Entries by Aj Cheline

Pathway to Citizenship for 10 million Undocumented Immigrants Would Boost GDP by $1.7 Trillion

UC Davis Global Migration and Center for American Progress: A Report Summary For a long time, researchers in the field of global migration have been studying the challenges and opportunities that large-scale population movements present. In 2021, a report by the University of California, Davis’ Global Migration Center, one of the IMPACT Centers within the […]

NIH Grant to Test How Patients’ Genes Influence Susceptibility or Resistance to COVID-19

Research may also benefit diagnosis, treatment and prevention of other diseases By Neelanjana Gautam Kent Lloyd, a professor in the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, and director of the Mouse Biology Program (MBP), has been awarded a new $500,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study the influence of genetic characteristics that might […]

Organizational Updates: Innovation & Technology Commercialization

From Vice Chancellor for Research Prasant Mohapatra We have several changes within the ITC organization that we would like to bring to your attention. First, Bill Tucker, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Technology Commercialization returned to full retirement on July 31, 2022. We sure appreciate Bill stepping back in to help us since […]

Proof-of-Concept Grants Awarded to Advance Innovations to Commercial Opportunities

The University of California, Davis, is awarding $450,000 to help scientists advance compelling research and innovations toward commercial applications through two proof-of-concept grant programs. To date, these programs have delivered $2.9 million to help campus innovators overcome the primary hurdle of access to funding during one of the most challenging phases in new technology development. […]

UC Davis Professors Receive CIRM Award to Develop a New Gene Therapy Treatment for a Rare Neurodevelopmental Disorder  

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 […]

Team Research Forum: Reproductive Rights and Health

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 […]

Team Research Forum: The 17-Year Research Gap Problem

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 […]