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June 27, 2024‘Ending Unequal Treatment’: National report finds little progress in health equity over two decades
The U.S. has made little progress in advancing health equity over the past two decades according to a new report. But report co-author, psychiatrist Ruth Shim, finds room for hope.
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June 12, 2024Ultrasounds and EKGs: High schoolers get hands-on learning about STEM careers
A partnership between the UC Davis Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Project Lead the Way gives local high school students hands-on experience in anesthesiology and medical sciences.
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June 03, 2024Gastroenterology fellow receives graduate medical education equity award
Third-year UC Davis Health GI fellow Alex Zhornitskiy has received an award recognizing his leadership in diversifying the future physician workforce and advocating for the underserved.
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May 31, 2024School of Medicine honors students, residents, faculty and staff with annual awards
The UC Davis School of Medicine recently recognized students, residents, faculty and staff members for their exceptional contributions as part of its 2024 annual awards.
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May 30, 2024Cause of common type of heart failure may be different for women and men
A new mouse study of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) found sex differences at the cellular level. The findings could have implications for how HFpEF is treated in women compared to men.
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May 24, 2024New family medicine residency training site cares for underserved patients in West Sacramento
The UC Davis family medicine residency program collaborates with CommuniCare+OLE to start a new training site to care for underserved patients in West Sacramento.
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May 20, 2024
UC Davis confers 114 Doctor of Medicine degrees at Commencement
The UC Davis School of Medicine Commencement Ceremony honored 114 students who bonded over the past four years during the Covid pandemic.
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May 15, 2024School of Medicine Commencement is Saturday
Some 114 students will receive their medical degrees on Saturday when the UC Davis School of Medicine holds its 53rd Commencement Ceremony.
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May 02, 2024Most caregivers are ill-prepared for their own hospitalization
New research shows that for caregivers of someone with dementia are not prepared for their own hospital stay.
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April 30, 2024Pediatric surgeon receives Hartwell Foundation award for biomedical research
Pediatric surgeon Erin Brown has been selected for a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award. She’ll use the funds to develop stem cells to improve neuroblastoma treatment.
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April 25, 2024
School of Medicine hosts Merced County teenagers and encourages them to become physicians
Nearly 20 high school students from Merced County visited the UC Davis School of Medicine to learn what it takes to become a doctor.
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April 18, 2024Four School of Medicine researchers elected as AAAS fellows
Four UC Davis School of Medicine faculty members are among 10 UC Davis newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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April 17, 2024Opioid epidemic: How are we teaching future doctors to treat pain?
The School of Medicine has integrated a new pain curriculum to address the limited training U.S. medical students receive in pain management.
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April 10, 2024UC Davis and Cal Poly Humboldt launch program to attract Native Americans into medical school
UC Davis and Cal Poly Humboldt have jointly launched a new program to steer Native American students toward medical school.
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April 05, 2024Free cancer screening day to mark Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Month
Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month is being observed with a free cancer screening day for the public on April 13 at the student-run Shifa Clinic.
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March 19, 2024Medical student joins prominent research program at National Institutes of Health
A UC Davis medical student is one of just 52 from around the country selected for a yearlong research immersion program at the National Institutes of Health.
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March 15, 2024
‘I got Davis!’ Match Day places medical students into residency programs
The UC Davis School of Medicine hosted the annual Match Day where students learned where they’ll spend the next several years of residency training.
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March 14, 2024Medical student uses research to advocate for the unhoused
A UC Davis medical student takes to a national audience of family medicine physicians to advocate for better health care access for people experiencing homelessness.
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March 12, 2024UC Davis nursing faculty receive seed grant for work in Kenya
UC Davis School of Nursing faculty have received a $20,000 grant to help support global clinical work and interprofessional-education simulation training in Kenya.
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February 27, 2024
Street medicine team improves lives of unhoused patients
Twice a week, providers from UC Davis Health board Sacramento County’s mobile health clinic to care for patients in and around homeless encampments.
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