Department Ranking News
Department of Public Health Sciences Ranked #3 in NIH Funding
The UC Davis School of Medicine is among the nation’s leading medical schools in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding, according to the latest Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research 2025 ranking. The medical school broke its record of NIH funding with a total of more than $233 million, placing it 31st nationally.
In 2025, twelve School of Medicine departments ranked in the top 20 nationally in their respective fields. They include:
- Biochemistry #17
- Dermatology #15
- Microbiology #11
- Neurology #6
- Neurosurgery #14
- Pharmacology #19
- Urology #16
The top three departments in terms of overall NIH funding were Neurology ($37.9 million), Public Health Sciences ($30.8 million) and Internal Medicine ($26.3 million).
Public Health Science Faculty Achieve Top Rankings
Four of our faculty members have ranked in the top 50-funded Principal Investigators in Departments of Public Health and Preventive Medicine in Schools of Medicine.
Rachel A. Whitmer, Ph.D.
Professor and Division Chief, Epidemiology
Co-Director, Alzheimer's Disease Center
#1 with $13,697,592
Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Ph.D.
Professor and Division Chief, Environmental and Occupational Health
Director, UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center
#16 with $4,274.087
Diana Miglioretti, Ph.D.
Dean's Professor and Division Chief, Biostatistics
Director, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center Biostatistics Shared Resource
#28 with $2,805,350
Rebecca Schmidt, Ph.D.
Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health
#42 with $2,299,706