embryonic development could be key to the formation of the placenta, which provides the developing fetus with all of the nutrients it needs to thrive during gestatio...

Miscarriage remains heartbreakingly common, in part because we still know little about how the placenta forms in the earliest days of pregnancy. A new @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social study reveals how one gene may unlock new information about its development.

🌟 Applications are accepted for UC San Diego RAPID program's 2026-27 cohort. This highly-rated and effective #FacultyDevelopment opportunity is for junior faculty researchers in #InfectiousDiseases.

👉 Learn more and apply today at rapid.ucsd.edu.
⏰ Deadline: Sunday, March 1

#UCSD_RAPID

Better access = better breathing. 🫁

A new COPD Foundation study of 2.5k people with COPD found 16.2% skipped doses because of drug costs. Those who couldn’t afford their meds saw faster lung‑function decline and frequent flare‑ups.

📰 tinyurl.com/3ujex5jm

It was an honor to welcome Bobby Mukkamala, MD, president of the @ama-assn.org to campus on Wednesday! ⚕️
 
Thank you, Dr. Mukkamala, for sharing your vision for health care and for reminding us that great medicine starts with compassion and collaboration.

Congratulations to our @ucsandiego.bsky.social medical students on a 100% urology match rate! ⭐️

MS4 Eli Tran shared, "I am beyond grateful for the mentors, friends, family, and partner who believed in me and supported me every step of the way. Cảm ơn mẹ! (Thank you, mom, especially.)" 📩

Love this! 👏 @uofcahealth.bsky.social

Great work! 👏

Ramez N. Eskander, MD ’06

Thanks to the generosity of a grateful patient, the Julie St. John Endowed Chair in Gynecology Oncology has been established, with Ramez N. Eskander, MD ’06, named the inaugural chair holder. 🩺 https://bit.ly/3ZGbNaQ