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UC San Diego Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity
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Safeguarding patients at the crossroads of #technology and #healthcare
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Way to go Rodney!
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Congrats to JCHI faculty affiliate Rodney Gabriel, MD @ucsdhealth.bsky.social and team on their new @iarsjournals.bsky.social paper! Their study finds food insecurity is strongly linked to persistent postop pain.

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November 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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We’re inspired by the momentum from our Academic Symposium! Industry partners engaged with students on healthcare cybersecurity, and next year we’ll launch a Student Poster Session to showcase emerging research & innovation.

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November 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Hospitals are increasingly reliant on networked #technology to run lifesaving medical equipment and access patient records. @UCSDhcyber.bsky.social is at the forefront of safeguarding these systems against #cyberattacks. @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social

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UC San Diego Cybersecurity Research Protects Patients
Hospitals are increasingly reliant on networked technology to run lifesaving medical equipment and access patient records. UC San Diego’s Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity is at the forefront of…
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October 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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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
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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So proud of our CHC team! Thanks @arpa-h.bsky.social for your support! @ucsdhealth.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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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⤵️
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September 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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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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Medical Device Cybersecurity for the 21st Century
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September 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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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.

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September 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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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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Episode 14- When Patient Care Meets the Digital Battlefield: with Dr.Jeff Tully
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August 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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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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August 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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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.

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August 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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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!

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August 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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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.

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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.
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August 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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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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August 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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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
August 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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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.

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August 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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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.

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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...
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July 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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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.

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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...
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July 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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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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July 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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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.

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July 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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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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July 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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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 ⤵️
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July 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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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.

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June 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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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

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June 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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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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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...
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May 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM