Kurt Schaberg, an assistant professor in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, has been named one of the Top Six of the American Society for Clinical Pathology’s 40 under Forty honorees for 2021. Schaberg’s educational pathology website, Kurt’s Notes, has followers from 147 countries.
Read MoreDiet rich in sugar and fat leads to disruption in the gut’s microbial culture and contributes to inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis. Research shows that switching to a more balanced diet restores the gut’s health and suppresses inflammation.
Read MoreThe new CENE Brain Bank, supported by the MIND Institute, aims to increase the diversity of brain tissue available for research about autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions. The project includes collection sites in Latin American countries.
Read MoreIn March 2020, UC Davis was in a race to create something that didn’t exist yet: a home-grown COVID-19 test. How the campus pulled together to help Pathology and Laboratory Medicine launch the first of over 100,000 COVID-19 tests this past year.
Read MoreA groundbreaking, rapid combined test for COVID-19 and flu viruses has been rolled out at UC Davis Health, which is among the first in the nation to use this highly accurate “gold-standard” screening that produces results in 20 minutes.
Read MoreSince COVID-19 appeared, testing to detect active infections of the coronavirus has continued to evolve. UC Davis Health expert Nam Tran, a member of the California COVID-19 Testing Task Force, explains the range of tests and their uses.
Read MoreSome COVID-19 patients are having symptoms that last months – even if they had only mild cases – and experts are just beginning to get a grasp on the array of problems long-haul COVID-19 patients face.
Read MoreA study of pregnant mice found high levels of folic acid were associated with significant changes in brain development of offspring.
Read MoreUC Davis School of Medicine student Brandon Fennell built an app to help his histology studies. Then he reached out to HematologyOutlines co-founder Hooman Rashidi to augment that resource. Their new app was released in mid-August.
Read MoreMeet MILO, a turnkey software tool that provides a fully automated ML/AI solution to many different research and business needs.
Read MoreU.S. News & World Report's rankings are out. UC Davis Medical Center is again the #1 hospital in Sacramento, and in the Top 10 in California -- distinctions it has earned for many years in a row.
Read MoreLydia Pleotis Howell, chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, will serve a two-year term as president of the Association of Pathology Chairs. She has been in the role of president-elect for the past two years.
Read MoreSince the first American Red Cross blood drive on the Sacramento campus last August, the UC Davis Health community has donated more than 600 units of blood at 11 drives. That partnership has only grown stronger during the COVID-19 crisis.
Read MoreThe capacity for testing for COVID-19 infections has come a long way, while testing for antibodies to determine immunity is still a work in progress.
Read MoreCan an antiviral compound found in shellfish be effective against the novel coronavirus? The Covid Catalyst Fund awarded a grant to conduct a rule-out study.
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