UC San Diego School of Medicine
@ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
Serving our communities & creating a healthier world through research, education and patient care. 🩺
M.D., M.S., Ph.D., P.A., residency and fellowship programs.
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M.D., M.S., Ph.D., P.A., residency and fellowship programs.
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A new study shows lorazepam searches almost doubled (1.6 million excess searches) after The White Lotus Season 3 aired, showing how entertainment media can reflect and drive human behavior,” said lead author Kevin Yang, M.D., resident physician in the Department of Psychiatry.
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When Life Imitates Art: Google Searches for Anxiety Drug Spike During Run of The White Lotus TV Show
A UC San Diego study suggests that the depiction of lorazepam use on Season 3 of The White Lotus TV series sparked 1.6 million extra Google searches for information about the benzodiazepine drug, incl...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A new study shows lorazepam searches almost doubled (1.6 million excess searches) after The White Lotus Season 3 aired, showing how entertainment media can reflect and drive human behavior,” said lead author Kevin Yang, M.D., resident physician in the Department of Psychiatry.
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The neural organoids in Alysson Muotri’s lab at UC San Diego School of Medicine each contain about 2.5 million neurons of various types. Muotri aims to apply organoids to a real-world problem: predicting the path of possible oil spills in the Amazon jungle. ⬇️
In a handful of academic laboratories and companies, researchers are growing human neurons and trying to turn them into functional systems equivalent to biological transistors
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The computers that run on human brain cells
Move over silicon: scientists want to use neurons to make powerful computers with minuscule energy needs.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The neural organoids in Alysson Muotri’s lab at UC San Diego School of Medicine each contain about 2.5 million neurons of various types. Muotri aims to apply organoids to a real-world problem: predicting the path of possible oil spills in the Amazon jungle. ⬇️
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November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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NEWS—Prebys is proud to award over $4 million to more than 20 community health organizations strengthening access to healthcare and improving well-being in San Diego—to extend care through mobile units, longer hours, and new collaboration models.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEWS—Prebys is proud to award over $4 million to more than 20 community health organizations strengthening access to healthcare and improving well-being in San Diego—to extend care through mobile units, longer hours, and new collaboration models.
More at www.prebysfdn.org/4mcommunityh...
More at www.prebysfdn.org/4mcommunityh...
New @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social research shows GLP‑1 receptor agonists – the drug class behind Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro – may cut five‑year mortality in colon cancer by more than half (15.5% vs 37.1%) 🔬
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GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Dramatically Lower Death Rates in Colon Cancer Patients
In an analysis of more than 6,800 colon cancer patients across all University of California Health sites, researchers found that those taking glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) medications were less than...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
New @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social research shows GLP‑1 receptor agonists – the drug class behind Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro – may cut five‑year mortality in colon cancer by more than half (15.5% vs 37.1%) 🔬
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Out now in @Nature.com: @UCSDCancer / @UCSDMedSchool.bsky.social researchers created an AI model that predicts #skincancer risk more accurately for people of all backgrounds by using genetics, lifestyle, and social factors to help close #healthequity gaps
AI Model Powers Skin Cancer Detection Across Diverse Populations
UC San Diego researchers developed a machine learning model that accurately predicts skin cancer risk across ancestries, improving equity in early detection and outcomes using genetics, lifestyle,…
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November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Out now in @Nature.com: @UCSDCancer / @UCSDMedSchool.bsky.social researchers created an AI model that predicts #skincancer risk more accurately for people of all backgrounds by using genetics, lifestyle, and social factors to help close #healthequity gaps
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UC San Diego researchers have mapped the neurons that help mosquitoes find us. 🦟 Their 3D visualizations reveal new details of the insects’ carbon dioxide-sensing structures. Read More 🔗 https://bit.ly/47EnFOi
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
UC San Diego researchers have mapped the neurons that help mosquitoes find us. 🦟 Their 3D visualizations reveal new details of the insects’ carbon dioxide-sensing structures. Read More 🔗 https://bit.ly/47EnFOi
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“As residents, we worked hard and received a great education, but the relationships I formed with my co-residents will be what I remember and value the most.” — Sarah Stringfield, M.D., on the memories she made at #UCSDSurgery @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
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November 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“As residents, we worked hard and received a great education, but the relationships I formed with my co-residents will be what I remember and value the most.” — Sarah Stringfield, M.D., on the memories she made at #UCSDSurgery @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
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How it started ➡️ How it’s going 🩺
As the first CA Medicine Scholars Program scholar to matriculate into medical school, a @ucsandiego.bsky.social MS1's path from community college to med school shows how @uofcalifornia.bsky.social pathways turn ambition into medical careers.
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As the first CA Medicine Scholars Program scholar to matriculate into medical school, a @ucsandiego.bsky.social MS1's path from community college to med school shows how @uofcalifornia.bsky.social pathways turn ambition into medical careers.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
How it started ➡️ How it’s going 🩺
As the first CA Medicine Scholars Program scholar to matriculate into medical school, a @ucsandiego.bsky.social MS1's path from community college to med school shows how @uofcalifornia.bsky.social pathways turn ambition into medical careers.
