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November 23, 2022School of Medicine staff collect books and funds for local children
The Office of Medical Education’s Community Involvement Committee held a book drive for students at an Oak Park elementary school. They collected 345 books and $270.
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November 09, 2022Willow Clinic Veterans Day Health Fair takes place Saturday
The 12th annual Willow Clinic Veterans Health Fair on Saturday will offer medical and psychological screenings, haircuts, a coat giveaway and other services for vulnerable populations including veterans and people experiencing homelessness.
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November 07, 2022UC Davis School of Medicine’s Bayanihan student-run clinic now offers ophthalmology care
The Bayanihan student-run clinic now offers ophthalmology services, thanks to a dedicated volunteer who saw a need for specialized care and recruited two physicians to screen and treat underserved patients for eye diseases.
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November 02, 2022November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center is marking Lung Cancer Awareness Month by encouraging screenings, especially for Black smokers and former smokers, who are 18% less likely to be diagnosed early as compared to white smokers or former smokers.
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October 17, 2022
Eye care professionals from Latin America train at UC Davis simulation center
Health care professionals from Bolivia, Chile and Peru gathered at the UC Davis Health Center for Simulation and Education Enhancement this week as part of a special training project conducted in partnership with global eye care nonprofit Orbis International.
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October 10, 2022Orbis and UC Davis team up to train eye care teams from Latin America
UC Davis Health is teaming up with Orbis International for training programs in Sacramento and aboard the Flying Eye Hospital at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View. Nearly 50 ophthalmologists, ophthalmology residents, nurses, and biomedical engineers from Bolivia, Chile, and Peru will participate in the two-week program.
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October 03, 2022New D.N.P. students experience California’s Central Valley
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.
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September 30, 2022Xavier Becerra visits UC Davis Health pop-up COVID vaccine clinic at elementary school
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra visited a COVID-19 vaccine clinic hosted by UC Davis Health at the Language Academy of Sacramento, a bilingual English/Spanish elementary school. The secretary praised the health system’s efforts to vaccinate and care for underserved communities.
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September 27, 2022Helping communities in need, wherever that may be
UC Davis Health’s Department of Emergency Medicine believes all individuals have a right to health care – wherever they may be. Driven by that belief, Pranav Shetty recently traveled to Ukraine to provide needed medical and humanitarian aid to refugees.
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September 22, 2022Today is Hispanic Nurses Day
A national day to celebrate the contributions of Hispanics in the nursing profession offers an opportunity to reflect on how UC Davis Health promotes diversity among its staff and increased humility when working with its diverse patients.
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September 21, 2022Sacramento Lung Health Coalition hosts Lungapalooza
Sacramento’s first Lungapalooza is coming to Esther’s Park on Oct. 1, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. The free, outdoor festival promotes lung health with a BBQ lunch, informational booths and fun activities.
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September 06, 2022Register for the NorCal Symposium on Climate, Health, and Equity
UC Davis is hosting the 3rd annual NorCal Symposium on Climate, Health and Equity on September 23rd, 2022. This online CME opportunity is for students, trainees, health professionals, researchers and policymakers interested in climate crisis and health inequities.
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August 30, 2022Mobile health program supports refugees, unhoused individuals and unaccompanied children
A new grant-funded program enables nursing faculty and students at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing to deliver mobile health care to underserved populations that lack access, including those experiencing homelessness, refugees and unaccompanied minors.
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August 24, 2022
Medical students help soothe farmworkers on 300-mile trek
More than 30 UC Davis School of Medicine students eager to serve the community have signed up to provide first aid and foot care to dozens of farmworkers and their advocates on a 335-mile walk from Kern County to the state Capitol.
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August 17, 2022UC Davis launches a science academy for youth in underserved communities to study health
The UC Davis CTSC and community partner Urban Advocates and Achievers are offering the Youth Community Scientist Academy in Health Research, a 10-week educational program for high school-age students in the Oak Park, Del Paso Heights, and other Promise Zone neighborhoods of Sacramento. Registration is now open.
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August 12, 2022UC Postbaccalaureate Consortium receives renewed funding
The UC Postbaccalaureate Consortium has received renewed funding to continue its efforts to assist students from educationally and economically disadvantaged backgrounds in gaining admission to medical school.
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August 03, 2022Angelica Martin: The health policy whisperer
Even before she enrolled at the UC Davis School of Medicine, Angelica Martin was a champion for the underserved, rallying hundreds of advocates to change health care policies. Now a fourth-year student, she’s on a mission to persuade classmates to do the same.
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July 15, 2022Area high schoolers get hands-on lessons in nursing
More than three dozen students from underserved high schools in Sacramento spent two weeks at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. They received hands-on experience and discovered the pathways to a future in the nursing profession.
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July 15, 2022New trial hopes to improve health care for women with gestational diabetes
A new trial focuses on behavioral strategies to improve healthcare among racially and ethnically diverse patients with gestational diabetes. The trial aims to identify effective interventions that increase preventive screening for type 2 diabetes after a gestational diabetes diagnosis.
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June 29, 2022
UC Davis receives $1.7 million for digital health equity
UC Davis Health received 1.7 million of federal funding for a Digital Health Equity Program to support the creation of a regional digital public health platform to improve access and continuity of care for vulnerable populations in Sacramento.
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