Research Leadership and Staff | Research | Department of Pediatrics | UC Davis Health

Vice Chair, Pediatric Translational Research

Alice Tarantal’s research program includes the following areas of translational research:

• Gene therapy and somatic cell gene editing
• Stem and progenitor cell therapies / Regenerative Medicine
• Fetal: Pediatric models of human disease
• Fetal: maternal microchimerism and precision models
• In vivo translational imaging applications

Stem/Progenitor cell projects focus on hematopoietic, mesenchymal, endothelial, and pluripotent stem cells for tissue regeneration and repair, transplantation, and tissue engineering.

Vice Chair, Pediatric Clinical Research

James Marcin completed his pediatric critical care fellowship at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington D.C. He also completed a masters degree in public health at the George Washington University.

James Marcin conducts research on a variety of public health issues in pediatric emergency and critical care medicine, including quality of care, severity of illness measures and telemedicine. His recent research has focused on how telemedicine can be used to address disparities in access to pediatric subspecialty care, improve the patient-centeredness of care, increase quality of care, and reduce overall healthcare costs. He currently is the director of the largest pediatric tele-emergency network in the country.