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San Diego State University researchers secured a record-breaking total of funding with work that seeks to empower diverse leaders, create new materials and technologies, and foster a healthier, safer population.

Over $229.8 million in grants were awarded to the university and the SDSU Research Foundation during 2023-24 for research, scholarship and creative activities.

“Time and time again, SDSU continues to prove itself as a powerhouse for impactful and interdisciplinary research in California and internationally,” said Hala Madanat , vice president for research and innovation and leader of SDSU’s Division for Research and Innovation . “Our concerted efforts to cultivate collaborative problem-solving, expand training opportunities, and invest in research infrastructure are paying off.”

With $37.6 million more in funding compared to 2022-2023, this past year saw the greatest year-over-year percentage change (nearly 20%) in total funding of the past 10 years. This year marks the third consecutive research funding record for SDSU.

“Our original revenue projection anticipated a 40 percent increase in funding over five years, and in only three years, funding for research, scholarship and creative endeavors has grown by over 60 percent,” Michèle G. Goetz , associate vice president and chief executive officer of SDSU Research Foundation , wrote in a message thanking her staff and SDSU researchers for their work. “We're proud to support SDSU's faculty and the research enterprise as we surpass the $200 million milestone.”

Overall, 374 principal investigators secured 867 grant awards from 360 funding sources, primarily in areas that are key for the economic development of San Diego and Imperial Valley.

Building Upon SDSU Research Strengths

During the 2023-2024 fiscal year, SDSU researchers continued the impactful work that the institution has been renowned for.

Reaching a historic high of $40.8 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health, nearly 100 funded projects are addressing health disparities in Hispanic, multilingual, and LGBTQ+ communities and developing better treatments for cancer and mental health.

SDSU researchers’ monitoring of environmental toxins in southern California beaches, rivers and lakes influence policy recommendations for the Tijuana River sewage crisis , accessible hygiene solutions for unhoused communities and Salton Sea agricultural practices .

With $16.3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (also a university record high total), SDSU is expanding its role in improving energy efficiency across industrial sectors , protecting power grids from cyber attacks and solving real-world problems through applications of artificial intelligence with additional high-performance computing resources . These grant-funded projects increase professional development opportunities for student engineers and computer scientists.

Diversifying the Workforce

Thanks to an influx of funding to diversify the region’s workforce, the most in-demand jobs in the region will be filled by SDSU trainees and people trained by SDSU experts.

Managed by the California Jobs First initiative , $13 million in state funding supports job creation and curriculum development to fuel a carbon-neutral economy across San Diego and Imperial Valley, with key priorities determined by grassroots organizations and historically underserved communities.

Social work master’s degree candidates who are low-income can work towards licensure and fill critically needed positions with less financial worry thanks to a $1.24 million grant from the Prebys Foundation dedicated to supporting the graduate program . An additional $10 million from dozens of charitable foundation partners is dedicated to extending education for incarcerated individuals and increasing access to college for first-generation students, among other projects.

Five million dollars from the U.S. Department of Education will go toward embedding teacher candidates and future educational leaders within school environments where they can learn to support students with disabilities and other special needs.

Other projects with ongoing funding enable training for mental health practitioners and bilingual educators to succeed in their careers as well as the design and evaluation of interventions to ensure more disabled youth can earn a livable wage .

A New Kind of R1

SDSU’s role as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American Native American and Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) elevated its selection in national funding applications that prioritized research at minority-serving institutions. Over $1 million in grant funding supports further development and expansion of evidence-based practices to serve diverse student populations through the APIDA Center , Black Student Success initiatives , Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies and other campus resource centers .

With revisions to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education research designations , SDSU is also expected to exceed the thresholds required for Carnegie to designate the university as having very high research activity, or a prestigious “R1” ranking, in early 2025.

SDSU has graduated more than 70 doctoral students and spent more than $50 million on research expenditures for at least the past 10 years, demonstrating that the university has been operating at a very high level of research for over a decade.

“Four years ago we launched a strategic plan calling for SDSU to become a new kind of research institution, equitably impacting all segments of our SDSU community, including those traditionally underrepresented,” said SDSU President Adela de la Torre . “Growing our research while holding true to our commitment to excellent teaching and community service should be a great source of pride to everyone associated with SDSU.”

$2.8 million NSF grant will expand AI education and research opportunities for students

In collaboration with the NSF Institute for Learning-enabled Optimization at Scale, the project will focus on diversity within the AI research community.

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The Summer Research Program (SRP) is made up of 8+ programs which are either 8 or 10 weeks long. Each program has a cohort and a coordinator. While requirements for each program are different, program coordinators work together to create a summer community that brings together students from all the programs. ALL SRP students are paid a stipend!

SRP equips students with the skills to become research scholars, encourage students' pursuit of graduate study, and increase graduate school enrollment among underrepresented, low-income, and first-generation college students.

• 8-week programs run from June 24, 2024 - August 16, 2024
• 10-week programs run from June 24, 2024 - August 30, 2024

Requirements for all summer programs:

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The Pelham Lab is working on many projects.

Here are some topics we're focused on lately...

Revamping the basic science of parenting

Better parenting can promote healthy youth adjustment, but we know far less about how and why than is commonly understood. We believe new ideas, methods, and evidence are needed to yield breakthroughs. Some avenues we are exploring include developing explicit and falsifiable causal theories, new systems for measuring parenting in vivo , and new techniques for estimating the effects of parenting in non-experimental designs.

Some of our papers on this topic:

Theory for How Parental Monitoring Changes Youth Behavior

How Does Parental Monitoring Reduce Adolescent Substance Use? Preliminary Tests of Two Potential Mechanisms

Digital Location Tracking of Children and Adolescents: a Review and Theoretical Model

Measuring future risk of substance use problems

Heavy, high-risk drinking drug use during adolescence conveys short-term risks and long-term consequences. We are exploring the extent to which substance use outcomes can be predicted in existing national, longitudinal datasets. Our central goal is to develop brief, practical screening instruments that can be completed by youth who have never tried alcohol or drugs yet will accurately predict their long-term risk of escalation to heavy, high-risk substance use patterns. If successful, these instruments could be used for targeted prevention programs and triage.

Validating a brief screening measure for early-onset substance use during adolescence in a diverse, nationwide birth cohort

Co-occurring substance use & trauma

Our research explores the intersection of substance use and trauma exposure among adolescents, a demographic often overlooked in traditional models developed for adults. While numerous studies have explored the co-occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUD) in adults, there is a significant gap in how these theories apply to adolescents. We aim to challenge and expand these existing frameworks to better understand the unique ways in which trauma and substance use interact over the course of development. Our project focuses on revising and refining theories to more accurately reflect adolescent experiences, thereby improving intervention strategies. By integrating insights from diverse studies and fostering a deeper theoretical understanding, we strive to enhance scientific knowledge and treatment approaches for adolescents affected by trauma and substance use, aiming for more effective outcomes in both prevention and recovery.

Do traumatic events and substance use co-occur during adolescence? Testing three causal etiologic hypotheses

Increased prevalence of childhood adversity in comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders compared to either disorder alone  

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Because research is a fundamental pursuit in the College of Engineering, there’s plenty of opportunity for students to participate in ground-breaking investigational studies, often for credit and sometimes as paid assistants. At any given time about half of our students are actively involved in research projects.

