A publication for alumni, donors, faculty and friends of UC Davis Health
Volume 14 • No 3 • Winter 2017/2018
Noteworthy
They said it!
![Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.](../images/2017-winter-noteworthy-tsi-knoepfler.jpg)
“When we are going about hacking the human code, I think all bets are off in terms of what might come of that.”
![James Marcin, M.D. M.P.H.](../images/2017-winter-noteworthy-tsi-marcin.jpg)
“We try our best to control as much of the environment as we can, so the doctors can be doctors.”
![Garen Wintemute, M.D.](../images/2017-winter-noteworthy-tsi-wintemute.jpg)
“This is a fundamental point: preventing gun violence just by focusing on guns themselves won’t be sufficient.”
![Bennet Omalu, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.](../images/2017-winter-noteworthy-tsi-omalu.jpg)
“Once you start having hundreds or thousands of blows, there is a 100 percent risk of exposure to permanent brain damage. The brain does not have a reasonable capacity to regenerate.”
![Rebecca Schmidt, Ph.D.](../images/2017-winter-noteworthy-tsi-schmidt.jpg)
“Mothers should try to avoid pesticides. But if they live near agriculture, where pesticides can blow in, this might be a way to counter those effects.”