UC Davis Health neuroscientist Sergey Stavisky was selected by the National Institutes of Health to receive the 2022 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. The $2.3 million award will fund his research on medical devices implanted in the brain to restore speech.
David Tom Cooke, UC Davis oncology surgeon and chief of the Division of General Thoracic Surgery, has received the 2022 Ethnic Physician Leadership Award. He was recognized for his work to improve community health and reduce health disparities in California.
Season 4 of Unfold, a UC Davis podcast, is focused on leading-edge technologies and treatments that help advance the health of both people and animals. The first episode, “Hope for a Spina Bifida Cure, Part 1,” about a groundbreaking treatment for spina bifida in bulldogs, is now available.
Last month new “bivalent” booster vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer became available that protect against currently circulating Omicron variants as well as earlier strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. This Q&A features Joel Ernst, MD, a UCSF professor of medicine whose research aims to understand how pathogens…
The inaugural class of future family nurse practitioners gathers in Sacramento for immersive instruction and a bus trip that sets the foundation for their future education and practice.
Does your family use rideshare services like Uber and Lyft or taxis regularly? Whether they're your main mode of transportation or you use them while on vacation, keep car seat safety in mind every time you travel.
Executive Chef Santana Diaz was invited to participate in the White House Hunger, Nutrition, and Health Conference in Washington D.C. It was a gathering of leaders looking for solutions to end hunger, improve nutrition and physical activity for Americans, and close the disparities surrounding them.
Irvine, Calif. — UCI Health is pleased to announce a $2 million gift that will benefit the emergency department in the new $1.3 billion UCI Health — Irvine medical campus being built at the corner of Jamboree Road and Birch Street in Irvine. The gift, funded by the Nancy and…
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