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Through innovative design, UC San Diego's transformational projects inspire and deliver UC San Diego’s vision of the future. With the focus on creating new and better ways of collaborating across groups and disciplines, new construction projects revolutionize the physical, cultural, intellectual, healthcare, patient care, research, residential and diversity of the UC San Diego and Hillcrest campuses.

Design elements focus on UC San Diego’s commitment to the student, staff, faculty, patient, visitor and community experience by creating healthy inclusive and collaborative living, learning, teaching, working and playing mixed-use spaces that promote local and global excellence.

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Birch Aquarium

Completed in 1992, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography comprises approximately 78,000 gross square feet. The aquarium is home to more than 60 different habitats, ranging from cold to tropical waters. In order to provide a more interactive guest experience, increase event space, and better facilitate Birch’s husbandry arts, conservation, and breeding programs, the project proposes updates to the aquarium’s interior and exterior facilities.

In order for the aquarium to remain open throughout the work, the project will utilize a phased approach. The work will be conceived in zones, including the South Courtyard and Shark Habitat, Hall of Fishes, Horses, Dragons, and Penguins Gallery, Husbandry Arts, and Entryway Modernization. The project will also include site-wide accessibility and energy-efficiency improvements.

Project Details

• Interim Project Manager: Aaron Cooley , (619) 550-7136
• Phase: Schematic Design
• Executive Design Professional: Architects Hanna Gabriel Wells
• Contractor: Rudolph and Sletten
• Anticipated Completion: 2028
• Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Central Utilities Plant Expansion

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As part of a Central Utilities Plant expansion, a new chiller plant is being built to provide additional efficient, water-based cooling capacity throughout the campus. The chiller plant is powered by carbon-free electric power and will include two chillers, two cooling towers, associated pumps, piping and all required electrical distribution systems. This new plant, necessary to accommodate ongoing campus growth, is currently under construction and located east of Galbraith Hall and south of York Hall.

Immediate Pedestrian/Vehicular Impacts

Access to loading docks at Galbraith Hall, York Hall and the Central Utilities Plant will be affected. One lane of Scholars Drive will remain open at all times with flaggers to direct traffic. Please follow signage and allow extra travel time. See a map of the affected area .

• Program Manager: Rick Lyons , (858) 222-9061
• Phase: Construction
• Executive Design Professional:  Mascari Warner Dinh
• Contractor:  Whiting-Turner
• Anticipated Completion: Summer 2024
• Location: Revelle College

East Campus Loop Road

The proposed project would consist of a strategic realignment and widening of Health Sciences Drive, Medical Center Drive, and surrounding areas in order to improve access, safety and wayfinding on the East Campus. The project would implement a critical circulation enhancement, as identified in the 2018 Long Range Development Plan and associated East Campus Planning Study.

The proposed road realignments would simplify patient and visitor wayfinding by strengthening a singular, flowing path towards the hospital and clinical services, while also reducing decision points. In addition, a new, more direct road connection south of Health Sciences Drive would allow service vehicles to turn and continue directly towards the central utility plant, hospital service areas, and clinical loading docks to Medical Center Drive South.

The proposed project would convert the existing westerly end of Health Sciences Drive into a pedestrian and micro mobility-friendly corridor, and new “smart” traffic signals at all major intersections within the project would be installed, along with a roundabout at the connection to Medical Center Drive South.

• Project Manager: Roland Bartsch , (858) 281-9446
• Phase: Construction (start May 2024)
• Executive Design Professional: Dokken Engineering
• Contractor: McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
• Anticipated Completion: Summer 2026
• Location: East Campus

Hillcrest Redevelopment

Project rendering of the outpatient pavilion on the Hillcrest campus Credit: CallisonRTKL

An ambitious program to rebuild the UC San Diego Hillcrest campus will provide new facilities, new technology, increased capacity, expanded care offerings, workforce housing and other community services and amenities. Over the next 15 years, construction on the $2.5-$3 billion project will continue in five major phases, during which the majority of the existing buildings will be replaced. This work will help ensure the university’s mission to drive innovation and deliver world-class medical care, research and education for many decades to come.

The first phase of the redevelopment of the Hillcrest campus includes the construction of an outpatient pavilion (approximately 250,000 gross square feet) providing new space for a broad range of diagnostic and treatment services in a number of specialty areas, and address existing demands for outpatient services. This phase also includes a new parking structure to provide approximately 1,850 parking spaces for faculty, staff, patients and visitors, a central utility plant and related road and utility infrastructure improvements. The 2019 Hillcrest Long Range Development Plan guides redevelopment of the Hillcrest campus and includes the construction of a new, replacement hospital.

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UC San Diego Breaks Ground on a Multi-Phase, Multi-Billion-Dollar Redevelopment of Hillcrest Medical Campus

• Program Manager: Rod Barker ,  (858) 956-4230
• Phase: Phase one of five
• Executive Design Professional: CallisonRTKL
• Contractor: DPR Construction
• Phase One: Fall 2025
• Bachman Place Improvements: Mid 2025
• Location: Hillcrest Campus
• LEED Certification Goal: Silver

Pepper Canyon East District

Pepper Canyon East District proposes to develop on a 20-acre site on the west campus adjacent to the Light Rail Transit station. The District would be built in multiple phases and would include new student beds to expand access to the benefits of below market on-campus housing. Pepper Canyon East District will remove the existing housing and build approximately 6,000 beds, a hotel, food and beverage, recreation, and amenity spaces.

The first project, Master Plan and District Phase 1, is now going forward with pre-design to complete the District visioning. Once master planned, District Phase 1 would deliver up to 2,000 beds (1,000 net new) with associated amenities in summer 2029.

• Project Manager: Joseph Chisholm , (858) 361-5294
• Phase: Pre-Design
• Executive Design Professional: TBD
• Contractor: TBD
• Anticipated Completion: District Phase 1 Fall 2029
• Location: Pepper Canyon
• LEED Certification Goal: Gold

Pepper Canyon West Living and Learning Neighborhood

Pepper Canyon West Living and Learning Neighborhood would provide approximately 1,300 single-occupancy rooms for transfer and upper-division students in response to high demand for below market on-campus housing. The project would comprise 580,500 gross square feet in two  22- and 23-story towers, with connected five-story buildings featuring outdoor terrace seating. The project also includes retail, open spaces in two large courtyards and access to canyon trails. Adjacent to the Central Campus station of the UC San Diego Blue Line trolley, Pepper Canyon West Living and Learning Neighborhood is within a five-minute walk of the Gilman Transit Hub, providing extensive public transit options. Pepper Canyon West aims to achieve LEED Gold certification with a full range of sustainability practices in design and operations. Low-flow fixtures and drought tolerant landscaping will save water, while green roofs will increase efficiency by removing heat from the air and reducing temperatures on the roof surfaces. The project also optimizes natural ventilation and daylight to reduce demand for mechanical ventilation and electricity and construction waste is reduced by fabricating some building elements off site.

