Year after year, UC Davis continues to show why it’s one of the nation’s leading public universities and a top research institution. UC Davis Health is a hub of innovation where students, trainees, faculty and staff from nearly 100 post-graduate majors bring unique and creative approaches to providing the highest quality patient care. Harnessing the power of an entire university's nationally ranked resources and research, our teams tackle the most pressing health care issues facing the world today. Our academic health center includes the following:


Advancing Health and Education

UC Davis Health treats people of all ages, health conditions, and income levels. Innovative curriculum gives the health care workforce of tomorrow the skills and values needed to improve health for all. Here's a glimpse of what you'll find at UC Davis Health:


UC Davis researchers

Intercampus Collaboration

UC Davis Health’s clinicians and researchers collaborate with the university’s nationally ranked resources, including the School of Veterinary Medicine, School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, College of Biological Sciences and College of Engineering.


UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Major Research Centers

UC Davis Health excels at translating scientific discoveries and new technology into improved patient care and community-wide health. Some of our most prominent research centers include: UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC Davis MIND Institute, the Center for Precision Medicine, Alzheimer’s Disease Center and the Center for Reducing Health Disparities.


UC Davis Health nurse assisting patient

Commitment to the Underserved

Students, residents and fellows get first-hand experience on how UC Davis delivers expert health care to the people who need it most but who can least afford it. We have many programs to increase the safety net of health care services available for all patients, no matter their income or insurance.


UC Davis medical students

Supportive Trainee Resources

The UC Davis Resident, Fellow and Family Readiness Center provides tools to support trainees in Graduate Medical Education programs. This includes help with academics, family needs, financial information and mental health.

What Makes UC Davis Special?


The culture, hands down, is unmatched. There isn’t a group of like-minded individuals from a diverse background anywhere else that have the same mission, which is to treat our patients in a holistic and culturally sensitive manner and to upkeep cultural humility.

Tyler Carcamo, 1st year resident, surgery


The people at UC Davis have become a second family to me. I know that my fellow co-residents and faculty have my back and will support me as I explore and pursue my goals. I have no doubt that the friendships and mentorships formed here will last a lifetime.

Daphne Olivia Darmawan, 2nd year resident, pediatrics


At UC Davis, residents experience exceptional training and a world-class educational experience. There’s an extraordinary group of clinical faculty dedicated to teaching, but we also are awarded the privilege to treat patients from a diverse population base with wide-ranging medical conditions.

Connor Delman, 4th year resident, orthopaedic surgery


Part of the UC Davis difference is our faculty development – the opportunity that faculty have here for honing their own craft of teaching. But then there’s our collaboration. It speaks to our value of interprofessionalism and our commitment to helping students realize their dream.

Kathryn Sexson, assistant clinical professor, Family Caregiving Institute at the School of Nursing


My critical skills were definitely sharpened more through UC Davis guiding me to think about things outside of a medical problem. I’m constantly thinking beyond the health issue, asking questions like: "Does my patient have running water?" and "What are their resources to afford medication?"

Kayla Medina, School of Nursing Class of 2018, family nurse practitioner program


You choose UC Davis to belong to a diverse and inclusive community. You choose UC Davis because we support each other and elevate each other's voices. You choose UC Davis because we are family.

Joseph Kim, 4th year resident, internal medicine and psychiatry

Living in Sacramento

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Downtown Sacramento at sunrise