UC San Diego Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity

Far out!

JCHI’s @kdpsingh.bsky.social @ucsdhealth.bsky.social recently spoke to an engaged LEAD San Diego Impact cohort, offering powerful insights into how AI is transforming hospital operations, from addressing ED boarding to streamlining care delivery.

Check out our work: healthinnovation.ucsd.edu/work

So proud of our CHC team! Thanks @arpa-h.bsky.social for your support! @ucsdhealth.bsky.social

Join us Oct 27–28 in sunny San Diego for the @ucsandiego.bsky.social Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity's Academic Symposium.

Two days of research, demos, clinical sims, FDA/ASPR keynotes + first ARPA-H DIGIHEALS insights.

Limited spots. Register now⤵️
cyberhealth.ucsd.edu/events/2025-...

YouTube video by aamiconnect Medical Device Cybersecurity for the 21st Century

Hospital walls are going digital, and so are threats.

CHC's Jeff Tully spoke with AAMI about the future of medical device cybersecurity and why "secure by design" must be the new norm.

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We love to see JCHI's @kdpsingh.bsky.social, @ucsdhealth.bsky.social named one of 24 new ACMI Fellows!

His leadership in health AI, model governance & informatics policy is reshaping how AI is used responsibly in care.

Read more⤵️
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YouTube video by The Cyber Survivor Podcast Episode 14- When Patient Care Meets the Digital Battlefield: with Dr.Jeff Tully

On the Cyber Survivor Podcast, CHC Co-Director Jeff Tully joins host Dan L. Dodson to unpack how digital health boosts care, but also grows cyber risks.

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At JCHI, we're partnering with leading @ucsandiego.bsky.social faculty, from AI to cardiology, to co-create real-world healthcare solutions.

Collaboration drives innovation!

Interested in becoming a faculty affiliate?
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We’re celebrating 2 years at the @ucsandiego.bsky.social
Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity! From global partnerships to Capitol Hill, we’re advancing research, training defenders & protecting patient safety in a digital world.

Our research ⤵️
cyberhealth.ucsd.edu/research/ind...

Vegas was a blast!
DEF CON, Black Hat & BSidesLV brought fresh ideas & great convos on healthcare cybersecurity.

Thanks to all we met — let’s keep it going!

Watch recap ⤵️

Phishing training is pretty pointless, researchers find All that phishing training you have to go through barely moves the needle in making your organization safer, two researchers said at the Black Hat security conference.

Shoutout to our Co-Director @cdameff.bsky.social + Ariana Mirian, PhD, whose study made waves during Black Hat in Vegas: is phishing training worth it? Maybe not.

Time to rethink our approach.

Read the article ⤵️
www.scworld.com/news/phishin...

CHC co-directors Jeff Tully & @cdameff.bsky.social continue to shape the future of healthcare cybersecurity—this time in Singapore at the “Pushing the Boundaries of AI & Human Intelligence” workshop.

Excited for global collaboration & innovation ahead!⤵️
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Shout out to our Co-Director Dr. Christian Dameff, named a 2025 NAM Fellow! One of just six selected nationwide, he’ll help shape the future of health, science & policy, as well as healthcare cybersecurity! @ucsandiego.bsky.social

The CHC team is heading to #DEFCON2025!

Catch Isabel Straw at the Biohacking Village (Aug 10) presenting CIPHER—an open-source platform tracking patient harm from healthcare cyberattacks.
Cybersecurity through the lens of patient safety.

Details ⤵️
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Patient Care Technology Disruptions Associated With the CrowdStrike Outage This cross-sectional study describes the availability of health care delivery organization internet-connected networks before, during, and after a faulty cyber security software update on July 19, 202...

750+ hospitals went dark — and it wasn’t ransomware. A new JAMA Network Open study led by CHC exposes the fragility of U.S. hospital systems.

We're building tech to detect and respond before patients are at risk.

Read paper ⤵️
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A Human-Centered Approach for a Student Mental Health and Well-Being Mobile App: Protocol for Development, Implementation, and Evaluation Background: The rising prevalence of mental health concerns among students is prompting universities to explore innovative solutions to support student well-being. This paper describes the protocol fo...