UC San Diego Receives $100 Million in State Funding for New Student Housing

• Project Manager: Bryan Macias , (858) 230-5648
• Executive Design Professional:  Perkins & Will
• Contractor: Clark Construction
• Anticipated Completion: Fall 2024

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Ridge Walk North Living and Learning Neighborhood

The proposed Ridge Walk North Living and Learning Neighborhood project would provide approximately 2,400 new student beds on the San Diego campus. The program would include space for student dining and fitness, replacement space for programs currently in structures to be demolished for the project, and permanent space for the Marshall College academic program and student support services. It also includes significant public realm improvements as well as community building space for students that incorporates programs, such as ESports, a glass lab, and Basic Needs.This project supports diversity, equity, and inclusion by expanding access to the “living/learning community” model to a greater proportion of students. Living on campus gives students access to a rich variety of academic and social resources and supports student success. Students who have the benefit of living on campus are immersed in the University community with easy access (via campus shuttle, bicycle, or on foot) to adjacent academic, research, clinical, recreation, and retail facilities, supporting the campus’s Climate Action Plan. The campus will make every effort to design the project to meet or exceed all University of California sustainability and carbon neutrality goals within the constraints of the overall project financial feasibility.

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• Abigail Grass , (858) 230-4266
• Chris Page , (310) 941-7164
• Rosella Arce , (858) 736-7858
• Executive Design Professional: HMC/EYRC
• Contractor: Hensel Phelps
• Anticipated Completion: Fall 2025, phased with completion by Winter 2026
• Location: Marshall Lowers

Theatre District Living and Learning Neighborhood

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The Theatre District Living and Learning Neighborhood would include five buildings ranging in height from 9 to 21 stories to provide approximately 2,000 new beds for undergraduate students, residential life and administration offices for a new college, general assignment classrooms, meeting space, restaurants and retail space for approximately 900,000 gross square feet total. 

The 11.8-acre site is located at the southwestern edge of the campus. Public realm improvements would include: an enhanced campus entry at the Revelle College Drive intersection; partial realignment of Scholars Drive South (campus loop road); a valet/drop-off zone for the adjacent Theatre District; a transit hub for campus shuttles and public transit buses; an extension of Ridge Walk (a primary north-south pedestrian spine) to the southern campus boundary; and recreation/outdoor wellness spaces located strategically throughout the site. When complete, the project will include replacement parking in a below-grade configuration for approximately 1,200 cars (325 net new spaces).

The project is fully under construction with a variety of construction activities happening throughout the site.

Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), CEQA Consistency Analysis for the project has been prepared. This is included as an Addendum to the 2018 LRDP Environmental Impact Report (EIR) wherein this project was evaluated for impacts. The consistency analysis concludes that the project is consistent with the 2018 LRDP EIR, and the project will not result in any new significant impacts.

• Program Manager: Dennis Brown ,  (858) 228-6621
• Project Manager: Mark Minieri , (858) 354-7744
• Executive Design Professional: HKS & EYRC
• Contractor: Kitchell
• Location: West Campus Neighborhood (south of Revelle College – site map )

Torrey Pines Fire Station

The fire station, a first for the campus, would be built as a partnership between the City of San Diego and UC San Diego, with the goal of serving the needs of the growing university, as well as the local surrounding community. The fire station, to be located near the intersection of Genesee Avenue and North Torrey Pines Road, would enable faster response times and provide vital emergency services that will benefit the UC San Diego community and the many families and individuals who live in the surrounding community. It would be approximately 10,500 gross square feet and comply with the City of San Diego Fire Station and UC San Diego construction standards. The new station would accommodate the standard fire station crew of 12 personnel per 24 hour shift and include three drive through fire apparatus vehicle bays, administrative offices, kitchen and dining area, day room, reception/watch room, training room, wash room, exercise room and crew quarters.

• Fire Station at UC San Diego Approved by San Diego City Council
• UCSD reaches deal with San Diego for on-campus fire station
• City Project Manager: Monica Arredondo
• UC San Diego Project Liaison: Worth Archambault , (858) 766-8925
• Executive Design Professional:  Miller Hull
• Contractor: Level 10
• Location:  Intersection of Genesee Avenue and North Torrey Pines Road
• LEED Certification Goal: The project is designed to meet LEED Silver 4.0 and the City of San Diego’s Climate Action Plan.
• Website:  https://www.sandiego.gov/cip/projectinfo/UCSDFirestation

Triton Center

The Triton Center project would demolish a collection of 1940s-era, one-story buildings located in University Center, to provide expanded and centralized space for specialized instructional support, student health, mental health and well-being services, and other student academic services and resources to meet the needs of a rapidly growing and diverse student population. Triton Center would also include an alumni and welcome center, multi-purpose space for various campus programs, public realm improvements, and accessible parking. A new vibrant urban core for central campus, Triton Center will create a socially-dynamic and welcoming destination that will showcase the unique accomplishments, heritage, art and culture of UC San Diego, and implement a key component of the campus’ 2018 Long Range Development Plan.

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• Program Manager: Matthew Smith , (858) 900-7012
• Project Manager: Brad Phipps , (858) 228-6741
• Executive Design Professional: LMN
• Contractor: McCarthy
• Anticipated Completion: Winter 2026
• Location: University Center

UC San Diego Science Research Park

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Viterbi Family Vision Research Center

UC San Diego proposes to construct a new building, which would house the Viterbi Family Vision Research Center. The facility would provide approximately 100,000 gross square feet of new space for research on various ophthalmologic diseases as well as expand interdisciplinary collaborations across campus and the San Diego community to accelerate the pace of discovery and innovation for vision research.

The project site is located east of Interstate 5 in the Health Sciences East Neighborhood of the La Jolla Campus, just west of the Shiley Eye Institute and adjacent to the Koman Outpatient Pavilion, within the existing academic-medical complex. The proposed project would comprise new space for computational analytics and clinical trial research; wet laboratory (open laboratory space design with dedicated laboratory support) to conduct basic science and clinical trial research; a core laboratory (vivarium); meeting and support space; and a small amount of retail.

• Program Manager:   Juli Smith , (858) 344-7404
• Phase: Construction Documents/Construction
• Executive Design Professional:  nbbj
• Anticipated Completion: Winter/Spring 2025
• Location:  Health Sciences East Neighborhood
• LEED Certification Goal:  Gold

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The knowledge gained from research and clinical studies at Scripps Health helps bring the latest treatments to our patients and advances the quality of care for people around the world.

Scripps operates major research programs in the following areas of study:

Research conducted by physicians and scientists at Scripps Health are accelerating our understanding of cancer biology and improving our ability to bring new treatments rapidly to patients. Learn more about cancer research at Scripps.

Cardiovascular disease

Scripps research in cardiovascular disease is dedicated to preventing heart disease, improving treatments and testing the latest technology to further the practice of heart care. Learn more about cardiovascular research at Scripps.

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Scripps physicians are working to better understand how the skin works and develop better ways to treat skin diseases. Learn more about dermatology research at Scripps.

Diabetes and endocrinology

Clinical trials at Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute offer new therapies and resources that may lead to an improved quality of life for people with diabetes, hypertension and lipid conditions. Learn more about diabetes and endocrinology research at Scripps.

Genomic medicine

Scripps genomic medicine is using advanced genetic sequencing technologies to bridge the gap between discovery, translation and treatment. These studies provide an opportunity to find underlying genetic causes for cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, arthritis and many other conditions. Learn more about genomic medicine research at Scripps.

Integrative medicine

Researchers at Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine study a variety of holistic treatments to determine their safety and effectiveness. While anecdotal evidence may provide clues to a treatment’s value, only rigorous clinical testing allows us to proceed with certainty. Learn more about integrative medicine research at Scripps.

