UC San Diego School of Medicine

09/09/2026

Dumelang! 👋 Follow second-year medical student Nikitha's day in the life in Botswana with the Botswana Sexual Health and Reproductive Health Initiative Team (BSHRI) through the Global Health Academic Concentration (GHAC)! 🇧🇼

Video description: Clips and photos in Botswana play as the day is narrated narrated by GHAC MS2 Nikitha.

09/08/2026

Follow faculty member and Director of Admissions & Recruitment for the UC San Diego Atkinson PA Education Program, Eric Roman, MS, MPAP, PA-C, for a busy day in the life on campus! 📕🏃⚕️

Video ID: Prof. Roman narrates a day in his life as a PA faculty member at UC San Diego as clips play on campus.

09/07/2026

Wes Ely, MD joined us for our 16th Annual "First Lecture," where he shared powerful stories from his book, "Every Deep-Drawn Breath: A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU." The book explores his career in critical care and reflected on the importance of preserving humanity in medicine.

Through his experiences, he reminded us that being a physician extends beyond treating disease," said second-year medical student Arleth Lozada, First Lecture committee member. "It requires recognizing each patient as a person, listening to their story, and leading with empathy, dignity, and compassion."

First Lecture is an annual interactive seminar with the first and second-year medical school classes. A student-run First Lecture committee selects a book for medical students to read over the summer in preparation for the lecture. 🎙️

"He left us with memorable lessons that we will carry forward throughout our medical training, encouraging us to remain grounded in our humanity and never lose sight of the people at the heart of the care we provide." 💙

Image descriptions:
1: Dr. Ely smiles and poses in the Ong Family Auditorium in front of the audience, first and second-year medical students who are smiling with their hands up.
2. Dr. Ely poses with the First Lecture committee members.
3. Dr. Ely speaks with students following the lecture.

09/03/2026

Volunteers Rajyk Bhala, Sriansh Pasumarthi, Arya Bhalla, and Kelsie Lee, medical students at UC San Diego School of Medicine, brought sun safety education directly to the Steele Canyon High School marching band for "Band Together for Sun Safety." ☀️ ⬇️

09/03/2026

A new UC San Diego School of Medicine study suggests that a popular GLP-1 may slow down biological aging.

Read more ➡️ https://go.ucsd.edu/4xGrYEG

09/02/2026

Follow medical student Finn's day in the life in Mumbai, India at Hinduja Hospital through the Global Health Academic Concentration (GHAC)! 🇮🇳

Video description: Clips and photos of the Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai play as the day is narrated narrated by GHAC MS2 Finn.

09/01/2026

“The young people who came to the camp already at a somewhat higher level of distress, maybe showing some signs of depression, of anxiety, really benefited the most from this sort of detox period,” said Susan Tapert, PhD, a UC San Diego psychiatry professor who consulted on the study. ⬇️

Researchers assessed the teens at the beginning and end of camp using a questionnaire. They looked at areas including mental well-being, social connection, cognition and resilience.

08/31/2026

Cheers to our incoming Med Tritons! 🥼🩺🔱

We had the great honor of welcoming new students into the medical community at the UC San Diego MD White Coat Ceremony.

Family, friends, and faculty members cheered on the MDs-to-be as they received their white coats and recited the Oath of Hippocrates as their first big step toward becoming physicians.

Congratulations to you all - we are happy you are here. 💙

Video ID: Clips of White Coat Ceremony at Jacobs Music Center play as remarks from keynote speaker and Tow Award recipient, Desiree Shapiro, MD, Director of Wellness Initiatives for the School of Medicine, are played. Students are presented with their white coats and stethoscopes as family, friends and supporters cheer them on.

08/31/2026

"The truth is that lower urinary tract symptoms that may look and feel like a UTI can be caused by things other than bacteria, says Lindsey Burnett, MD, a urogynecologist, assistant professor at UC San Diego, and co-author on the study." ⬇️

A recent study found that many women treated for recurrent UTIs didn't have UTIs at all. Instead, their symptoms were caused by hormonally driven inflammation and pelvic floor dysfunction.

08/28/2026

That's a wrap on MD Welcome Week! 🩺🥼

Our newest Med Tritons spent their Welcome Week getting to know their fellow classmates and academic communities, taking part in Stop The Bleed and CPR trainings, introductory lectures on suture and blood drawing, getting familiar with all the resources and departments on campus and more!

The week ended with their White Coat Ceremony, a symbolic rite of passage that welcomes incoming medical students into the medical profession at the very beginning of their training. ⭐️

Video ID: Clips of students at different points of Welcome Week doing choreography while an audio saying "Stop. Carry on!" plays in the background.