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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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New study by @abesterman.bsky.social shows that approx. 6% of people with schizophrenia have specific, identifiable genetic variants, which could help inform new genetic tests. Results suggest that genetic testing may be useful for early diagnosis in the future.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
New study by @abesterman.bsky.social shows that approx. 6% of people with schizophrenia have specific, identifiable genetic variants, which could help inform new genetic tests. Results suggest that genetic testing may be useful for early diagnosis in the future.
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A recent study suggests that the depiction of lorazepam — an anti-anxiety medication — in season 3 of "The White Lotus” sparked 1.6 million extra Google searches for the term. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3JOOszP
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A recent study suggests that the depiction of lorazepam — an anti-anxiety medication — in season 3 of "The White Lotus” sparked 1.6 million extra Google searches for the term. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3JOOszP
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Happy #Thanksgiving! This year, we asked #UCSDSurgery what they are thankful for. From family and friends to mentors and co-workers — there is much to be grateful for this holiday season! 🥧 #GivingThanks @ucsdhealth.bsky.social @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Happy #Thanksgiving! This year, we asked #UCSDSurgery what they are thankful for. From family and friends to mentors and co-workers — there is much to be grateful for this holiday season! 🥧 #GivingThanks @ucsdhealth.bsky.social @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
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New research has found genetic associations between #cannabis use and #psychiatric, cognitive and #physicalhealth. The findings could inform prevention and treatment strategies for cannabis use disorders. @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
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UC San Diego Researchers Develop New Tool to Predict How Bacteria Influence Health
UC San Diego researchers have developed a new computational tool to predict how bacteria influence health by creating fast and powerful models of complex genetic and metabolic interactions. The tool…
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November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
New research has found genetic associations between #cannabis use and #psychiatric, cognitive and #physicalhealth. The findings could inform prevention and treatment strategies for cannabis use disorders. @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
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A new study shows lorazepam searches almost doubled after The White Lotus Season 3 aired, "showing how entertainment media can reflect and drive human behavior,” said lead author Kevin Yang, M.D., PGY-4 in the Department of Psychiatry. 💊 🎬
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November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A new study shows lorazepam searches almost doubled after The White Lotus Season 3 aired, "showing how entertainment media can reflect and drive human behavior,” said lead author Kevin Yang, M.D., PGY-4 in the Department of Psychiatry. 💊 🎬
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UC San Diego is once again among the world’s leading institutions for influential research. Fifty of our faculty and scientists are recognized on the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list. 🔬🌍 https://bit.ly/3X3TF9K
#UCSD #UCSanDiego #Research
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November 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
UC San Diego is once again among the world’s leading institutions for influential research. Fifty of our faculty and scientists are recognized on the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list. 🔬🌍 https://bit.ly/3X3TF9K
#UCSD #UCSanDiego #Research
#UCSD #UCSanDiego #Research
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@UCSDMedSchool.bsky.social researchers are using #phages — viruses that kill bacteria — to fight antibiotic-resistant pathogens, a major threat to #publichealth.
UC San Diego Researchers Expand Virus-Based Treatment Options for Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing challenges to global public health as harmful microbes evolve to evade these medications. Now, researchers at University of California San Diego and…
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November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
@UCSDMedSchool.bsky.social researchers are using #phages — viruses that kill bacteria — to fight antibiotic-resistant pathogens, a major threat to #publichealth.
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That’s a wrap on today’s Department of Medicine Grand Rounds! 🎬 #MedEd Thank you to Dr. Bernie Sunwoo for the deep dive into Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome. The discussion on why "One Size Does Not Fit All" regarding treatment phenotypes was incredibly valuable.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
That’s a wrap on today’s Department of Medicine Grand Rounds! 🎬 #MedEd Thank you to Dr. Bernie Sunwoo for the deep dive into Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome. The discussion on why "One Size Does Not Fit All" regarding treatment phenotypes was incredibly valuable.
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“The faculty at UC San Diego equipped me with the clinical reasoning and research skills necessary for an independent career as a surgeon-scientist.” — Thinzar Lwin, M.D., M.S., on how #UCSDSurgery prepared her for a career in research @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“The faculty at UC San Diego equipped me with the clinical reasoning and research skills necessary for an independent career as a surgeon-scientist.” — Thinzar Lwin, M.D., M.S., on how #UCSDSurgery prepared her for a career in research @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
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Out now in @NatCellBio.nature.com : Researchers at @UCSDMedSchool.bsky.social and @UCSDCancer reveal that #cancer #cells can hijack a cell death protein to survive treatment and regrow, offering a new target to fight drug resistance. #CancerResearch #DrugResistance
Cancer Uses Cell Death Proteins to Survive Treatment and Regrow
Researchers at UC San Diego have found a paradoxical new way in which cancer cells survive and regrow after targeted therapy: by hijacking a protein involved in cell death.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Out now in @NatCellBio.nature.com : Researchers at @UCSDMedSchool.bsky.social and @UCSDCancer reveal that #cancer #cells can hijack a cell death protein to survive treatment and regrow, offering a new target to fight drug resistance. #CancerResearch #DrugResistance
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.
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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? 🤔
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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...