Liver disease

Scripps collaborates with basic research facilities to combine biomedical research and clinical trials to uncover the underlying causes of liver disease and translate those findings into new treatments. Learn more about liver disease research at Scripps.

Scripps clinical researchers work with laboratory scientists at  The Scripps Research Institute  to put experimental therapies to the test and discover new treatments for patients with neurological conditions. Learn more about neurology research at Scripps.

Orthopedics

The clinical trials at Shiley Center for Orthopedic Research and Education (SCORE) make it possible for patients to receive investigational therapies and devices for the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions. Learn more about orthopedics research at Scripps.

Rehabilitation

Scripps clinicians are constantly looking for better ways to rehabilitate patients after a serious illness, injury or surgery. Learn more about rehabilitation research at Scripps.

Rheumatology

Our rheumatologists are involved in research projects designed to find better ways to treat patients with rheumatic conditions. Learn more about rheumatology research at Scripps.

Sleep medicine

Scripps sleep specialists help guide future advances in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. Learn more about sleep medicine research at Scripps.

Trauma and emergency care

Our trauma and emergency care research aims to improve efforts to evaluate, resuscitate and manage critically injured patients. Learn more about trauma and emergency care research at Scripps.

Weight management

Researchers at the Scripps Clinic Nutrition and Metabolic Research Center work to better understand the relationship between obesity and other conditions. Learn more about weight management research at Scripps.

For more information on current research, view the active studies at Scripps .

Nursing Research Opportunities

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Nurse Research and Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

UC San Diego strongly supports nurses with scholarly activities to advance the profession. Judy E. Davidson DNP RN, a full-time nurse scientist, supports nurses with project development, presentation and publication. Nearly 200 nurses belong to our virtual research interest group, networking and sharing resources to help each other with project execution.

UC San Diego medical library is THE designated medical library of San Diego County. UC San Diego nurses enjoy instant access to evidence whenever needed without a charge. Our designated nursing librarian, Korey Brunetti MLIS, supports nurses with search strategies, use of Endnote and other technologies used when conducting change or research projects.

Our active EBP/Research Council organizes and executes a yearly conference to showcase projects conducted over the previous year. Annually, nurses at UCSD present an average of 50 podium and 50 poster projects at regional and national conferences, and publish an average of 30 publications in peer-reviewed nursing journals.

The clinical advancement ladder, constructed by nurses for nurses through shared governance, encourages nurses to conduct evidence-based practice change projects and/or research as a partial requirement for promotion. Classes and individual mentorship are provided for those seeking career advancement.

UCSD is very unique in the way we integrate art as a way of knowing. Our team of nurse artists translate evidence into art and exhibit each year at the conferences.  Artists have published their work along with research results as graphic abstracts in peer-reviewed journals.

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UCSD Nursing Publications & Projects

Uc san diego nurses in bold. publication dates july 1, 2018-june 30, 2019.

