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Cooking up a healthy life
UC San Diego Extension’s new Integrative Nutrition certificate teaches the ingredients for a healthy life.
April 28, 2016
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt projects prove value in industries beyond manufacturing
From human resources to life sciences to hospitality and the military, UC San Diego Extension's Lean Six Sigma program has enabled professionals to find success throughout a number of industries.
April 27, 2016
Latin American workshop arms Venezuelan dermatologist for oncology clinical trials
Dr. Olga Zerpa is battling two stubborn foes. As a dermatologist and a surgeon, her passion is for conquering cancer with new and improved treatments. As a researcher, she wants to bring clinical trials to her homeland of Venezuela.
April 26, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Kate M. Edwards on special needs students
Kate M. Edwards, Ph.D., is a teacher’s teacher. At UC San Diego Extension, she trains educators how to instruct students with special needs. This is key because, as Edwards explains, the future of education is all about inclusiveness.
April 25, 2016
Workshop leads Peruvian physician to CEO role, start-up success
Living and working in Peru, Dr. José Torres, M.D., used his educational degrees and certificates as building blocks in his career. But it was the networking he did at UC San Diego Extension’s Latin American Clinical Trials Workshop that helped him secure a CEO title and the means with which to...
April 20, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: V. Ramanathan on climate change
As one of the world’s leading experts on climate change, Dr. Veerabhadran Ramanathan is a scientist and also, by necessity, a student in the art of public relations. As he sees it, a critical part of his job is convincing people to take action. Failure to do so would be catastrophic.
April 18, 2016
The Promise of Precision Medicine: Are We There Yet?
The Human Genome Project brought together researchers from around the world to complete mapping and understanding of all the genes of human beings, together known as our “genome.”
April 13, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Brian Keating shares the secrets of the Universe
Brian Keating, a UC San Diego professor of astrophysics, is part of a team of scientists trying to view and analyze the light emitted in the instant after the Big Bang – light that “has traveled since essentially the beginning of time to reach us.”
April 11, 2016
The making of a UC San Diego Extension certificate program (infographic)
Every UC San Diego Extension program offers students an opportunity to examine a new field and demonstrate to others they have the discipline to work toward a specific goal while increasing their earning potential and marketability.
April 7, 2016
Beat the odds: 7 tips on getting into medical school
Here are some tips from recent graduates of UC San Diego Extension’s Post Baccalaureate Premedical Program – who are all now first-year students at the UC San Diego School of Medicine.
April 5, 2016
College Counseling Instructor Steven Mercer On College Costs and Competition
Dr. Steven Mercer makes his living helping kids get into college, and so his professional success depends partly on his ability to spot trends in higher education.
April 4, 2016
The Pulse: Nation’s Alzheimer’s cases and demand for caregiving will soar
Mary Ball, president and chief executive office of Alzheimer's San Diego, discusses the fatal, neuro-degenerative disease’s long duration, costly care, and the absence of a cure or treatment which will have dramatic effects on families, health care systems, as well as financial models in the...
April 3, 2016
Defining roles between business analysis and data analytics
One of today’s hottest jobs has a bit of a PR problem. As big data gets bigger and process technologies rapidly evolve, the traditional role of a business analyst is often confused with tasks otherwise slated for its more technical counterpart the data scientist.
March 29, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Rob Knight examines our microbiomes
Professor Rob Knight aims to enhance our understanding of how microbes' links to human health and the environment. As part of his campaign to democratize and decentralize science, Knight developed and runs the American Gut Project — the largest crowdfunded and crowdsourced research study of its...
March 28, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: Exploring augmented reality with Jürgen Schulze
Dr. Jürgen Schulze foresees a future in which each person can create his or her own reality. Technology will enable us to edit our own perceptions, so that we see what we want to see. “What we see will be a combination of virtual things and real things,” predicts Schulze, a research scientist in...
March 21, 2016
Assuring quality at every step
As the vice president of qualiy assurance for Sorrento Therapeutics, Shay Tabani's job is to make sure the medicines made by or on behalf of her company meet the quality standards they purport to possess and are fit for their intended use.
March 16, 2016
Programming: No longer just for technical elite
As Steve Jobs once said, “Everyone should learn how to program a computer because it teaches you how to think.”
March 15, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: The new era of citizen journalism with Sylvia Mendoza
Author Sylvia Mendoza, who teaches writing and digital journalism at UC San Diego Extension, believes the fundamentals of journalism will never change, no matter what technology emerges in the future.
March 14, 2016
OSHA announces free Safety Fest 2016 training in Honolulu and San Diego
The old adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” holds true today. While many use this quote when referring to health, Benjamin Franklin actually said this in regard to fire safety. In 1735, Franklin argued that prevention of a catastrophic citywide fire was certainly preferable to...
March 10, 2016
An environmental balancing act
Attorney Kelly Richardson considers himself an environmentalist. He drives a Prius and uses solar energy to heat and light his house. But he also owns a truck he drives when he goes surfing, and he frequently flies around the country for work. He looks at his situation as a microcosm of the...
March 9, 2016
50 Voices of the Future: The next step in treating addiction with Jerry Synold
Jerry Synold has worked in drug and alchohol treatment with the U.S. Navy for more than 40 years and is now an instructor at UC San Diego Extension, certifiying addiction counselors in the state of California.
March 7, 2016
U.S. predicted to become top producer of algae by 2020, here’s why
Today, algae is poised to remain a major player in the fuel industry and beyond, especially here in the United States.
March 6, 2016
Dr. Rodney Hood: Offering a powerful prescription for the neediest patients and the healthcare system
The Affordable Healthcare Act may have improved access to health care but some races and ethnicities continue to experience implicit bias, structural barriers, and poorer health outcomes than other groups. In this month’s Pulse podcast, Dr. Rodney Hood, a board-certified internist and the...
March 3, 2016
Free college test prep levels the playing field
Fisher Scholarship program grants test-prep classes for Mar Vista High School students taught through UC San Diego Extension's Academic Connections.
March 2, 2016