General Medicine and Bioethics Research | Department of Internal Medicine | UC Davis Health

This cross-sectional study evaluates whether White medical students’ experience of meaningful interactional diversity—the experience of changing one’s knowledge or opinions as a result of encountering the perspectives of individuals from different backgrounds—is associated with personal and professional competencies as well as plans to work with underserved populations. 

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, that causes significant impacts on animal health, public health, and socio-economic wellbeing in affected areas. Although RVF vaccines for livestock are available and human vaccines are currently under development, a coordinated One Health approach to vaccination has yet to be fully explored. This mini-review article aims to examine RVF vaccination strategies from a One Health perspective. 

Participation in the SMART Program was associated with significant improvements in clinician well-being that persisted six months following program completion and was positively associated with the number of stress-management tools used and meditation practice.

Individuals with dementia have a heightened hip fracture and fall risk but whether markers of brain injury are associated with hip fracture and falls is unknown. This study tested the hypothesis that higher circulating brain injury markers were associated with increased risk of hip fracture and fall hospitalizations.

This study developed and evaluated a named entity recognition (NER) framework that enables automated extraction of nuanced language information from clinical narratives with high accuracy and generalizability. This work supports large-scale, language-focused research and has practical implications for improving patient-provider communication, interpreter service allocation, and equitable healthcare delivery.

Commentary on Yang et al., 2025: Underrepresentation of Filipino, Laotian, Cambodian, and Indonesians Among US Allopathic Medical Students.

This retrospective cohort study assesses opioid and benzodiazepine prescribing trajectories associated with overdose. For both opioids and benzodiazepines, overdose risk was increased with both decreasing and increasing short-term and long-term trajectories relative to stable doses.

While the value of medical student involvement in the care of pediatric patients is widely recognized, challenges and risks may limit learning. Given the need for students to gain this specific skillset, programs must develop strategies to ensure learning occurs in ways that maximize the benefits to children and families.

Institutional review boards (IRBs) are charged with conducting risk-benefit analysis for early phase clinical trials that often involve high levels of uncertainty regarding a trial's potential risks and benefits. Our study used a survey of IRB chairs to explore how IRBs conduct risk-benefit analysis, the unique facets of risk-benefit analysis for early phase clinical trials and specifically for early phase neurology trials, and what facilitates high-quality risk-benefit analysis.

Since Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022) overturned Roe v. Wade (1973), thus returning abortion policy decisions to state governments, abortion access across the United States became fragmented, with some states enacting near-total bans and other states strengthening protection. As a parallel, the Republic of Ireland's (ROI) 2018 repeal of the Eighth Amendment and the United Kingdom's (UK) longstanding framework of care offer informative historical examples. This qualitative study explores the perspectives and experiences of abortion-trained physicians in California (CA), Texas (TX), ROI, and the UK, focusing on how legislation shapes physicians' ability to deliver comprehensive abortion care.