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- ↑ "New National Plan Encourages Physical Activity". San Diego State University. May 3, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ↑ "James Sallis Receives National Award". San Diego State University. January 9, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ↑ "UC San Diego Professor Awarded Bloomberg Manulife Prize for Promotion of Active Health". University of California, San Diego. December 18, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ↑ Brubaker, Michelle (October 17, 2016). "Two UC San Diego Researchers Elected to National Academy of Medicine". University of California, San Diego. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ↑ LaFee, Scott (February 1, 2016). "UC San Diego Researchers Cited Among "World's Most Influential Scientific Minds"". University of California, San Diego. Retrieved September 19, 2021.