• Melissa Meehan  RN Watercolor: Crying Nurse Graphic Abstract with:  Davidson JE , Proudfoot J, Lee K, Zisook S. Nurse suicide in the United States: Analysis of the Center for Disease Control 2014 National Violent Death Reporting System dataset. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 2019
• Botta LM , Botta GP. Hemorrhagic Cystitis: Treatment With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. 2018 Dec 1;22(6):E146-51.
• Carr, E.   (2018). Head and Neck Malignancies . In C. Yarbro, M. D. Wujcik, & B. Gobel (Eds.), Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice (8th ed., pp. 139-152). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett
• Davidson JE ,  Mendis JM ,  Gambles Farr S ,  Jernigan S , Strathdee SA, Patterson T. Family-Centered Care Interventions to Minimize Family Intensive Care Unit Syndrome and Post-Intensive Care Syndrome-Family in Netzer G, Ed. Families in the Intensive Care Unit: Understanding, Engaging, and Supporting. New York: Springer Science+Business Media, 2018. ISBN: 9783319943367 https://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/book-authors-editors.
• Rosgen B, Krewulak K, Demiantschuk D, Ely EW,  Davidson JE , Stelfox HT, et al. Validation of Caregiver‐Centered Delirium Detection Tools: A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2018. April 18 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15362
• Graham P , Zerbi G, Norcross W, Montross-Thomas L,  Davidson J ,  Lobbestael L.  Testing of a Caregiver Support Team. EXPLORE. 2018 Jul 20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2018.07.004
• Jenkins, D. ,  J. Davidson , and L. Cederquist,  The Ethics of Law Enforcement in the Inpatient Setting . Critical Connections, 2018 (June/July). http://sccm.org/Communications/Critical-Connections/Archives/2018/The-Ethics-of-Law-Enforcement-in-the-Inpatient-Set
• Lohnes, S. , Southwood, R., & Smithson, T. (2018). Providing Self-Management Tools for a Successful Transition from the Hospital into the Community Setting.  American Association of Diabetes Educators: CaseShare .
• Padilla, R. M. , Urden, L. D., & Stacy, K. M. (2018). Nurses' Perceptions of Barriers to Rapid Response System Activation: A Systematic Review. Dimens Crit Care Nurs, 37(5), 259-271. doi:10.1097/dcc.0000000000000318
• Zima L, Ceulemans S,  Reiner G , et al. Paroxysmal motor disorders: expanding phenotypes lead to coalescing genotypes.  Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology . 2018. https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.597
• Ignatyeva Y , Nguyen AP, Schmidt U, Barak R, Agarwal R,  Davidson JE . Transport of Critically Ill Cardiovascular Patients. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly. 2018 Oct 1;41(4):413-25.
• Norcross WA, Moutier C, Tiamson-Kassab M, Jong P,  Davidson JE , Lee KC, Newton IG, Downs NS, Zisook S. Update on the UC San Diego Healer Education Assessment and Referral (HEAR) Program. Journal of Medical Regulation. 2018 Jul;104(2):17-26.
• Graham P, Zerbi G, Norcross W, Montross-Thomas L,  Davidson J , Lobbestael L. Testing of a Caregiver Support Team. EXPLORE. 2018 Jul 20. DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2018.07.004. Project team member. Protocol development. Data analysis. Manuscript preparation.
• Lobbeestael L . Cover art: About the cover. https://www.americannursetoday.com/suicide-among-nurses-might-hurt-us/, p14.
• Meyer D , Chu, F; Derry, K;  Hailey, L . Acute reversal of dabigatran with Idarucizumab for intravenous thrombolysis as acute stroke treatment. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. epub ahead of print https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2018.09.027. bhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967586818313304?via%3Dihubhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967586818313304?via%3Dihub
• Papadimos TJ, Marcolini EG, Hadian M, Hardart GE, Ward N, Levy MM, Stawicki SP,  Davidson JE . Ethics of Outbreaks Position Statement. Part 2: Family-Centered Care. Critical Care Medicine. 2018 Nov 1;46(11):1856-60.
• Papadimos TJ, Marcolini EG, Hadian M, Hardart GE, Ward N, Levy MM, Stawicki SP,  Davidson JE . Ethics of Outbreaks Position Statement. Part 1: Therapies, Treatment Limitations, and Duty to Treat. Critical Care Medicine. 2018 Nov 1;46(11):1842-55.
• Kleinpell R, Heyland DK, Lipman J, Sprung CL, Levy M, Mer M, Koh Y,  Davidson J , Taha A, Curtis JR. Patient and family engagement in the ICU: Report from the task force of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine. Journal of critical care. 2018 Sep 8;48:251.
• Kim SC, Pedersen C,  Yi C . Validity and reliability of sleep promotion questionnaire and predictors of quality of care. SAGE Open Medicine. 2018 Aug;6:2050312118794595.
• Lee E ,  Daugherty J , Eskierka K,  Hamelin K . Compassion Fatigue and Burnout, One Institution's Interventions. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. 2019 Feb 15.
• Lee E ,  Daugherty J , Hamelin T. Reimagine Health Care Leadership, Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. 2018 Jun 13.Nursing DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2017.11.007 , February 2019 (Volume 34, Issue 1)
• Sacco AG, Coffey CS, Sanghvi P, Rubio GP, Califano J, Athas J,  Tamayo GJ , Linnemeyer K, Barnachea LC, Orosco RK, Brumund KT. Development of Care Pathways to Standardize and Optimally Integrate Multidisciplinary Care for Head and Neck Cancer. Oncology Issues. 2018 Nov 2;33(6):28-44.
• The relationality of intervention, context, and implementation: A prospective case study Examining the adoption of an evidence informed nursing care model Miriam Bender,  Paige Burtson , Deborah Lefkowitz Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation. Washing DC USA December 3-5 2018. Implementation Science 2019 14: Supp 1: 27 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-019-0878-2
• Harvey MA, Davidson JE. Addressing the Consequences of Our Success. Critical care medicine. 2019 Jan 1;47(1):146-7.
• TG Huynh, RL Owens, JE Davidson, Impact of Built Design on Nighttime Family Presence in the Intensive Care Unit, HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 1937586719836287, 2019
• Bukar NK ,  Eberhardt LM ,  Davidson J . East meets west in psychiatry: Yoga as an adjunct therapy for management of anxiety. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 2019 May 2.
• Cardenas V, Abbott Y, Hirst JM, Mausbach BT, Agarwal S, Collier G, Tran L,  Tamayo G , Downey A, Herring M, Irwin SA. Development, implementation, and initial results of the UC San Diego Health Moores Cancer Center Wellbeing Screening Tool. Palliative & supportive care. 2019 Jan 2:1-5.https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/palliative-and-supportive-care/article/development-implementation-and-initial-results-of-the-uc-san-diego-health-moores-cancer-center-wellbeing-screening-tool/20650BF2BEDA247E2D390C882F3912BE
• Brassil, K.  &  Carr E.  (2019). Has the Emperor Met His Match? Clin J Oncol Nurs. 23(2):3-4.
• Carr E.  (2019). Innovation and Invention. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 23(2):123.
• Carr, E.  (2019). Invaluable Resources. Clin J Oncol Nurs, 23(1):11.
• Trageser, J. , &  Davidson, J. E.  (2019). Improving Speed and Security When Sharing Protected Health Information of Deceased Organ Donors.  Prog Transplant , 1526924819855077. doi:10.1177/1526924819855077. https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/KZ7II6BZ24GGDNRK7NVG/full?fbclid=IwAR2gNCPLfbP9kDq3wyBDFlMcWF5hkPktZrtn-BNKNSjFoAqFXCG_RmuEZ18
• Pospos S, Tal I, Iglewicz A, Newton IG, Tai‐Seale M, Downs N, Jong P, Lee D,  Davidson JE , Lee SY, Rubanovich CK. Gender differences among medical students, house staff, and faculty physicians at high risk for suicide: A HEAR report. Depression and anxiety. 2019 May 17.
• Allgood, S., Potts, D. E., Kapnadak, S.,  Goggin, J. , Lechtzin, N., & Liverpool United Kingdom 20190605-20190608. (June 01, 2019). WS05-5 Use of opioids for pain management in individuals with cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 18.
• Dellon, E., Hobler, M., Georgiopoulos, A.,  Goggin, J. , Chen, E., Hempstead, S., Faro, A., ... Kavalieratos, D. (January 01, 2019). Palliative Care Needs of Individuals with Cystic Fibrosis: A National Survey of Patients, Caregivers, and Cystic Fibrosis Care Team Members (S862). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 57, 2, 514.
• Dellon, E., Hobler, M., Georgiopoulos, A., Chen, E.,  Goggin, J. , Hempstead, S., Faro, A., ... Kavalieratos, D. (January 01, 2019). Barriers to Palliative Care in Cystic Fibrosis (S863). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 57, 2, 515.
• Chen, E., Homa, K.,  Goggin, J. , Sabadosa, K. A., Hempstead, S., Marshall, B. C., Faro, A., ... Dellon, E. P. (July 01, 2018). End-of-life practice patterns at U.S. adult cystic fibrosis care centers: A national retrospective chart review. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 17, 4, 548-554.
• Hellyar, M. ,  Madani, C. ,  Yeaman, S. ,  O'Connor, K. , Kerr, K. M., &  Davidson, J. E.  (2019). Case Study Investigation Decreases Burnout While Improving Interprofessional Teamwork, Nurse Satisfaction, and Patient Safety. Critical care nursing quarterly, 42(1), 96-105.
• Nguyen VN,  Smith M , Belyk M, Brambatti M, Braun OO, Adler ED, Mariski M, Stevens C, Feist A. INR Remote Monitoring is Associated with Improved Time in Therapeutic Range Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2018 Apr 1;37(4):S309-10.
• Davidson JE , Proudfoot J, Lee K, Zisook S. Nurse suicide in the United States: Analysis of the Center for Disease Control 2014 National Violent Death Reporting System dataset. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 2019 Jun 8.

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Projects Overview

San Diego County Behavioral Health Services:    HSRC provides data analysis and performance monitoring to San Diego County Behavioral Health Services. Supporting projects include CSS, PEI, INN, and Clubhouse.

• Project Lead: Steven Tally, PhD

Development of a Translational Tool to Study Yoga Therapy (EPYQ) :   San Diego is one of 3 study sites across the U.S. working in collaboration to develop the EPYQ--Essential Properties of Yoga Questionnaire to address current limitations in the yoga literature and to advance yoga-related research.

• Project Lead: Danielle Casteel, MA
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Los Angeles County MHSA Innovations Mental Health Integration Programs (INN-2):   INN-2 is a four year initiative that centers on building the capacity of communities to identify and support community members at risk of trauma or experiencing trauma by utilizing strategies that embody shared community values, leadership development, and community member empowerment.

• Project Lead: Kim Center, MA

Program Evaluation of SAMHSA-Funded Drug Abuse Treatment Programs at San Diego County's La Maestra Family Clinic:  HSRC collaborates with La Maestra's PDOA-MAT and SBIRT stakeholders to develop and implement an evaluation plan to measure the progress patients make toward successful outcomes and to inform program improvement efforts.

• Project Lead: Andrew Sarkin, PhD

Evaluation of San Diego County Suicide Prevention Action Plan Update 2018:   The aim of the evaluation is to assess the effectiveness of the San Diego Suicide Prevention Council's efforts in implementing strategy specific actions. The development of the evaluation plan and its implementation will occur in stages. Between 2018 and 2020, in collaboration with a strategic planning consultant, strategic planning and evaluation meetings will be held with a wide range of behavioral health stakeholders to identify priority activities.

