inewsource published a two-part investigation last week called REWIRED. The stories detail an experimental brain treatment, a Navy SEAL’s psychotic break and an internal investigation at the University of California San Diego, one of the country’s top research institutions. Since the articles are lengthy, we compiled the top seven takeaways from the investigation for the TL;DR crowd. The only thing ... Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Two whistleblowers say dangerous medical research was performed on veterans suffering from alcoholism and liver disease at the San Diego VA. Read More »
inewsource’s initial investigation touched on the relationship between Gompers Preparatory Academy and UCSD, but we wanted to know more. Read More »
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 »
Late last year the UCSD Medical Center had to deal with a cockroach infestation in its kitchen. Read More »
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 »
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