🗞️ go.ucsd.edu/48YLzqd
As the first CA Medicine Scholars Program scholar to matriculate into medical school, a @ucsandiego.bsky.social MS1's path from community college to med school shows how @uofcalifornia.bsky.social pathways turn ambition into medical careers.
🗞️ go.ucsd.edu/48YLzqd
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Can AI bring joy back to medicine? Ming Tai-Seale
@ucsdmedschool.bsky.social thinks so by using data & design to make care clearer for patients and lighter for clinicians.
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@ucsdmedschool.bsky.social thinks so by using data & design to make care clearer for patients and lighter for clinicians.
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Ming Tai-Seale, PhD, MPH, Blending AI, Empathy and Innovation to Transform Healthcare
Ming Tai-Seale, a JCHI faculty affiliate, stands at the cutting edge of medicine, informatics and health systems science.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Can AI bring joy back to medicine? Ming Tai-Seale
@ucsdmedschool.bsky.social thinks so by using data & design to make care clearer for patients and lighter for clinicians.
Read more ⬇️
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@ucsdmedschool.bsky.social thinks so by using data & design to make care clearer for patients and lighter for clinicians.
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New neuroscience study from @joeyannette.bsky.social finds APOE4’s usual effect on Alzheimer’s blood markers does not appear in Mexican American participants—underscoring the need for equitable, population-informed science. 🧬🧠
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November 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
New neuroscience study from @joeyannette.bsky.social finds APOE4’s usual effect on Alzheimer’s blood markers does not appear in Mexican American participants—underscoring the need for equitable, population-informed science. 🧬🧠
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We also have a real TREAT today! Check out a 🆕 study from a team at @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social that helps address a 🔑 issue when working with rodent operant behavioral datasets - how can we most effectively organize, store, and visualize these data? 🤔
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Automated pipeline for operant behavior phenotyping for high-throughput data management, processing, and visualization - NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience
To uncover why some individuals are more vulnerable to addiction, the PARC rat GWAS and Biobank projects are testing thousands of rats, generating hundreds of thousands of behavioral data files. We cr...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We also have a real TREAT today! Check out a 🆕 study from a team at @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social that helps address a 🔑 issue when working with rodent operant behavioral datasets - how can we most effectively organize, store, and visualize these data? 🤔
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Trejolab getting into the spirit Happy Halloween 2025!!! Eat, drink and be scary!! @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social @ucsdfacaffairs.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Trejolab getting into the spirit Happy Halloween 2025!!! Eat, drink and be scary!! @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social @ucsdfacaffairs.bsky.social
We congratulate our UC San Diego School of Medicine participants at the Torrey Pines Training Consortium's inaugural Postdoc Pitch competition, including first and second-place winners from the Department of Neurosciences! 🗯️
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October 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We congratulate our UC San Diego School of Medicine participants at the Torrey Pines Training Consortium's inaugural Postdoc Pitch competition, including first and second-place winners from the Department of Neurosciences! 🗯️
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For more reading, check out these great reviews ⬇️
"Advancing preclinical models of psychiatric disorders with human brain organoid cultures" by Thomas Anthony Dixon and Alysson Muotri of @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Advancing preclinical models of psychiatric disorders with human brain organoid cultures" by Thomas Anthony Dixon and Alysson Muotri of @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Advancing preclinical models of psychiatric disorders with human brain organoid cultures - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Advancing preclinical models of psychiatric disorders with human brain organoid cultures
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October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
For more reading, check out these great reviews ⬇️
"Advancing preclinical models of psychiatric disorders with human brain organoid cultures" by Thomas Anthony Dixon and Alysson Muotri of @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Advancing preclinical models of psychiatric disorders with human brain organoid cultures" by Thomas Anthony Dixon and Alysson Muotri of @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We congratulate School of Medicine and @lji.org faculty Alessandro Sette for winning the 2025 William Procter Prize from @sigmaxi.bsky.social!
His 40-year work on T-cell epitopes has transformed immunity research and vaccine design.
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His 40-year work on T-cell epitopes has transformed immunity research and vaccine design.
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LJI Professor Alessandro Sette receives William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement
Prestigious prize recognizes Sette's accomplishments as a researcher and scientific communicator
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October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We congratulate School of Medicine and @lji.org faculty Alessandro Sette for winning the 2025 William Procter Prize from @sigmaxi.bsky.social!
His 40-year work on T-cell epitopes has transformed immunity research and vaccine design.
Read more 📰 tinyurl.com/bdds4pz3
His 40-year work on T-cell epitopes has transformed immunity research and vaccine design.
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📢 New Study: UC San Diego researchers @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social and @cmcr-ucsd.bsky.social surveyed over 5,000 Californians about cannabis use and driving. Many felt safe driving within hours of use—despite impairment risks.
