Education | UC Davis Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy

Faculty are engaged in student education and educational program leadership at the professional, graduate, and undergraduate levels. Education is offered in conventional classroom courses, but also through extensive one-on-one experiences in the research laboratories. Trainees include postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduates, high school interns, and professional students.

For a list of courses offered by departmental faculty please consult the UC Davis General Catalogue.

School of Medicine Education

The department used to offer Medical Gross Anatomy, Medical Cell and Tissue Biology, and Medical Neuroanatomy. As a result of a curricular revision and reorganization, responsibility for these courses now resides in the School of Medicine, Office of Medical Education. However, for the moment the expertise for these courses still largely resides with department faculty.

Graduate Education

At UC Davis, Doctoral and Masters education is offered through Graduate Groups. These groups are open to faculty from all sectors of the campus, giving students great flexibility in marshalling the expertise required for the completion of their graduate research. A complete list of UC Davis Graduate programs can be found at the Graduate Programs website.

Departmental faculty graduate group membership can be found on individual faculty web pages, and include:

• Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
• Immunology
• Integrative Genetics and Genomics
• Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology
• Neuroscience

Many departmental faculty are members of campus Research Centers, including:

• Center for Vision Science
• Center for Neuroscience
• California National Primate Research Center
• UC Davis Stem Cell Program

Undergraduate Education

Courses Offered by departmental faculty include:

• Human Architecture and Function MDS 471
• Brain and Behavior MDS477
• Human Anatomy (CHA 101) to undergraduates

Education Recognition and Awards

Faculty from our department have been recognized through numerous teaching awards at the level of the campus and School of Medicine, including:

Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award, UC Davis’ Highest Teaching Award

• Douglas Gross, M.D., Ph.D.
• Richard Tucker, Ph.D.
• Paul FitzGerald, Ph.D.

C. John Tupper Prize, the School of Medicine’s Highest Teaching Award

• Thomas N. Blankenship, Ph.D.
• Richard Tucker, Ph.D.
• Douglas Gross, M.D., Ph.D.
• Paul FitzGerald, Ph.D.

Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching of the Basic Sciences Awarded by Vote of the Entire Medical Student Body

• Thomas N. Blankenship, Ph.D.
• Richard Tucker, Ph.D.
• Douglas Gross, M.D., Ph.D.
• Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.
• Ken Beck, Ph.D.
• Paul FitzGerald, Ph.D.
• Vijaya Kumari, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
• Pat Patterson, Ph.D.
• Hana Anderson, Ph.D.

Medical School Senior Class Award for Excellence in the Teaching of the Basic Sciences

• Richard Tucker, Ph.D.

Elected Member Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society in Recognition of Excellence in the Teaching of Medical Students

• Ricard Tucker, Ph.D.
• Douglas Gross, M.D., Ph.D.
• Paul FitzGerald, Ph.D.

I-EXPLORE Achievement Award for Learner-Oriented Education

• Hana Anderson, Ph.D.