• Project Lead:   Andrew Sarkin, PhD

​Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System:   Since its implementation on July 1, 2018, HSRC has been the contracted research center for the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) for San Diego County Behavioral Health Services (SDCBHS).

• Project Lead:  Amy  Panczakiewicz, MA

Next Steps Project:   Next Steps program is a recovery-oriented peer and family support program and provides outreach and engagement to individuals experiencing mental health, substance misuse or co-occurring challenges and their family members.

• Project Lead: Katie Rule, MPH

Development of a Translational Tool to Study Yoga Therapy (EPYQ)

The measure is currently validated for use by objective raters. Ongoing work aims to train researchers to rate their own interventions in a reliable and validated manner. In addition, the measure may have other uses for yoga teachers, participants, and with other complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) interventions.  Led by Dr. Groessl, UCSD-HSRC was one of 3 study sites across the U.S. working in collaboration to develop the EPYQ--Essential Properties of Yoga Questionnaire to address current limitations in yoga literature and advance yoga-related research.

More information, study publications, and contact information can be found at  https://epyqview.ucsd.edu/ .

Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS)

For more information, visit  www.bsc.gwu.edu/dpp/index.htmlvdoc

Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System

​Since its implementation on July 1, 2018, HSRC has been the contracted research center for the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) for San Diego County Behavioral Health Services (SDCBHS). BHS provides community-based substance use disorder (SUD) prevention, treatment, and recovery services across San Diego County by contracting with local service providers, and the DMC-ODS allows for greater access to SUD services for low-income residents through Medi-Cal funding. The primary role of HSRC is evaluation, quality improvement, and reporting. 

For more information on DMC-ODS, contact Amy Panczakiewicz.

Evaluation of San Diego County Suicide Prevention

• Integrate & Coordinate Activities
• Media & Communication Campaigns
• Outreach for Coping & Connectedness
• Community Programming
• Means Reduction
• Frontline & Gatekeeper Training
• Healthcare Coordination & Capacity
• Clinical Assessment & Treatment
• Postvention Services

The aim of the evaluation is to assess the effectiveness of SPC's efforts in implementing strategy specific actions. The development of the evaluation plan and its implementation will occur in stages. Between 2018 and 2020, in collaboration with a strategic planning consultant, strategic planning and evaluation meetings will be held with a wide range of behavioral health stakeholders to identify priority activities. Measurable indicators to evaluate the success of the implementation of these activities will be identified. The evaluation will run from 2018 to 2021.

For information on the evaluation, contact Dr. Andrew Sarkin.

For more information on the SPC visit:   https://www.sdchip.org/initiatives/suicide-prevention-council/ .

Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) MHSA Innovation 2- Developing Trauma Resilient Communities: Community Capacity Building

Next steps program.

HSRC conducts the evaluation of the San Diego County Next Steps program; which is a recovery-oriented peer and family support program.  Next Steps Program  is a recovery-oriented peer and family support program and provides outreach and engagement to individuals and their family members experiencing mental health, substance misuse, or co-occurring challenges. The program is a partnership of three community organizations, Mental Health Systems Inc. (MHS), Union of Pan Asian Communities (UPAC), and NAMI San Diego as the lead agency. The program evaluation conducted by HSRC includes a process evaluation that documents the implementation of Next Steps through review of the data describing those who participated and the services they received. Additionally, the outcome evaluation emphasizes participants’ progression in recovery and successful program completion. Overall, the evaluation provides outcome data in the areas the program seeks to address including physical health, mental health, substance use, basic needs, social health, and other areas that affect quality of life.

Program Evaluation of La Maestra Family Clinic's SAMHSA-Funded Programs

The components of SBIRT are:

• S creening by using standardized tools to assess a patient for risky substance use behaviors
• B rief  i ntervention in which a healthcare professional engages a patient showing risky substance use behaviors in conversation and provides feedback and advice
• R eferral to  t reatment by healthcare professionals to brief therapy or additional treatment

San Diego County Behavioral Health Services

The breadth of our involvement in the public mental health system adds a depth of understanding that both strengthens our evaluations and orients them to be more client and recovery focused.  Our involvement also makes our findings more credible and more useable to stakeholders who ultimately make or are affected by decisions regarding mental health services or strategies.

Supporting Projects

In addition to many program-specific goals, the PEI programs taking part in this project share some common goals, including:

Increased public awareness and understanding of mental illness

Improved prevention efforts for people at risk of mental illness

Reduction of stigma towards people with mental illness  

 Targeted projects were designed and implemented to meet each program's goals. The media campaign aims to meet the common PEI goals, as well as to increase suicide prevention through media and education targeting underserved and un-served populations in San Diego County.  Other projects include culturally appropriate education-media for the Hispanic/Latino community, linkages and referrals for military veterans and their families, and mental health screenings for individuals participating in alcohol and drug services programs.  Additionally, several programs have implemented interventions intended to increase access to health care, prevent or reduce mental health symptoms, and reduce ethnic disparities in care for transitional age youth (TAY), adults, older adults, and those living in rural communities.

Community Services and Supports:  Community Services and Supports (CSS) programs enhance the systems of care for delivery of mental health services for adults and older adults with serious mental illness (SMI), resulting in the highest benefit to the client, family, and community.  CSS is the largest component of the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) and includes client and family driven services that focus on wellness and integrated service experiences for clients and families, as well as providing services for traditionally un-served and underserved populations.  The CSS component includes Full Service Partnerships (FSP), which are designed to provide comprehensive services to the highest-need clients in the system (e.g., those with severe mental illness/emotional disturbance who have co-occurring histories of homelessness, incarceration, and/or institutionalization) as well as services for those who may not qualify for FSP services.  FSP programs provide a full array of services to clients and families using a “whatever it takes” approach to help stabilize the client and provide timely access to needed help for unserved and underserved adults of all ages.  Other programs funded through CSS provide outreach and engagement activities.  The ultimate goal of this project  is to increase San Diego County Behavioral Health Services (SDCBHS) ability to understand and improve upon the quality of services offered by the CSS programs and programs that supports the mental health services offered by SDCBHS contracted providers. 

This is accomplished with the following:

• Collect, analyze, and report client outcome d ata for designated Adult and Older Adult Behavioral Health Services (AOABHS) programs.
• Maintain and modify as necessary an effective and secure system to distribute, collect, and report on State satisfaction surveys.
• Provide ongoing consultation to the SDCBHS related to the review and analysis of the system and program-specific outcomes associated with the MHSA.  Consultation shall involve the evaluation, review and analysis of the outcomes of the MHSA programs, measurement of client outcomes, ongoing improvement and refinement of the system of reporting by the County-contracted programs, and development of additional outcomes, as needed, to measure the achievement of the objectives and goals of recovery.
• HSRC staff provides services as needed to consult on standard outcomes measures including IMR and RMQ.

