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Greetings from Jeff Elman, Dean
In this issue, we profile faculty members Karen Dobkins and Leslie Carver, whose highly technical and equally important work on autism influences many families and has a broader goal of pinpointing autism's origination. Karen and Leslie's research is a journey of discovery as they learn how a person's sensory development at a young age could be a direct pathway to autism. Their research may well change the way autism is treated and, perhaps someday, prevent autism entirely, having a profound impact on our lives.
Karen and Leslie's work is another example of ways in which research in UC San Diego's social sciences addresses issues of great importance to society. We have vital expertise that gives us opportunities to contribute to solving many of the problems that confront the world today.
While solutions to global problems are complex, the social sciences play a valuable role in their formation. Our world is in rapid evolution and our social science departments must be responsive to meeting changing needs. Each department has a role to play as we embark on improving environmental sustainability, education reform, health care management and many more pressing issues. UC San Diego is distinguishing itself in a commitment to a new kind of education that will generate the seeds of solutions and the students who can implement them. As dean, I am particularly excited about encouraging and supporting such research. In coming issues of this newsletter we will be presenting more examples of ways in which research by our faculty and students makes a difference.
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