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November 01, 2024UC Davis Health convenes experts to seek solutions to national primary care crisis
UC Davis Health hosted a who’s who of state and national thought leaders and physicians eager to improve the declining state of primary care.
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October 31, 2024Medical school awarded grant to share best practices on socially accountable admissions reform
UC Davis School of Medicine and UMass Chan Medical School have partnered to create a toolkit on socially conscious admissions to change the landscape of medicine.
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October 31, 2024The roots of fear: Understanding the amygdala
A new UC Davis study reveals new cell types in the amygdala. The findings may suggest new ways to treat anxiety.
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October 24, 2024UC Davis medical residency programs expand to Central Valley
UC Davis resident physicians training in OB-GYN and cardiothoracic surgery are caring for patients in Modesto under a new partnership with Doctors Medical Center.
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October 23, 2024Nathaen Weitzel appointed chair of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at UC Davis Health
Nathaen Weitzel has been appointed professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine.
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October 11, 2024New medical school course aims to prepare physicians for the business of health care
The School of Medicine has implemented a business of medicine course so future doctors can become more familiar with the evolving health care industry.
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October 10, 2024UC Davis nursing and medical schools awarded for diversity education for third time
The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing and UC Davis School of Medicine are honored for outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion with the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award.
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October 04, 2024UC Davis neuroscientist earns national educator award
Neuroscientist Theanne Griffith, who is also a children’s book author, has received the 2024 Society for Neuroscience Science Educator Award.
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October 03, 202414th Annual UC Davis Health Spanish Mini Medical School open for online registration
Online registration is open for Spanish Mini Medical School at UC Davis Health, which features California Department of Public Health Director Tomás Aragón among the presenters.
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September 27, 2024Internal medicine physician Stephany Sanchez receives national award for advancing DEI efforts
Stephany Sanchez was recently honored by the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine with its 2025 AAIM Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award.
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September 12, 2024Medical student earns prestigious fellowship to help women with endometriosis
Medical student Ferheen Abbasi has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to conduct research on endometriosis, a painful condition for which there is no cure.
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August 29, 2024Aubyn Stahmer named new director of UC Davis MIND Institute
Aubyn Stahmer, professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has been named the new director of the UC Davis MIND Institute.
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August 27, 2024New NSF Center for Pandemic Insights
A new National Science Foundation Center for Pandemic Insights is being led by UC Davis and involves experts in health, engineering, agriculture and social sciences.
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August 19, 2024Innovative research looks at walking and healthy aging
UC Davis Health researcher tests technology which leverages computer vision to perform 3D analysis, in a local retirement community.
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August 06, 2024New tool tracks how psychedelics affect neurons in the brain
Researchers at UC Davis have developed a noninvasive tool to track the neurons and biomolecules activated in the brain by psychedelic drugs like LSD and psilocybin.
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July 30, 2024San Joaquin County teens learn from UC Davis medical students
The UC Davis School of Medicine hosted 24 high school students from San Joaquin County who aspire to become doctors in Central Valley communities.
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July 29, 2024
UC Davis School of Medicine welcomes the Class of 2028
The UC Davis School of Medicine welcomed nearly 140 students into the Class of 2028
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July 25, 2024Student inspired to study medicine after rural surgeon heals his broken finger
A finger injury at age 14 set Noah Lyndall on a path that brought him to the School of Medicine where he is among 139 new, first year students.
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July 23, 2024U.S. News ranks UC Davis School of Medicine a national leader in primary care training, research
The latest “Best Medical Schools” rankings by U.S. News & World Report places UC Davis as a national leader in primary care training, diversity and research.
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June 27, 2024‘Ending Unequal Treatment’: National report finds little progress in health equity over two decades
The U.S. has made little progress in advancing health equity over the past two decades according to a new report. But report co-author, psychiatrist Ruth Shim, finds room for hope.
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