Each year this project produces the following list of broad range of reports (the project’s deliverables) to SDCBHS:

• Annual Systemwide MHS Databook
• Annual Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Factsheets
• Annual Special Populations Report
• Annual Program-Level MHS Databook
• Annual CSS Report
• Annual BHS System of Care Report
• Annual FSP Program-Level Reports
• Annual FSP ACT Summary Report
• Biannual State Survey Reports
• Biannual Homefinder Outcomes Report
• Quarterly Research on Publications
• Quarterly Mental Health PIP Status Updates
• Quarterly TAY Data Extracts
• Quarterly BHS Performance Dashboards
• Quarterly Adult and Older Adult Demographic Reports
• Quarterly FSP Reports
• Quarterly mHOMs Snapshot Tool
• Ad Hoc Reports requested by SDCBHS

Sequential and Comparative Evaluation of Pain Treatment Effectiveness Response (SCEPTER) Study

The SCEPTER Study is a sequential randomized, pragmatic, 2-step comparative effectiveness trial to identify the optimal approach to cLBP treatment employing commonly recommended non-surgical, non-pharmacological options.  In Step 1, participants are randomized to 10 weeks of treatment consisting of either Internet-based pain self-management (Pain EASE), or Enhanced physical therapy intervention (Enhanced PT), or Continued care and active monitoring (CCAM). Those who do not respond after 10-12 weeks are re-randomized to 10 weeks of either Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), or Spinal manipulation therapy (SMT), or Yoga.

For more information on the VA SCEPTER Study, please contact Dr. Erik Groessl  or visit  https://hwsph.ucsd.edu/go/scepter .

Yoga Manuals

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Integrated Care Model for Improving HCV Outcomes (HCV):  The HCV study aimed to determine the effectiveness of this protocol-based integrated care model for increasing treatment rates and the number of patients who receive successful antiviral treatment. The study also assessed the effects of an integrated care model on patient involvement in care. The HCV study used a prospective patient level randomized design to examine the effectiveness of this intervention at 3 major VA medical centers.  Los Angeles County MHSA Innovations - 1 Mental Health Integration Programs​:  HSRC designed and carried out the program evaluation activities for the MHSA Innovations of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. Working closely with stakeholders throughout the public mental health system, we assessed the comparative effectiveness of four models of healthcare integration through measuring client and staff outcomes, assessing the process of integration, and performing cost analyses. CSS Tracking, Monitoring, and Evaluation Project:  ​The Community Services and Supports (CSS) Tracking, Monitoring, and Evaluation System Project was initiated by the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC) to assess the CSS component of the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) and to consider how all aspects of this system, including client outcomes, can best be tracked, monitored, and evaluated. The project involved the development, piloting, and preliminary use of a data collection and reporting system that will track, monitor, and evaluate the full CSS component.  Global Consortium for Drug-Resistant TB Diagnostics (GCDD):  The Global Consortium for Drug-resistant TB Diagnostics (GCDD), lead by Drs. Antonino Catanzaro and Timothy Rodwell at UCSD, was an international collaboration of researchers, healthcare professionals, and tuberculosis experts who aimed to reduce the time to detection of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDRTB). Recently the group expanded research efforts to development of TB diagnostic tests. UCSD HSRC provided project management and data coordinating services for this partnership. 

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The CSE Department is currently comprised of 50 distinguished faculty members and supports excellent research facilities. Classes are taught by a large, diverse faculty who are leading researchers in the course areas they teach. Faculty commitment to excellence in teaching has been recognized and honored with numerous engineering and university teaching awards. A large faculty enables the department to offer a wide range of classes in both traditional and cutting-edge topics in computer science. In addition to classes, students also have the opportunity to interact with faculty as course teaching assistants, tutors and readers, as graduate and undergraduate research assistants and through faculty mentoring.

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The CSE Department has significant strengths in most major fields of computer science and engineering, including:

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Del mar times | aspiring engineers invent a smart walker to help keep seniors safe.

Declan Henckels and Guhan Senthil, newly-minted freshmen at Canyon Crest Academy, took their project to the Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair in the spring and won first place in the engineering category and the grand award in the middle school division. They went on to compete in the California State Science Fair where they again were awarded first place in the junior division for electronics and electromagnetics.

The boys won $1,250 in prize money from the two fairs, split between the two aspiring engineers.

Declan and Guhan started working on the Smart Walker last October when they were still eighth grade students at Pacific Trails Middle School. They teamed up as they both had an interest in engineering, robotics and building things.

They both were also interested in helping seniors.

“Our grandparents have both suffered falls and pretty bad injuries for these falls and we wanted to have our product help people who are suffering the same problems as our grandparents,” Guhan said. “We wanted to tackle that through an engineering project which would be really affordable and reachable for many different kinds of people.”

The project was based on their grandparents but they realized their project could have a really big impact as every year 47,000 elderly fall injuries are treated in U.S. emergency rooms, many of them using walkers.

“That is a big number and we wanted to solve it,” said Declan, whose heart for helping seniors also includes visiting with residents at Westmont Senior Community in Carmel Valley.

As they developed their project, they gained insight by meeting with local experts including Erica Sell the owner of Harmony Home Medical, a medical supply company and neuro-physical therapist Helen Chan who works with elderly patients at Scripps.

Working on the project’s hardware at home, they went through a challenging process of finding the right kind of sensors to use as Declan said some just wouldn’t work. At some points, they worried they wouldn’t complete their project in time.

Their successfully finished product has three different kinds of working sensors, including one that detects how far the person is from the walker and one that is based on the treadmill.

“If you use a treadmill there’s a clip attached and if you get really far at the end of the treadmill, it will stop it for safety. We did that with a string and a sensor that would detect if there was a magnet there or not,” Guhan explained. “If a person fell back and detached from the walker it would automatically trigger a fall and send out a notification.”

A gyroscope on the Smart Walker measures tilt and acceleration and if the person is shaking and moving it a lot.

The person uses the walker during a learning mode and all of the data from the sensors is uploaded to the cloud for processing. They are able to use that data to form a profile for the person’s walking pattern.

After learning all the walk patterns for the user, when the walker is in use in monitoring mode, the data is tracked and it can detect any abnormalities and send notifications to hopefully avoid a fall, Declan said.

The fall warning and fall detection notifications can be set up to be sent to a caregiver, spouse or nursing home staff.

Guhan’s grandmother tried out the Smart Walker but thankfully never fell with it: “I’m very confident that it would work,” he said.

Taking the Smart Walker to the Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair, they weren’t sure what to expect but had prepped by practicing giving their presentation to their dogs Luca and Duke. At the competition, about 20 judges came by and interviewed them about the Smart Walker and they offered product demos.

During the award ceremony, the winners were announced in a slide show.

“When they were announcing third and second we were sad that we didn’t get it, we thought there was no way we would get first,” Declan said.

“We just saw our name and I couldn’t believe it at all,” Guhan said

The California State Science Fair was a little different experience,—it was held online and they were on Zoom, never certain when the judges would pop in and ask them questions.

When they were also named the winners of that competition, it was a further recognition of their partnership and their achievement in getting the walker working and accurate.

“I was telling Guhan in the beginning it would be so cool if we actually get this done and we did,” Declan said. “And now we have a prototype.”

Believing that the Smart Walker could have a real-life impact, Declan and Guhan have been researching ways to bring the product to market. They think the cost could be reasonable, not manufacturing a walker but creating it as an attachment.

The research is ongoing as they figure out next steps— they have to start high school first.

In addition to Declan and Guhan, Pacific Trails and CCA had several scientists successfully compete in the Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair. Pacific Trails students Yaalini Kathiravan and Arunchalam Vinayagam won the grand award for their project in the computational biology and bioinformatics category, and Steven Chen won in the earth and environmental science category.

In the senior division, CCA’s Sarah Gao won the grand award in the earth and environmental science category and went on to take third at the state competition. Arnav Dagar also won the grand award in the computer science and systems software category and placed second in the state.

