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In our spirit of continuing the nontradition, the impact of the Campaign for UC San Diego has been—and will continue to be—anything but conventional. Our philanthropic partners have believed in us and empowered our students, faculty and staff to change the world. Explore a selection of stories about our people like non other and how donor support can transform humanity both globally and in our own backyard.

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  • Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman

    Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman

    Professor of Visual Arts, School of Arts and Humanities
    Director of Urban Research, UC San Diego Center on Global Justice

    Professor of Political Science, School of Social Sciences
    Founding Director, UC San Diego Center on Global Justice

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  • Wendy Liu

    Wendy Liu

    Associate Professor of Marketing, Rady School of Management
    Jerome Katzin Faculty Fellow

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  • Pieter Dorrestein

    Pieter Dorrestein

    Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Director, Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center
    Co-director, Institute for Metabolomics Medicine

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  • Tala Al-Rousan, MD, MPH

    Tala Al-Rousan, MD, MPH

    Founding Faculty, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science

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  • Elizabeth Villa

    Elizabeth Villa

    Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

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  • Tammy Russell, PhD ’24

    Tammy Russell, PhD ’24

    NOAA Dr. Nancy Foster Scholar
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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  • Judson Boomhower

    Judson Boomhower

    Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Social Sciences
    Andrew Carnegie Fellow

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  • Gentry Patrick

    Gentry Patrick

    Professor of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences
    Director, Center for Empathy and Social Justice in Human Health

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  • Jennifer Burney

    Jennifer Burney

    Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy
    Marshall Saunders Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Global Climate Policy and Research

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  • Mari Kawamura

    Mari Kawamura

    Doctor of Musical Arts ’22
    The Ruth Epstein Endowed Memorial Fellow in Piano Performance
    Department of Music, School of Arts and Humanities

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  • Cole Neal ’25

    Cole Neal ’25

    Karen and Jeff Silberman Chancellor’s Associates Scholar

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  • Ava McInnis ’24 and Keila Bosinger ’22

    Ava McInnis ’24 and Keila Bosinger ’22

    Scholar-athletes
    Triton Softball and Women’s Volleyball

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  • Brian Keating

    Brian Keating

    Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics, School of Physical Sciences
    Director, Simons Observatory

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  • Lisa Stellwagen, MD

    Lisa Stellwagen, MD

    Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, 
    UC San Diego School of Medicine
    Pediatrician, UC San Diego Health
    Executive Director, UC Health Milk Bank

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  • Tatum S. Simonson, PhD

    Tatum S. Simonson, PhD

    Associate Professor, School of Medicine
    John B. West Endowed Chair in Respiratory Physiology

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  • Shyamanga Borooah, MBBS, PhD

    Shyamanga Borooah, MBBS, PhD

    Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
    Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology at the Shiley Eye Institute, UC San Diego 

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  • İlkay Altıntaş

    İlkay Altıntaş

    Founding Faculty Fellow, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute
    Chief Data Science Officer, San Diego Supercomputer Center
    Lecturer, Jacobs School of Engineering

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  • Luke Paulus ’25

    Luke Paulus ’25

    Brian M. Powers and Paula H. Powers Chancellor’s Associates Scholar

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  • Mark Lyon

    Mark Lyon

    Grateful Patient
    Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Trials

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  • James Brewer, MD, PhD

    James Brewer, MD, PhD

    Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosciences, UC San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Health
    Director, Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

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