Socially impactful research is one of the things that UC San Diego is
known for. No matter the discipline – social or physical sciences,
medicine or engineering, arts or humanities - in every corner of our
campus faculty and students are dedicating their time and energy to
finding solutions to pressing problems. Join us for an evening of
innovative and inspiring research findings as part of UC San Diego’s
Changemaker Week. Speakers include:
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DAVID ADAMOWICZ, SALK INSTITUTE - As part of the Gage Lab at Salk,
David Adamowicz researched dementia using postmortem brain tissue
kindly donated by patients and their families, and converted living
patient skin cells into neurons in order to better understand disease
mechanisms in a dynamic setting.
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JENNIFER BURNEY, THE POLICY DESIGN AND EVALUATION LAB (PDEL) - PDEL
combines advanced social science methodology with the power of
information technology to design policies and programs that alleviate
poverty; promote health, welfare, and security; and enhance
accountability.
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MAURICIO DE OLIVEIRA, GLOBAL TIES CRUZ ROJA - The Cruz Roja Tijuana
team seeks to help the Tijuana Red Cross make the best use of its
capabilities and resources in order to provide the residents of
Tijuana with the best possible medical care by providing technologies
through software programming.
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FONNA FORMAN, UCSD CROSS BORDER INITIATIVE - The Initiative promotes
interdisciplinary poverty research and practice in the San
Diego-Tijuana border region and confronts narratives that characterize
border neighborhoods as merely sites of crime and victimization, and
that overlook the resilience, creativity, and agency of people living
in conditions of scarcity. Through the Initiative, the paid Blum
Summer Field Internship places undergraduates in immersive,
supervised, team-based field research in the border region.
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LESLIE LEWIS, BIOREGIONAL CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE, PLANNING AND
DESIGN - The BRC builds "Healthy Places, Healthy People, Healthy
Communities." Research projects pertain to topics on equitable
community development and design, equity in education, green
infrastructure and climate, and healthy living.
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SALLY SADOFF, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT - Professor Sadoff's uses the
disciplines of applied microeconomics and behavioral sciences to
understand incentives and how they factor into decision making.
Recent works focus on social programs and food choice.
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DALE STOKES, INNOVATIVE MARINE TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY - Ever wonder
what life in Antarctica is like? Dr. Dale Stokes can tell you. A
RESEARCHER WITH EXTENSIVE OCEANOGRAPHIC FIELD EXPERIENCE, his
expertise lies in the design, construction and deployment of i_n situ
_sensor systems to study marine environments.
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MASSIMO VERGASSOLA, DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS – Looking to nature for
inspiration, Vergassola and his team use machine learning techniques
to find effective soaring strategies for gliders flying within
complex, turbulent flows by studying migrating birds. The results
advance the development of autonomous flying vehicles.
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LINDA WHITESIDE, PARTNERS AT LEARNING (PAL) PROGRAM - UC San Diego's
largest service-learning program, PAL provides opportunities for
undergrads to work with underserved P-12 students and schools while
earning credit.
To learn more about Changemaker Week,
visit http://changemaker.ucsd.edu/events/changemaker-week/index.html
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