Paul Sisson

Oceanside

Health Care Reporter at The San Diego Union-Tribune

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Community decries closure of UCSD senior psychiatric unit

1 week ago | sanluisobispo.com | Nelvin C. Cepeda |Paul Sisson

UCSD Hospital in Hillcrest. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune) Nelvin C. Cepeda TNS Medical professionals and family members pleaded with UC San Diego Health Tuesday to scrap plans to close its 14-bed behavioral health unit for seniors at UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest.
San Diego County organizations win seven Proposition 1 grants

3 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Paul Sisson

Six San Diego County organizations received seven grants in the first round of “shovel-ready” funding for Proposition 1, the statewide ballot measure that approved borrowing $6.4 billion to fund building more mental health and drug and alcohol treatment capacity statewide. San Diego County’s awards, the second most in the state after Los Angeles County, total $185 million, an amount that is projected to create 350 new local treatment beds. And there is likely more to come.
Coolers, scopes, sequencers: San Diego County opens new public health lab

3 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Paul Sisson

There is a reason behind every detail inside the county’s new $93 million public health lab, right down to the placement of each microscope. It might look like the scope sitting by a window in the new building’s parasitology suite was situated to give its user a sweeping view of the county’s Overland Avenue operations campus in Kearny Mesa, but lab director Jeremy Corrigan explains that the real reason goes much deeper.
Moores Cancer Center seeks critical grant renewal amid federal uncertainty

1 month ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Paul Sisson

Two years after facing criticism that its clinical trials office was in “profound disarray,” UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center is pursuing renewal of a key federal grant with confidence, its new leader pointing to significant gains in local oncology research that she says show the university’s comprehensive cancer program is thriving.
El Centro Médico Tri-City reconsiderará las propuestas de Sharp y la UCSD

1 month ago | sanluisobispo.com | Paul Sisson

Hace casi un año, fracasó un acuerdo de colaboración entre UC San Diego Health y el Centro Médico Tri-City en Oceanside. La dirección del hospital público del norte del condado consideró conveniente tomarse más tiempo para garantizar que se consideraran todos los posibles interesados.
El Centro Médico Tri-City reconsiderará las propuestas de Sharp y la UCSD

1 month ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Paul Sisson

Hace casi un año, fracasó un acuerdo de colaboración entre UC San Diego Health y el Centro Médico Tri-City en Oceanside. La dirección del hospital público del norte del condado consideró conveniente tomarse más tiempo para garantizar que se consideraran todos los posibles interesados.
Conozca al Dr. T, el nuevo oficial de salud pública del condado de San Diego

1 month ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Paul Sisson

Desde la tuberculosis hasta el ébola, el Dr. Sayone Thihalolipavan, recién nombrado oficial de salud pública del condado de San Diego, cuenta con amplia experiencia en el tratamiento y seguimiento de enfermedades infecciosas. Pero es su historia personal la que más influye en su enfoque hacia un trabajo que le exige ser a la vez un experto médico amable y accesible, y un policía de cuarentena.
Tri-City Medical Center to reconsider proposals from Sharp, UCSD

1 month ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Paul Sisson

Nearly one year ago, a partnership agreement between UC San Diego Health and Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside fell apart, with the North County public hospital’s leadership saying it made sense to take more time and ensure that all potential suitors had been considered.
Meet Dr. T, San Diego County’s new public health officer

1 month ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Paul Sisson

From tuberculosis to Ebola, Dr. Sayone Thihalolipavan, San Diego County’s newly appointed public health officer, has plenty of experience treating and tracking infectious diseases. But it is his personal story that most influences his approach to a job that requires him to be both a friendly, approachable medical expert and a quarantine cop.
El equipo de la UCSD es parte de un programa de cáncer de vanguardia a nivel nacional

1 month ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Paul Sisson

Investigadores de la UC San Diego forman parte de un esfuerzo nacional para aumentar la precisión de la terapia contra el cáncer mediante un uso más eficaz y amplio del modelado informático y el aprendizaje automático, a menudo denominado inteligencia artificial. El martes, el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE.