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New Clinical Guide Helps Physicians Identify Risk, Talk with Patients About Firearm Safety and Injury

Physicians and researchers at the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program and several other organizations have developed a clinical guide to help providers get more comfortable recognizing a patient's risk of firearm injury or death.

Health

Regulska Top Global Educator

Joanna Regulska, champion of the Global Education for All Big Idea was honored with the Senior International Officer Award from the Institute for International Education.

Education

Jamie Petyon Honored with Chancellor’s Innovation Award

Jamie Peyton, DVM, DACVECC was honored with a 2019 Chancellor's Innovation Award. Peyton serves on the Big Idea team for the Center for Advancing Pain Relief.

Health

UC Davis Repairs Dog Bones With Protein From Human Medicine

UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine was instrumental in the remarkable recovery of this dog after suffering a broken ulna and radius. This is just one example of the unparalleled expertise found at UC Davis.

Health

Could Virtual Reality Be Used As Treatment For ADHD?

A new study has been carried out by researchers from UC Davies MIND Institute that's investigating the potential for virtual reality to help children with ADHD to cope in the non-virtual world.

Health

Small Towns, Big Flood Waters

Nicholas Pinter, champion of the World Water Initiative, and UC Davis undergraduate student James "Huck" Rees are hoping their research in flooding will help towns reduce their risk and, if appropriate, consider moving out of harm's way.

Sustainability

Transforming Pain Care, Maximizing Quality of Life

Scott Fishman, M.D., UC Davis Health director for the Center for Advancing Pain Relief, has seen firsthand the pervasive pain problem plaguing the United States over the past several decades. Fishman’s proposed Big Idea would commission a UC Davis Pain Relief Center, which would serve as a hub for education, research and integrative care –– a groundbreaking resource for clinicians to rethink how to view pain relief and pain management.

Health

The Right Blend

Morning coffee is a part of many daily routines –– but with coffee shops on every corner in metropolitan areas, we tend to take coffee for granted. However, UC Davis students enrolled in the online Just Coffee course are getting a new, globally-conscious perspective on the caffeinated beverage.

Education

Sustainable Campus, Sustainable Cities Big Idea Provides a Model for California and the World

The Sustainable Campus, Sustainable Cities Big Idea is a testament to how UC Davis will continue to build upon its legacy of leading the way for universities and cities to make sustainable changes on a large scale. UC Davis has received worldwide recognition for leadership in this field. For example, UC Davis is ranked third in the world and first among U.S. universities in the 2018 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, largely because of the many sustainable buildings on campus.

Sustainability

Gun Research is Suddenly Hot

Concern about mass shootings has lifted spending on studies and attracted a new generation of researchers.

Health

Computer-Based Memory Games May Benefit People with Fragile X Syndrome

In the largest non-pharmacological trial ever in children with fragile X syndrome (FXS), UC Davis researchers found that large-scale, in-home cognitive interventions are feasible and may be beneficial for individuals with the syndrome and potentially other intellectual disabilities.

Health

UC Davis Health Wins $8.8 Million in State Funding for Alzheimer’s Research

Leaders of UC Davis Health announced Thursday that the state of California has awarded its scientists and clinicians $8.8 million – or almost 42 percent – of a $21 million package earmarked for the study of Alzheimer’s disease.

Via The Sacramento Bee

Health

Abandoned Puppy to Undergo Heart Surgery

Next month, veterinarians at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Center are expected to place a small balloon into a dog's heart valve to improve blood flow and assuage the heart murmur.

Via Fox 5 San Diego

Health

The Age of Robot Farmers

Picking strawberries takes speed, stamina, and skill. Can a robot do it? Professor David Slaughter at the University of California, Davis demonstrates how future farmers might employ emerging technology.

Via The New Yorker

Sustainability

Supporting the Next Wave of Water Leaders

By Trevor Stewart and Ashley Han

UC Davis professor and director of the Center for Watershed Sciences Jay Lund explains the important role UC Davis engineers will play in solving water problems that plague societies across the globe.

Sustainability