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UC academic health centers earn national honors for environmental sustainability

UC academic health centers received 30 Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards for 2024, highlighting their dedication to environmental stewardship alongside exceptional patient care.
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Training tomorrow's public health leaders: The impact of UC Irvine’s new health professional school

The UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health is the fourth school of public health in the 10-campus UC system, joining schools of public health at UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC San Diego.
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California has problems. AI can help solve them.

As AI gets more powerful and easier to use, UC researchers are finding ways to integrate these emerging technologies into their work, shortening the distance to solutions that benefit every Californian.
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UC nursing schools collaborate to find new ways to expand the mental health care workforce

A first-of-its-kind initiative in California, the UC Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certificate program is poised to expand the state's mental health provider workforce.
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UC leads the nation’s universities in patents for second year running

The U.S. Patent and Trade Office granted UC inventors 546 utility patents in 2023.
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A clinical trial pilot pioneers a new era of collaboration, innovation and equity

UC San Francisco epidemiologist Dr. Van Blarigan is conducting "Tools to Be Fit," a clinical trial program that aims to improve the health of cancer survivors.
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UC medical school graduates take on Central Valley’s health care crisis

More than 700 medical students are earning their M.D. from a UC medical school this spring. The vast majority of these newly minted doctors — 73 percent — will stay in California for their residency training.
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‘The UC Effect’: Shaping the future of AI

UC’s first systemwide Congress on AI delved into the technology’s promise and perils — and the unique role the university can play in leading the way forward.
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University of California and Assemblymember Weber announce legislation to close nutrition disparities for vulnerable babies

Sacramento, Calif. — Today, February 26, the University of California and Assemblymember Akilah Weber, M.D., announced AB 3059, which will help eliminate disparities in accessing medically necessary pasteurized donor human milk, known as donor milk, for newborns in need.

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UC inventions garnered more patents than any other university in the world last year

Six UC campuses also on the list of schools with most undergraduate startup founders
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For these UC medical students, California’s health equity crisis is personal

UC medical students gathered in San Diego last month to share research and connections for their future careers at the nexus of health care and social justice.
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As pickleball's popularity surges, injuries are also on the rise

UC San Diego Health physical therapists offer ‘prehab’ exercises to keep players out of a pickle
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