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Awards and Honors
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September 22, 2023Ruth Shim named in Sacramento Bee’s ‘Top 20 Black Change Makers’
The Sacramento Bee has named Ruth Shim, a professor of clinical psychiatry and associate dean of diverse and inclusive education at UC Davis School of Medicine, one of the “Top 20 Black Change Makers.”
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September 15, 20232 faculty members and resident earn awards from Physicians for a Healthy California
Faculty members Tonya Fancher, Alyssa Ashbaugh Ortega and Melody Tran-Reina have received awards from Physicians for a Healthy California.
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September 08, 2023National Cancer Institute awards UC Davis hematologist a prestigious research grant
UC Davis hematologist Brian Jonas awarded the National Cancer Institute Research Specialist Award (R50) to further his leadership in NCI-funded cancer research.
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August 30, 2023Pain expert Scott Fishman joins NIH committee at invitation of HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra
Scott Fishman, a top expert in pain medicine, joins the prestigious NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee (IPRCC) at the invitation of HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.
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August 24, 2023Neurosurgeon receives national recognition for research on spinal cord injury
The Congress of Neurological Surgeons has named a paper by UC Davis Health neurosurgeon Kee Kim as the "2023 Top Spine Paper of the Year.”
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August 11, 2023UC Davis Health receives NRC Health's 2023 Best in Class Award
UC Davis Health received NRC Health's 2023 Consumer Loyalty Best in Class Award. We are one of only 11 organizations nationwide to receive the top award.
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August 08, 2023Urology resident honored for devotion to diversity, equity and inclusion
Urology resident Gabriela Gonzalez has been honored with the 2023 Ifeanyi Onyeji, M.D. UCDH Trainee Award in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
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August 04, 2023Donald M. Bers receives prestigious award for mentoring next generation of heart researchers
Donald M. Bers received the prestigious Eric N. Olson Mentorship Award for his dedication to mentoring a diverse group of more than 120 heart research trainees and young scientists.
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August 03, 2023Safe Kids Greater Sacramento at UC Davis Health honored with national award
Safe Kids Worldwide recently honored Safe Kids Greater Sacramento at UC Davis Health with a national award for outstanding work in communications, awareness and advocacy.
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July 21, 2023UC Davis Health pediatric surgery nurse receives national award
UC Davis pediatric surgery nurse Andrea Reich received a 2023 Spotlight Award by the American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association.
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July 20, 2023UC Davis Medical Center listed among nation’s top hospitals
The Medical Center has been recognized as one of the nation’s top hospitals by the 2023 edition of Becker's Hospital Review’s “Great hospitals in America” list.
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July 07, 2023UC Davis Medical Center earns national recognition for heart disease and stroke care
The Medical Center has been recognized by the American Heart Association with multiple awards for the treatment of heart disease and stroke.
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July 07, 2023UC Davis Health receives fetal ultrasound accreditation
The UC Davis Fetal Care and Treatment Center and UC Davis Health Prenatal Diagnosis Center of Northern California have achieved a key ultrasound accreditation.
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June 30, 2023UC Davis Health designated Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence
The UC Davis Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration has received a prestigious Center of Excellence designation from the Parkinson's Foundation.
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June 21, 2023U.S. News & World Report names UC Davis Children’s Hospital among nation’s best
UC Davis Children’s Hospital has been recognized as a Best Children’s Hospital by U.S. News & World Report in three pediatric specialty areas: diabetes & endocrinology, nephrology and orthopedics.
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June 09, 2023Emergency medicine physician Katren Tyler wins award from national organization
The Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine has honored emergency medicine physician Katren Tyler for career achievement in education.
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June 01, 2023$6 million U.S. Department of Labor grant awarded to UC Davis nursing school
The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis has received a $6 million grant to support efforts to expand and diversify nursing faculty and instructors.
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June 01, 2023School of Medicine faculty receive national award to support mental health care
Faculty from the School of Medicine received a grant from the Association of American Medical Colleges to enhance access to mental and behavioral health care.
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May 26, 2023National recognition for UC Davis Health pediatric researcher
Department of Surgery Chair Diana Farmer received the Robert E. Gross Award for Excellence in Pediatric Research and Achievement from the American Pediatric Surgical Association.
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May 18, 2023UC Davis Health receives two AAMC Telehealth Equity Catalyst Awards
UC Davis Health has received two Telehealth Equity Catalyst (TEC) Awards from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in recognition of the academic medical institution’s commitment to leverage telehealth to improve health care equity.
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May 18, 2023Newsweek names UC Davis Medical Center a Best Maternity Hospital in U.S.
UC Davis Medical Center was named to Newsweek’s 2023 Best Maternity Hospitals, announced this month by Newsweek and the global market research and consumer data firm Statista.
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May 17, 2023Practice Greenhealth recognizes UC Davis Health with 7 environmental excellence awards
Practice Greenhealth has recognized UC Davis Health as a national leader in environmental sustainability for the second year in a row.
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May 12, 2023School of Nursing leader honored by University of Portland
Piri Ackerman-Barger received an honorary degree for public service for her work to advance inclusive learning environments, education equity and workforce diversity.
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May 09, 2023Plant Biologists, Microbiologist Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Andreas Bäumler, professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology, is one of three UC Davis professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year.
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April 25, 2023UC Davis nursing school remains a top 25 graduate nursing program in new U.S. News & World Report rankings
For the third year in a row, the national publication ranks the school’s master’s-degree programs in nursing as 23rd.
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April 20, 2023The Hartwell Foundation selects two UC Davis faculty for Individual Biomedical Research Awards
Roy Ben-Shalom and Geoanna Bautista were selected for the 2022 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards. These fund early-stage, innovative and cutting-edge biomedical research benefiting children in the U.S.
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April 20, 2023Physician Tiffani Johnson elected president of the Academic Pediatric Association
Tiffani Johnson, associate professor of emergency medicine, was recently named president-elect of the Academic Pediatric Association. Her three-year term begins April 30.
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April 11, 2023Pediatric hospitalist receives Eli Gold Prize
Michelle Hamline, assistant professor of pediatric hospital medicine at UC Davis Children’s Hospital received the 2023 Eli Gold Prize this month.
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March 22, 2023UC Davis nursing school expands fellowship for nurse leaders
A new $7.4 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation expands a national fellowship to develop nurse leaders and innovators.
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March 10, 2023Five faculty members earn awards from Academic Senate, Academic Federation
Faculty members Danielle Harvey, J. Anthony Seibert, Ulfat Shaikh, Rebecca Stein-Wexler and Glenn C. Yiu were all recognized by the UC Davis Academic Senate and Academic Federation.
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