Proud to share our new paper on Willo, a student-designed wellness & mental health app at @ucsandiego.bsky.social. Built to reduce stigma, integrate with care, and evolve with student needs.

Read paper ⤵️
www.researchprotocols.org/2025/1/e68368

Meet Dr. Claire Soria, @ucsdhealth.bsky.social, who's leading the charge on our cutting-edge #cybersecurity simulations, creating real-world #ransomware scenarios to help hospitals respond fast, restore operations and protect patients during cyber crises.
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#FlashbackFriday to 2017: What if clinical simulation could expose the patient safety risks of cybersecurity flaws? At the first #CyberMed Summit, we debuted hacked-device scenarios that reshaped medical training — and thinking.

Read paper⤵️
www.jem-journal.com/article/S073...

Healthcare’s evolving fast—and @chrislonghurst.bsky.social is leading the charge at @ucsdhealth.bsky.social with smarter EHRs and better workflows.

Congrats on being named a top CDO to know in 2025 by Becker's!

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www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-man...

Last weekend, our HR3P team ran a full-scale CRASHCART simulation — keeping hospitals running during ransomware attacks. Real-world #cybersecurity in action.

See it live Oct 27–28 @ucsandiego.bsky.social ⤵️
cyberhealth.ucsd.edu/events/2025-...

Flashback Friday: In 2023, @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
earned $9.5M from ARPA-H — the 1st ARPA-H award for any UC campus!

Led by Jeff Tully & @cdameff.bsky.social, the CHC is now building real defenses against ransomware & cyber threats to patient care.

Our research projects ⤵️
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Our recent paper takes a deep dive into how primary care clinics can better prepare for and respond to #cyberattacks.

💡 Identify vulnerabilities in workflows
💡 Build offline-ready plans
💡 Train and test staff through simulated attacks

@ucsdhealth.bsky.social

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Digital Disasters: The Growing Threat of Healthcare... : Anesthesiology ich depend on connected technology such as electronic health records, laboratory systems, and imaging platforms, may be delayed or disrupted in the setting of a ransomware attack. These attacks may ad...

Ransomware isn’t just an IT issue — it’s a threat to patient safety. New research from CHC’s Jeff Tully, @cdameff.bsky.social and @ucsandiego.bsky.social colleagues reveals how #cyberattacks delay care, disrupt workflows and put patient lives at risk.

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Big congrats to CHC Co-Director Jeff Tully on winning the 2025 AAMI & @medcrypt.bsky.social Cybersecurity Visionary Award! He's pushing the boundaries where #cybersecurity, patient safety and health equity come together. Well deserved!

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Real-time simulations + global collaboration = stronger, safer patient care worldwide. Our team had a blast during #WADEM2025 in Tokyo last week! We introduced our
@arpa-h.bsky.social funded effort to boost hospital ransomware resilience.

@cdameff.bsky.social @ucsdhealth.bsky.social

Training the next generation of computer scientists in #healthcare #cybersecurity

We are helping create a new crop of computer scientists working in #healthcare #cybersecurity. One of them is @ucsandiego.bsky.social CSE student Almog Bar-Yossef, who is working alongside a disciplinary research team to help protect hospitals across the nation from cyberattacks.

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“Writing the new history for health care”: UC nurses set a vision for the future of AI in nursing

Really inspired by this piece on how @uofcalifornia.bsky.social nurses are shaping the future of #healthcare.

From the ER to the ICU, they’re leading the charge on using #AI to streamline workflows and elevate patient care. 💡🩺

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Can technology help bring the human touch back to medicine? UC San Diego Health works with clinicians, patients, designers and IT teams to develop digital tools that improve patient experience, says Keisuke Nakagawa, director of strategic impact at UCSD and a ...

Can technology help make #healthcare feel more human?
@keisukenakagawa.bsky.social from @ucsdhealth.bsky.social says yes!

He’s collaborating with patients, doctors, and designers to create tools that enhance care — not replace it.

Watch the the interview⤵️
www.healthcareitnews.com/video/can-te...

Donors By supporting our pioneering projects at the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Center for Health Innovation (JCHI), you have the power to help us transform the healthcare landscape

Triton Giving Day at @ucsandiego.bsky.social is April 30! 🚀 Support JCHI and help drive groundbreaking advances in medicine, technology, and health innovation with a bold visionary community.

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