It’s never too early to start working on projects for this year’s fair. Learn more here: gsdsef.org

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The San Diego Supercomputer Center’s 15h Annual Research Experience for High School Students (REHS) Summer 2022 Volunteer Internship Opportunities at UC San Diego June 17, 2024 – August 9, 2024

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Program Date s: June 17 – August 9, 2024 Application process is closed Application deadline is March 15, 2024. Notification Window is May 1 – May 15, 2024

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The Research Experience for High School Students program, a part of the San Diego Supercomputer Center’s (SDSC) student outreach program, has been developed to help increase awareness of computational science and related fields of research to students in the San Diego region. Students gain exposure to career options, hands-on computational experience, work readiness skills and mentoring by computational research scientists.

Through the eight-week volunteer program , students are involved with an established research project. Students learn how to formulate and test hypotheses, conduct computational experiments, and draw conclusions from those experiments. They also learn to take part in regular lab meetings and participate in group discussions. At the end of the program, students will develop scientific posters, reflecting on their summer experience and highlighting their research and future career goals. Posters will be displayed during a celebratory event in mid-August.

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Application Window Opens: February 15, 2023 Application Window Closes: March 15, 2023

The Application Process

Students will submit their online applications as in the past.

Mentors will review applications and interview student applicants.

Students who are selected for the program and who accept the opportunity will then be sent an REHS student registration link.

Registration will be due by the end of May. Please remember that students may only do one REHS internship in the summer.

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Application Fee: Free Research Project: $1500 Non-Reseach Project: Exempted Registration Fee

Due to the rising administrative costs associated with the REHS program, it has become necessary to now charge a $1500 registration for this coveted eight-week experience. As a non-profit entity, it has become increasingly difficult these past few years to cover program expenses. We have embraced the support that you as a community have given to SDSC and REHS, and we hope that this registration does not impact the support you have given us for the past decade.

Financial assistance is available. In addition, students who qualify for free and reduced lunch will be exempt from the registration fee.

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The UCSD REHS program is an opportunity for motivated high school students to work with a UCSD mentor at the San Diego Supercomputer Center for an eight-week period during the summer.

Students may choose from a variety of individual project opportunities to learn more about a potential research or career interest through software instruction, assigned scholarly or practical readings and discussions with their mentor and his/her graduate student team members.

Students work in pairs or small groups, which allows students to learn and grow as they work with peers who have the same interest.

We encourage students to make the most of this opportunity, as they will have 1:1 access to the mentor’s expertise. With this internship, there is a specified number of hours required per week by the mentor. Each project description will have specified hours listed. Most are between 15-20 hours per week.

The opportunity to work with prestigious scientist and staff personnel is something very special, and we encourage you to make the most of it.

What the Program Does Not Offer

The REHS program is not a tutoring program. Please do not complete an application because you need assistance with AP Biology or AP Chemistry.

Administration of the REHS Program

The REHS Internship Program is administered by the UCSD San Diego Supercomputer Center.

The REHS Coordinators facilitate the administrative volunteer orientation and paperwork process for students and background check for mentors, as well as pairing of Faculty and Post Doc mentors with San Diego County high school students in grades 10-12. The REHS Coordinator has four main responsibilities:

Facilitate the matching and notification of mentoring pairs

Provide a one-time Spring orientation for selected students, and maintain communication with students and mentors to discuss progress of mentor-student pairs

Research, develop, and maintain a comprehensive university-wide resource list of all faculty development resources, programs, and opportunities on campus

Maintain the REHS website for the mentors and students on which is posted a variety of resources and through which regular communication can be maintained with mentors, students, and interested campus and community members

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If you know that you will need transportation to get to the main UCSD campus, please do not worry. We will provide students with transportation needs through an MTS Compass card for the internship period. Once we receive word from your mentor that you have been selected, we will email all selected students to ask if there are transportation needs. This will be your chance to let us know.

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The mission of the REHS program is to enhance a student’s lifelong personal development in teaching, scholarship, and service. The mentoring relationships will support collegiality, effective communication, self-evaluation, and cultural competence, all of which enhance a stimulating and supportive university environment.

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For the IQHQ Research and Development District, Block 2A, in San Diego, California, ClarkDietrich Engineering designed the picture frame feature on the north elevation of the structure using cold-formed steel (CFS) framing.

Brady West was the CFS specialty contractor for the project. KPFF was the engineer or record for the structural work.

The project received the  Design Excellence — Third Place honor in the 2024 CFSEI Awards presented by the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI).

The IQHQ Research and Development District – Block 2A in San Diego, California, with the unique picture frame feature on the north elevation of the structure.

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The Research and Development District is downtown San Diego’s newest mixed-use development for the life sciences.

“Sitting on eight acres and occupying six city blocks, San Diego’s Research and Development District will represent the largest urban commercial waterfront site along California’s Pacific coast, once complete,” says the Gensler website.

“Designed by Gensler, this dynamic urban life science campus will feature a mix of mid-rise buildings, a 17-story tower, ground-floor retail, restaurants and a public paseo, all activated by roof decks and green space for the community to enjoy.”

IQHQ–Block 2A is one of the six-buildings that make up the Research and Development District.

Cantilevered Picture Frame

The picture frame feature on the north elevation was a primary design challenge.

The cladding cantilevers up to 5’-6” beyond the primary structure on all four sides of the curtainwall window. Supporting the gravity load of the side walls of the picture frame required kickers every 6’-0” o.c. vertically.

Cold-formed steel (CFS) framing offered an effective solution for constructing the complex picture frame feature on the project’s north elevation.

Continuous Louvers, Variable Wall Framing

Another difficulty involved several continuous louvers at the first floor. Through coordination with the design team a solution was reached where a louver would be place in 8’-0” increments to allow for jamb framing in between.

The design team solved the challenge of continuous first-floor louvers by spacing them 8’-0” apart for jamb framing.

Throughout the project, there were several locations where the wall width varied along its height, or where bypass studs were partially interrupted by floor slabs. The design used lapped studs and unique spandrel framing to achieve the shape desired by the design team.

At a location with high loads a creative detail was needed for reinforcing the deflection track. Two studs were added, one on each side of the deflection track, to help strengthen the track legs.

Two cold-formed steel (CFS) studs were added, one on each side of the deflection track, to help strengthen the track legs.

Read the complete story for Ensign Engineering’s 2024 CFSEI Design Excellence Award here .

  IQHQ—Block 2A Third Place – 2024 CFSEI Design Excellence Award Winner: ClarkDietrich Engineering Design Tammy Gleed (left), P.E., 2024-25 CFSEI vice chair, and Dana Hennis (right), P.E., 2024-25 CFSEI chair, present the 2024 CFSEI Design Excellence, Third Place Award to Jennifer Sexton, ClarkDietrich Engineering Design, at the 2024 CFSEI Expo. Project IQHQ Research and Development District, Block 2A 525 N Harbor Drive San Diego, CA 92132 Completion Date 2023 Cost $50 million People Owner IQHQ Architect of Record Gensler Engineer of Record for Structural Work KPFF Cold-Formed Steel Specialty Engineer Jennifer Sexton, Brett Olson, Tammy Gleed, ClarkDietrich Engineering Design Cold-Formed Steel Specialty Contractor Tim Almond, Brady West

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