Grants and Publications | CAMS Research | UC Davis Health

The University of California, Davis, is awarding $300,000 to help scientists advance compelling research and innovations toward commercial applications through the Science Translation and Innovative Research (STAIR™) proof-of-concept grant programs. The recipients are targeting solutions in a range of applications including human and animal health, technology, environment and sustainability

Postdoctoral Fellow Jean Debédat, M.D. and Sean Adams, Ph.D. were awarded ~$140,000 by the Almond Board of California for the study “Almonds as a source of healthy fats” (aka the Healthy Unique Lipids in Almonds [HULA] Study). Almonds are a rich source of monounsaturated fatty acids that are considered to have positive effects on cardiometabolic health.  The team will measure unique metabolites thought to play a role in these effects.

Victoria Lyo, M.D. (co-PI with Souvik Sarkar, M.D. in the Department of Gastroenterology) received a 2021 UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center Highly Innovative Award. This study is examining the use of novel dynamic PET imaging and non-invasive microbiome and metabolomic profiling to assess nonalcoholic fatty liver disease responses after gastric bypass surgery.

Victoria Lyo received a prestigious Society of American Gastroenterological and Endoscopic Surgeons 2021 Research Grant "Sex Differences in Response to Bariatric Surgery". 

Dr. Bethany Cummings has been awarded an NIH grant to study the impact of dietary fiber and fecal microbiota transplantation on gut microbial bile acid metabolism.

Dr. Cummings has recieved an NIH grant to study the impact of gut microbial bile acid metabolism on brain bile acid profiles and Alzheimer's Disease risk in mice. 

Department of Surgery faculty Drs. Kent Lloyd (PI) and Sean Adams (Co-Investigator), and colleagues from multiple campus departments, have teamed up to work with the NIH-funded Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Centers – Live consortium to develop infrastructure supporting obesity, diabetes, and cardiometabolic research studies by investigators from around the nation.