How are you feeling about this year? Come share your experiences and chat with older grad students this Friday. This is a great opportunity to discuss topics such as qualifying exam prep, lab rotations, classes, making friends in San Diego, and more.

NEW: World Health Organization now acknowledges #CovidIsAirborne & presents a model to quantify risk in public, residential, & #publichealth settings. Hope our govts, schools, hospitals,
& #MedTwitter read & improve indoor air quality. /1

#COVID19

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Today, on Long COVID Awareness Day, the World Health Network stands with those facing prolonged recovery, aiming to increase awareness and foster a supportive community.

#LongCovid #Covid 19 #Covid #HealthSafety #COVID19Precautions #StaySafeStayHealthy

Together, we can reduce the transmission of COVID-19 with a few key practices. Firstly, wearing well-fitted N95 masks or better is crucial for protecting both yourself and those around you. Enhancing ventilation by using ventilation and keeping windows open strategically...

Last call for free USPS COVID-19 test kits! The program will be suspended on 03/08. Don’t miss out on securing your kits. Order today to stay prepared and safe. Visit special.usps.com/testkits to order.

#COVID19 #StaySafe #TestKits

Sissi Liu and Drs. Tanya Shirman and Elijah Shirman, Metalmark Innovations, developed a device that uses a novel nanomaterial coating on a filter to enable self-cleaning, prolonging the life of the filter and thereby minimizing the operating costs.

Full house this morning for our 29th Annual Breakfast with Industry! Thank you Mr. Dooley for your wonderful and personable keynote address!

My wildest research ideas were funded w the NIH Director’s New Innovator DP2 Award!! 🤯 The #AguadoLab will determine how sex chromosomes regulate ❤️ fibrosis using biomaterials. We won’t rest until sex-specific treatments are a reality! #NIHHighRisk NIH Common Fund UCSD Engineering

Prof. Brian Aguado, Assistant Professor in Bioengineering, and Nicole Felix, Bioengineering Ph.D. student, have been chosen to receive the 2023 GEMINI Faculty Mentor Award and the 2023 GEMINI Fellowship Award, respectively.

Congratulations for your well-deserved recognition!

Join us in congratulating these outstanding UC San Diego graduate students working at the intersection of engineering and medicine, who have been honored as 2024 Siebel Scholars! today.ucsd.edu/story/students…