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January 12, 2022University of Florida faculty are leading a multistate team to boost COVID-19 and influenza vaccination rates in parts of the country where health care skepticism is common and vaccination rates are low. With the emergence of the highly contagious omicron COVID-19 variant, experts say it is more important than ever to provide people with information and access to protective vaccines. The Our
January 05, 2022A crucial effort by UC Davis Health to detect COVID-19 among farmworkers and other vulnerable populations has resulted in more than 17,000 coronavirus rapid tests given to residents of four Central California counties. Underway since early February, the effort known as ÓRALE offers free COVID-19 screening primarily to Latinos with a focus on agricultural essential workers at locations and hours
December 08, 2021In 2020 Fred Meyers, director of the UC Davis CTSC Research Training, Education and Career Development program, was awarded the UC Davis Chancellor's Achievement Awards for Diversity and Community. He received this award in recognition of his contributions in enhancing inclusiveness and diversity within the campus community. Dr. Meyers is also Director of the Center for Precision Medicine and Data
December 08, 2021In 2020 UC Davis School of Medicine's highest award for teaching went to Ted Wun, associate dean for research and director of the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center. The award, C. John Tupper Prize for Excellence in Teaching was created by the founding dean of the School of Medicine to recognize sustained and enduring contributions to education. "Professor Wun has helped shape a
UC Davis CTSC KL2 Scholar, Temitayo Oyegbile-Chidi, Presents at Department of Neurology Grand Rounds
November 16, 2021Temitayo Oyegbile-Chidi, an associate professor in the Department of Neurology at UC Davis Health, provided a grand rounds presentation titled “Sleep & Wellness: The Effects of Sleep Disturbance on the Brain” on November 9, 2021. Dr. Oyegbile-Chidi discussed the neurobehavioral benefits of adequate sleep, some of the adverse effects of sleep restriction on the body and brain, and basic sleep
November 16, 2021Aimee Moulin, is a professor of Emergency Medicine and director of behavioral health at UC Davis Health. She will present “Addiction is an Emergency: A New Model for Substance Use” on November 17, 2021. Dr. Moulin is a graduate of the CTSC Mentored Clinical Research Training Program (MCRTP). The MCRTP provides a solid foundation in clinical and translational research for junior faculty, clinical- University Of California Davis
In 2021 at the start of its 4th CTSA award, the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) created the Health Equity Resources & Outreach (HERO) program. The newly formed team is poised to support clinician scientists and community researchers to innovate, collaborate, and expand health equity research. The Health Informatics (HI) Research Data Officer helps to identify and link
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In 2021 at the start of its 4th CTSA award, the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) created the Health Equity Resources & Outreach (HERO) program. The newly formed team is poised to support clinician scientists and community researchers to innovate, collaborate, and expand health equity research. The Health Informatics (HI) Research Data Officer helps to identify and link
October 28, 2021The UC Davis CTSC has longstanding programs to engage underserved communities to mitigate the inequities that underlie these disparities, including the low rates of participation in research. In 2021, the CTSC committed funds to further broaden participation of traditionally underrepresented groups, especially the Latinx, Black and Native American communities of the California Central Valley and
October 25, 2021Ulfat Shaikh, medical director of health care quality and professor of pediatrics at UC Davis Health, has been elected chairperson of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Council on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (COQIPS). In this role, Shaikh supports the mission and vision of the council by ensuring that current priorities are moving forward, representing COQIPS in leadership
October 15, 2021Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, director of the UC Davis CTSC Community Engagement Program is the recipient of awards from the National Hispanic Science Network and the National Latino Behavioral Health Association for his contributions to science and behavioral health research. Dr. Aguilar-Gaxiola, a professor of internal medicine, has spent decades researching mental and substance use disorders across
September 29, 2021Maria Chondronikola, Ph.D., RDN, an early-stage investigator, is an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, and an emergent voice at the University of California, Davis, with an impressive depth of experience in nutrition and metabolism research. Her previous studies have focused on understanding the role of thermogenic adipose tissue in health and disease, the pathophysiology of
September 23, 2021Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, program director of the UC Davis CTSC Community Engagement program, was invited to provide commentary on another team's publication. The article, published Sept. 15, focuses on farmworkers’ lack of access to health care during COVID-19.
