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An anonymous whistleblower is claiming that UC San Diego is not following basic rules meant to protect human research subjects and values grant funding over safety. Read More »
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UCSD has not told women with HIV of data breach, despite researchers’ pleas
The lead researcher pushed to tell 24 women in the project about the breach, but UCSD officials were concerned about the legal consequences. Read More »
Prominent UCSD eye doctor ‘on leave’ after inewsource investigation
UCSD Kang Zhang is “on leave” after an inewsource investigation exposed how the eye doctor put medical research subjects in harm’s way. Read More »
UCSD eye doctor broke human research rules, putting patients at risk
Dr. Kang Zhang is the chief of eye genetics at UCSD with a history of research violations that put patients in harm’s way for years. Read More »
Dangerous human research alleged at San Diego VA; Rep. Peters vows action
Two whistleblowers say dangerous medical research was performed on veterans suffering from alcoholism and liver disease at the San Diego VA. Read More »
Gompers students benefit from relationship with UCSD
inewsource’s initial investigation touched on the relationship between Gompers Preparatory Academy and UCSD, but we wanted to know more. Read More »
San Diego public universities police their own food safety
Public universities in California have the option to run their own campus food inspection program. inewsource collected and analyzed records from more than 100 eateries across three universities. Read More »
UCSD hospital kitchen eliminates roaches after 2014 infestation
Late last year the UCSD Medical Center had to deal with a cockroach infestation in its kitchen. Read More »
San Diego default rate on college loans is less than national average
Several San Diego schools, including SDSU and UCSD, outdid national averages of student loan default rates. However, not all the schools in the region did so well. Read More »