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#CannabisResearch
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#CannabisResearch
October 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
📢 New Study: UC San Diego researchers @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social and @cmcr-ucsd.bsky.social surveyed over 5,000 Californians about cannabis use and driving. Many felt safe driving within hours of use—despite impairment risks.
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/vmuwlxfzxl
#CannabisResearch
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#CannabisResearch
School of Medicine 2025 recipients of the prestigious Revelle Medal include:
⭐️ Edward Dennis, Distinguished Prof. Emeritus of Pharmacology
⭐️ Maria Savoia, M.D., Dean Emerita for Medical Education
⭐️ Tony Yaksh, Distinguished Prof. Emeritus of Anesthesiology & Pharmacology
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⭐️ Edward Dennis, Distinguished Prof. Emeritus of Pharmacology
⭐️ Maria Savoia, M.D., Dean Emerita for Medical Education
⭐️ Tony Yaksh, Distinguished Prof. Emeritus of Anesthesiology & Pharmacology
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October 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
School of Medicine 2025 recipients of the prestigious Revelle Medal include:
⭐️ Edward Dennis, Distinguished Prof. Emeritus of Pharmacology
⭐️ Maria Savoia, M.D., Dean Emerita for Medical Education
⭐️ Tony Yaksh, Distinguished Prof. Emeritus of Anesthesiology & Pharmacology
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⭐️ Edward Dennis, Distinguished Prof. Emeritus of Pharmacology
⭐️ Maria Savoia, M.D., Dean Emerita for Medical Education
⭐️ Tony Yaksh, Distinguished Prof. Emeritus of Anesthesiology & Pharmacology
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Matthew Kolar, M.D., Ph.D., an associate physician diplomate of @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social Department of Dermatology, has been honored with The National Institutes of Health's Director’s Early Independence Award. 🏆
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October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Matthew Kolar, M.D., Ph.D., an associate physician diplomate of @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social Department of Dermatology, has been honored with The National Institutes of Health's Director’s Early Independence Award. 🏆
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We can't wait for a fantastic PCCSM&P Grand Rounds with the exceptional Dr. Victor Nizet, M.D.! #PCCM #MEDED @nizet.bsky.social @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We can't wait for a fantastic PCCSM&P Grand Rounds with the exceptional Dr. Victor Nizet, M.D.! #PCCM #MEDED @nizet.bsky.social @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
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"Data shows that expansion of those who participate in academic science produces better science that has a wider impact." From a new research-backed defense of DEI programs published today by Needhi Bhalla @ucsantacruz.bsky.social and peers @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social and @uofmass.bsky.social 👏🏾👏🏼👏
@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent
Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"Data shows that expansion of those who participate in academic science produces better science that has a wider impact." From a new research-backed defense of DEI programs published today by Needhi Bhalla @ucsantacruz.bsky.social and peers @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social and @uofmass.bsky.social 👏🏾👏🏼👏
The @ucsandiego.bsky.social School of Medicine classes of 2015, 2005, 2000, 1995, 1985 and 1975 recently celebrated their milestone reunions! 🎓
Learn more about next year's milestone reunions of the Classes of 1976, 1986, 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2016 ⬇️
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Learn more about next year's milestone reunions of the Classes of 1976, 1986, 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2016 ⬇️
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October 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The @ucsandiego.bsky.social School of Medicine classes of 2015, 2005, 2000, 1995, 1985 and 1975 recently celebrated their milestone reunions! 🎓
Learn more about next year's milestone reunions of the Classes of 1976, 1986, 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2016 ⬇️
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Learn more about next year's milestone reunions of the Classes of 1976, 1986, 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2016 ⬇️
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We congratulate Steve Schneid, MHPE, director of educational development and scholarship on his recognition of the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (Preclinical education). 🥼
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October 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We congratulate Steve Schneid, MHPE, director of educational development and scholarship on his recognition of the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (Preclinical education). 🥼
🏆 Read more about the awardees ⬇️
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🏆 Read more about the awardees ⬇️
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Meet John Nigro, M.D., a professor in the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. Outside of surgery, he enjoys hiking, fishing, gardening, reading and appreciating the beauty of San Diego. @ucsdhealth.bsky.social @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
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October 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Meet John Nigro, M.D., a professor in the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. Outside of surgery, he enjoys hiking, fishing, gardening, reading and appreciating the beauty of San Diego. @ucsdhealth.bsky.social @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
🔗: surgery.ucsd.edu/people/human...
🔗: surgery.ucsd.edu/people/human...
With a deep commitment to research & mentorship, Joachim Ix, M.D. professor of medicine and chief for the Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, has shaped research careers and scientific progress far beyond his own division.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
With a deep commitment to research & mentorship, Joachim Ix, M.D. professor of medicine and chief for the Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, has shaped research careers and scientific progress far beyond his own division.
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Read the Q&A ➡️ go.ucsd.edu/4hp6HrL