Office of Research UC Davis faculty Archives

Isabel Patricia Montañez Appointed New Director of the John Muir Institute of the Environment

Neelanjana Gautam September 10, 2021 0 Comments

September 10, 2021 The University of California, Davis, Office of Research is pleased to announce the selection of Isabel Patricia Montañez as the new director of the John Muir Institute... Read More

Aijun Wang, Kit Lam and Alyssa Panitch stand outside the Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility, Jan. 7, 2021.

‘Just Sticky Enough’ Compound May Help Patients with Kidney Disease

Aj Cheline February 17, 2021 0 Comments

By Lisa Howard February 18, 2021 Several years ago, Aijun Wang, a biomedical engineer and associate professor in the UC Davis Department of Surgery, became interested in improving arteriovenous (AV)... Read More

Leigh Ann Simmons, a professor in the Department of Human Ecology, pictured at the UC Davis Student Community Center.

UC Davis Leads $3M Community-based Project in Yolo County Targeting Adverse Childhood Experiences

Aj Cheline February 8, 2021 0 Comments

February 8, 2021 Leigh Ann Simmons, a professor and chair in the Department of Human Ecology and co-director of the Perinatal Origins of Disparities (POD) Center, has received a $3... Read More

Susan Ustin Appointed Interim Director of John Muir Institute of the Environment

Aj Cheline August 3, 2020 0 Comments

By Lisa Howard August 3, 2020 Vice Chancellor for Research Prasant Mohapatra announced the appointment of Susan Ustin as interim director of the John Muir Institute of the Environment effective... Read More

Tara Niendam, associate professor in psychiatry and executive director of the UC Davis Early Psychosis Program

Tara Niendam Receives $2.8 million for Early Psychosis Project

Aj Cheline July 31, 2020 0 Comments

Tara Niendam, associate professor in psychiatry and executive director of the UC Davis Early Psychosis Program, has received a $2.8 million Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Innovation contract from the... Read More

Cassandra Hart, an associate professor in the UC Davis School of Education

Measuring the Impact of Emergency Remote Instruction at California Community Colleges

Aj Cheline July 20, 2020 0 Comments

By Lisa Howard July 20, 2020 Cassandra Hart, an associate professor in the UC Davis School of Education, will be conducting a study this fall to evaluate the impact of... Read More

Satya Dandekar honored with prestigious NIH MERIT award for HIV research

Sean Moody June 25, 2020 0 Comments

Satya Dandekar, professor of microbiology and the chairperson of the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at UC Davis, has received a prestigious MERIT award from the NIH National Institute... Read More

Daniel Fong (left) an electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student, and Soheil Ghiasi (right), a professor of electrical and computer engineering, are photographed in Ghiasi's lab in Kemper Hall, February 2020. Ghiasi and Fong have invented a patented device that can measure blood oxygen saturation in a fetus through the maternal abdomen.)

UC Davis Startup Develops Monitor That Measures Baby’s Blood Oxygen Saturation in the Womb

Aj Cheline June 22, 2020 0 Comments

By Lisa Howard June 22, 2020 Soheil Ghiasi, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has launched a startup, Storx Technologies, to commercialize a noninvasive pulse... Read More

UC Davis Associate Professor Justin Siegel.

University Startup PvP Biologics Acquired by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company

Aj Cheline March 3, 2020 0 Comments

By Lisa Howard March 5, 2020 PvP Biologics, a startup formed around technology developed at the University of Washington and the University of California, Davis, announced on February 26 that it has... Read More

How Researchers Are Responding to Mitigate California’s Wildfire Crisis

Aj Cheline January 24, 2020 0 Comments

By Lisa Howard January 24, 2020 The Camp Fire in 2018 was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history, killing 85 and burning over 150,000 acres and 18,000... Read More