September 23, 2021The UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities, in close collaboration with UC Davis CTSC Community Engagement program, partnered with the Solano County Behavioral Health Division (SCBH) and three community-based organizations to carry out the project. The Solano County Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Cultural Transformation Model (ICCTM) project is anchored in the national Culturally and
September 08, 2021With support from the CTSC, Diana Miglioretti started a pilot project leading to new discoveries that contribute to personalized medicine. Miglioretti is co-senior author of a new study that shows women 75 and older who have dense breasts are at higher risk of breast cancer. The research fills an information gap and could affect whether older women receive breast cancer screening mammography. Read
September 07, 2021Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, co-director of the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center Community Engagement program, will present at the annual Coalition for Health Equity Conference (CHEq). CHEq is an annual event aimed at strengthening the understanding and integration of marginalized populations through the health care lens. CHEq provides a valuable opportunity for health care providers
September 07, 2021The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) recently announced that Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona has been selected as a fellow for the third cohort of the Presidential Leadership Academy (La Academia de Liderazgo). The prestigious one-year HACU program is designed to prepare the next generation of culturally diverse leaders for executive and senior-level positions in higher education-
August 31, 2021The UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities, in close collaboration with the UC Davis CTSC Community Engagement program, partnered with the Solano County Behavioral Health Division (SCBH) and three community-based organizations (Rio Vista CARE, Fighting Back Partnership, and Solano Pride Center) to carry out the project. The Solano County Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Cultural
August 23, 2021A UC Davis Health retrospective study published recently in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology with support from the CTSC Biostatistics team shows how quickly COVID-19 infections were reduced among health care workers when vaccines were first distributed late last year. Researchers examined the incidence of COVID-19 in thousands of UC Davis Medical Center employees before and after
June 16, 2021An international team of researchers, led by UC Davis Health, has developed a new therapeutic approach to treating psoriatic arthritis, a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the joints. Using a novel chemical blocker targeting chemokine proteins, the researchers were able to significantly reduce skin and joint inflammation in a mouse model with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. What is-
June 11, 2021Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, professor of clinical internal medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine, and director of the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities and the Community Engagement Program of the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center, has been chosen to receive the 2021 Hibbard Williams Extraordinary Achievement Award. The award is intended to recognize a broad range
June 01, 2021Heather Siefkes, assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Pediatrics, has received the 2021 Eli Gold Prize. Siefkes works in the Pediatric and Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at UC Davis Children’s Hospital and serves as medical director of Project ADAM Sacramento, which helps schools prepare for a sudden cardiac emergency through AED and CPR training. The prize was named for Eli Gold, former-
April 23, 2021The UC Davis CTSC holds its 16th Annual Scholar Symposium This week, the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) celebrated the graduation of its newest cohort of scholars who conduct innovative applied health research. During its 16th annual CTSC Scholar Symposium, 43 researchers presented their work to mentors and colleagues. The event commenced with a welcome from Frederick J
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April 09, 2021Kate Marusina, director of the CTSC Clinical Trials Office, oversees a team that provides support for clinical trials at UC Davis. UC Davis conducts more than 2,000 research studies at any given time, including basic science, translational, and clinical trial research — all with the goal of bringing new, effective, and safe treatments to patients more quickly. In this brief interview conducted by
March 09, 2021A team of UC Davis Health scientists is working to identify factors that could predict brachial plexus birth injury (BPBI), the leading cause of infants’ upper extremity paralysis. They are developing a predictive risk model of maternal and hospital factors associated with the condition. Their work seeks to inform better prevention strategies and shift the current standard practices for this
February 26, 2021Oanh Meyer, assistant professor of neurology at UC Davis School of Medicine, has a long history of working with the Asian American communities in Sacramento on mental health and Alzheimer’s disease issues. With her team in the Diversity and Disparities Lab, she engages in community outreach efforts to better understand and fight health disparities. In her line of work, she has seen a great need in- January 26, 2021The University of California, Davis and InVixa Inc., a biopharmaceutical startup, have executed a licensing agreement for a novel method using inhaled statins to treat the severe respiratory disease known as COVID-19. The license, negotiated by the InnovationAccess team within the UC Davis Office of Research, provides exclusive access for InVixa to commercialize the technology developed at the
- January 12, 2021The CTSC Clinical Research Center (CCRC) at UC Davis Health received the Patient Safety Innovation Award for supporting the pioneering research into a #COVID-19 #pfizer #vaccine. Under the leadership of Daniel Nishijima, M.D., M.A.S., and Christopher Kain, RN, M.S.N., the team serves as the clinical component of the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC), funded by an NIH grant
December 15, 2020Healthy Davis Together is a joint project between the City of Davis and UC Davis with a goal to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and facilitate a coordinated and gradual return to regular city activities and reintegration of UC Davis students back into the Davis community. The program was set up and runs with the support of the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC). The rapid
December 10, 2020UC Davis CTSC KL2 Scholar’s work included in National Endowment for the Arts report Ian Koebner’s Art Rx Program was recently profiled in a published report from the National Endowment for the Arts. The report, Arts Strategies for Addressing the Opioid Crisis: Examining the Evidence, centers on arts integration in pain management and the prevention and treatment of substance use disorder