A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Senate District 38 — Bill Morrow, R - Oceanside UC alumni in this district: 15,907
UC in Your District
The University of California’s reach
goes well beyond its 10 campuses,
five medical centers and three
national laboratories. The
University’s presence is felt in each
of California’s 58 counties through
a wide array of exemplary
community partnerships, enriching
cultural resources and innovative
research programs. From health-
care education for rural physicians
to agricultural research advice for
local farmers to college preparation
efforts in nearly every public
school, UC has a direct influence in
your community. Find out more
about UC programs in your district
by visiting:
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UC SAN DIEGO UCSD MEDICAL CENTER - VA UC SAN DIEGO MEDICAL CENTER
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
UC San Diego is among the nation’s UC San Diego Medical Center
top-ranked institutions of higher provides services throughout
The VA San Diego Healthcare System
education, is the third-largest District 38 and is the region's only
is an affiliate of the UCSD Medical
employer in the San Diego area and academic medical center. The medical
Center and provides a full range of
has an economic impact of $4.6 center cares for a disproportionate
medical care to 238,000 veterans in
billion. In 2002, UC San Diego share of the region’s poor and
San Diego and Imperial Counties. The
managed 300 new inventions, created uninsured patients and is the county’s
system offers a wide range of
10 new companies and generated only Level 1 Trauma Center. The
inpatient and outpatient health
$13.5 million in royalties. UC Medical Center includes a Regional
services at the medical center in La
scientists have founded one in four Burn Center, a National Institutes of
Jolla and at the five community
California biotech firms – including Health Clinical Research Center, the
clinics located in Chula Vista,
three of the world’s largest – Amgen, Infant Special Care Center and the
Escondido, Imperial Valley, Mission
Genentech and Chiron. The planned region's only National Cancer
Graduate Management School will Valley and Vista.
Institute. The UC San Diego LA Jolla
support the demand for management Medical Center site offers a range of
expertise in a variety of fields including services and includes the Shiley Eye
biomedicine, engineering and health - Center, which provides pediatric and
care. adult patients with vision services.
A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Senate District 38 — Bill Morrow, R - Oceanside UC alumni in this district: 15,907
Healthcare Access to Schools (HATS) helps children from To help ensure that California
low-income families obtain health insurance. Since its inception, maintains its leadership in the
UC San Diego has provided funds and technical assistance to rapidly changing
dozens of schools, including four schools in Escondido. telecommunications and info -
technology marketplace, UC
UC’s Early Academic San Diego and UC Irvine have
Outreach Program (EAOP) has created the California
provided academic support, Institute for
career advising, college Telecommunications and Information Technology (Cal-(IT)².
counseling, motivational and The institute teams UC researchers with leading California
skill-building workshops to help telecomm and computer companies to conduct research on the
over 85,000 California students components needed to bring wireless technology to the next
realize their dreams of a college level. http://www.calit2.net/
education. EAOP works with several schools including El
Camino, Escondido, Orange Glen and Vista High Schools California Partners for Advanced Transit in Highways
and Hidden Valley, Jefferson, Martin Luther King Jr. and (PATH), at the UC Institute of Transportation Studies, brings
Roosevelt Middle Schools in District 38. http://www.eaop.org together faculty and students with private industry and
state/local agencies to develop the research technologies that
BRIGHT Families works at a site in Escondido to improve the will improve California's transport systems. PATH is working to
health and self-esteem of teens living by sharing information develop lasting solutions for the state’s public transit
with at-risk youth. The UCSD Department of Reproductive challenges.
Medicine is the lead agency. www.bright-families.org
The Mental Health Research Group at UC Berkeley's School
UCLA’s Regional Oncology Centers, affiliated with the world- of Social Welfare works with California counties to pursue
renowned UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, timely research on issues in mental health such as residential
provide cancer care services and investigative clinical trials at a care, psychiatric emergency services and homelessness.
satellite clinic in Vista in District 38. Patients who come to http://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu
UCLA centers for cancer care benefit from the most advanced
forms of therapy available, and from a variety of supportive The UCSD Teacher Education
services. http://www.cancer.mednet.ucla.edu Program (TEP) provides hand-
on teacher training at several
A UC systemwide multi -campus research unit, the Center for K-12 schools in District 38.
Water and Wildland Resources coordinates research on water UCSD has launched a program
conservation and management. One such project, the UC of graduate study leading to the
Salinity/Drainage Program, addresses issues of salinity, Education Doctorate that will
drainage and toxic trace elements in California. provide a research-based
http://www.waterresources.ucr.edu/ program in education tailored
exclusively for K-12
The UC Davis Animal Ambassadors program uses web- educators in the area.
based and hands -on interaction with animals to foster children’s
interest in science. The program uses interactive materials and UC’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
written curriculum for classrooms that develop scientific inquiry Cooperative Extension provides accessible and
and critical thinking skills. The program is present in schools comprehensive agricultural research information for local
throughout San Diego County. growers, ranchers, governments and the larger community at
the Orange and San Diego County offices. UC advisors also
UC Riverside’s CE-CERT program contributes to improved administer 4-H projects and after-school activities for local
environmental quality and energy efficiency through youth, provide research information for local nursery operators
interdisciplinary research and by providing educational and farmers and advise boat owners on how to reduce impacts
opportunities for the next generation of engineers, scientists on water quality in the San Diego region. http://www.ucanr.org
and policy-makers in the Inland Empire.
http://www.cert.ucr.edu UCSD operates University Link with Mira Costa and
Palomar Colleges and Oceanside and El Camino High
The UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography takes well- Schools in the 38th district. This program works to streamline
deserved pride in 100 years of spectacular research and world- and improve the transfer process from local community colleges
renowned faculty. Scripps continues to further scientific – with the goal of making it easier for local students to plan for
understanding of the oceans, atmosphere, Earth, and other and gain qualified admittance to UCSD.
planets for the benefit of society and the environment.
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