By Neelanjana Gautam Over 43,000 people in California have an intellectual disability. CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder (CDD) is a form of neurodevelopmental disability, occurring in 1 of 40,000 live births in California, which amounts to 10 patients born every year. Kyle Fink, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and Jill L Silverman, a professor […]
Reproductive Rights and Health: The Broader Impacts of Roe vs. Wade Join the Office of Research Friday, July 15th at 10am for a discussion of the broader impacts of the recent Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe vs. Wade. This discussion will highlight research activity in this area across our campus, including, but not limited […]
The Problem of the 17-year Research Gap – Multidisciplinary Perspectives Despite acceleration in the pace of new discoveries and therapies, the delay between scientific evidence and clinical practice – a frequently-stated “17-year gap” – is of growing concern. Shortening this 17-year gap between research and practice requires an increased understanding of what it takes to […]
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By Neelanjana Gautam The University of California, Davis, announced the recipients of the 2022 Chancellor’s Innovation Awards at an in-person event on June 16. The awards recognize faculty, community partners and industry leaders developing innovative solutions to improve the lives of others and address important needs in our global society. “Innovation is at the heart […]
Research Matters Quarterly Newsletter Spring 2022
Highlights From the Team Research Forum: Catalyzing Innovation for Emerging Threats By Neelanjana Gautam Since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, scientists, engineers and clinicians have been producing and sharing insight at a rapid rate to respond to the challenges posed by the pandemic. So far, research […]
By Neelanjana Gautam In 2020, an estimated 5.8 million Americans aged 65 years or older had Alzheimer’s disease. This number may well hover around 14 million by 2060, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Years of research led by UC Davis Professor John Voss may play an important role in treating Alzheimer’s […]
Leveraging Team Diversity: New Frameworks & Research Diverse teams are more innovative. But teams are complex systems made of people, machines, and tasks — Managing diverse teams takes skill (and knowledge). On Friday, June 3 at 10:30am, please join the Office of Research for a discussion about diversity and inclusion in team research. View Recording Kyle Lewis […]
To celebrate the summer beauty of Lake Tahoe and raise awareness of threats to the lake, the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) is sponsoring its second annual Circumnavigation of Lake Tahoe for Science, a seven-day kayaking journey dubbed TERC CIRC 2. The event, which combines citizen science with fundraising for the Center, will […]
