Our mission: Better tests for better health.

Our vision is the vision of UC Davis Health: A healthier world through bold innovation.

The Center for Diagnostic Innovation is a:

  • Convener that leverages the unique spectrum of multi-disciplinary talent and programs across UC Davis
  • Connector to industry and other partners
  • Creator and investigator of new methods to improve diagnosis, reduce error, reimagine curricula, redefine healthcare professions, and enhance the care of individuals and communities.
  • Clinical resources, providing access to our CLIA-certified clinical investigational laboratory, CAP-accredited biorepository, research imaging novel machine-learning tools such a MILO, and including access to clinical specimens in the Pathology Biorepository,
  • Collaborator for clinical implementation of innovative technologies
  • Cross-disciplinary educator to grow the biomedical and healthcare workforce
  • Cultivator of entrepreneurship

 

Our Leaders

Lydia Howell, M.D.

Lydia Pleotis Howell, M.D.

Chair

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Elizabeth Morris, M.D.

Elizabeth Morris, M.D.

Chair

Department of Radiology

Alpha Lab @ Aggie Square (Clinical Investigational Lab)

Nam Tran, Ph.D.Nam Tran, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Molecular Diagnostics and Precision Pathology

Alexander Borowsky, M.D.Alexander Borowsky, M.D.

Professor

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Tissue Imaging

Richard Levenson, M.D.Richard Levenson, M.D.

Professor

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

AI/ML/Predictive Analytics and Computational Pathology

Hooman Rashidi, M.D.Hooman Rashidi, M.D.

Professor and Vice Chair GME

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Education

Sharon Wahl CLS MedSharon Wahl, CLS, Med.

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine


Lydia Howell, M.D.

Lydia Pleotis Howell, M.D.

Chair

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine