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March 27, 2025
Bioengineer Elected AAAS Fellow
Karen Christman, a professor in the Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering and the Sanford Stem Cell Institute, was elected a 2024 AAAS Fellow. Full Story

March 20, 2025
How a Y Chromosome Gene May Shape the Course of Heart Valve Disease
Bioengineers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease—aortic valve stenosis—progresses differently in males and females. The research paves the way for treatments that can be tailored to a patient's biological sex. Full Story

March 10, 2025
Sam Ward Appointed Vice Dean for Research at School of Medicine
Sam Ward, P.T., Ph.D., professor in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Radiology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Bioengineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, has been appointed vice dean for research. Full Story