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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreEven 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.
Read MoreMore 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreUC 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.
Read MoreA new initiative involving more than two dozen colleges seeks to boost the number of doctors in rural Northern California. Avenue M will identify talented community college students from rural regions, guide them into four-year universities and eventually steer them toward the UC Davis School of Medicine.
Read MoreAfter a two-year pause, the UC Davis School of Medicine has resumed its global health clinical rotation elective. Seven students are spending a month in Honduras providing medical care and presenting health topics during community outreach
Read MoreOver the past three months, UC Davis Health has prepared and delivered 15,000 meals to a community-based program where people experiencing homelessness recover from illness after being discharged from Sacramento hospitals.
Read MorePatients at the Sacramento County Health Center are receiving more than physical and mental care – they’re also getting non-medical needs met. The holistic approach to care started by a UC Davis resident and his attending physician has led to a decrease in emergency room utilization.
Read MoreThe Health Equity Academy outreach program offers high school students higher education resources and mentorship opportunities for careers in medicine and health care. The program is focused on students from underserved communities.
Read MoreThe School of Medicine is leading the charge in cultivating and training new physicians to address the alarming shortage of primary care providers throughout California. A record 66% of graduates this year matched into primary care residencies.
Read MoreUC Davis Health has established the Center for Women’s Cardiovascular and Brain Health and will emphasize the effects of vascular dementia and cardiovascular diseases on marginalized and diverse communities in California.
Read MoreImani Clinic, a UC Davis School of Medicine student-run clinic that serves many African American patients, is offering a new service based on the community’s needs: It has launched an endocrine clinic to help underserved patients with diabetes care.
Read MoreRoughly 200 people joined in person and virtually for a community event in the Oak Park neighborhood of Sacramento for a screening of the play “Forget Me Not.” The screening was punctuated by an interactive discussion between the playwright, audience, and a panel of community members and UC Davis Health experts in dementia and caregiving.
Read MoreThe annual Serotonin Surge Charities fundraiser which supports clinics that care for the underserved in Sacramento, and provides scholarships to medical students, will be held Wednesday evening in downtown Sacramento.
Read MoreFor the second year, UC Davis Health is partnering with Asian Resources Inc. (ARI) to host a free half-day Vietnamese Mini-Medical School focused on healthy aging for Sacramento's Vietnamese community. The half-day event is being held at ARI Saturday, May 21.
Read MoreThe CTSC invites you to a community event and screening of Forget Me Not, a stage play depicting the experience of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia care in the life of an African American family. Register now to attend in-person or virtually on May 20 at 5:00 p.m.
Read MoreThrough its new program Tu Historia Cuenta, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center is improving the survival odds of Latinas by seeking them out in the community and connecting them to resources to prevent, screen or treat breast cancer.
Read MoreA new grant-funded program offers future physician assistant students at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing the experience to practice rural medicine in Humboldt County without the stress of finding or paying for housing.
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