UC Davis COVID-19 Research and Researchers in the News (Week of 4/27)
Press Releases and News Outlet Pickups
UC Davis Press Release (4/29): COVID-19 Vaccine With Patch Delivery Technology Enters Preclinical Testing at UC Davis
“Our new approach and previous work enabled us to quickly bring a potential vaccine against COVID-19 to preclinical testing. UC Davis provides a ...
- University of California: COVID-19 vaccine with patch delivery technology enters preclinical testing at UC Davis
The company is beginning preclinical testing at UC Davis of the device to deliver a vaccine for COVID-19. Credit: Rudy Meyers Photography. “Verndari ... - Valdosta Daily Times: Verndari, Inc. Begins Preclinical Testing of COVID-19 Vaccine at University of California, Davis
Verndari, Inc. is also in discussions with the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis to conduct further testing in nonhuman primates. - Sacramento Business Journal: Company testing Covid-19 vaccine, new delivery method at UC Davis
Biopharmaceutical company Verndari Inc. announced it will begin preclinical testing in Sacramento and Davis on a potential Covid-19 vaccine that ... - Patch.com: UC Davis: Coronavirus Vaccine With Patch Delivery Technology Enters Preclinical Testing
"Our new approach and previous work enabled us to quickly bring a potential vaccine against COVID-19 to preclinical testing. UC Davis provides a ... - CBS Sacramento: UC Davis Researchers To Begin Testing Coronavirus Vaccine Patch This Week
testing of a possible coronavirus vaccine on mice this week in partnership with UC Davis’ mouse biology program. “We want a... - KDRO Radio: UC Davis To Test Coronavirus Vaccine On Mice
Scientists at UC Davis will begin testing a coronavirus vaccine on mice this week. Bio-pharmaceutical company Verndari, Inc. will start pre-clinical... - HospiMedica: COVID-19 Vaccine Delivered Via Dermal Patch Applied to Skin Begins Pre-Clinical Testing
Verndari is also in discussions with the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis to conduct further testing in nonhuman primates. - ABC 7: Potential coronavirus vaccine being tested by researchers at UC Davis
, in Sacramento, Calif. and testing will be done in partnership with the UC Davis, Mouse Biology Program, according to a news... - Napa Valley Register: Napa company begins testing a potential COVID-19 vaccine
Mohapatra, vice chancellor for research at UC Davis. “This collaboration illustrates one of many ways that UC Davis is...
UC Davis Press Release (4/29): COVID-19 Limitations Unique Opportunity for Researchers to Decrease Digital Divide
The COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders and other limitations could offer ... suggests a University of California, Davis, professor in a new commentary. ... She is co-author of the commentary, “Navigating Nonessential Research Trials During COVID 19: The Push We ...
- Patch.com: UC Davis: Coronavirus Limitations Unique Opportunity For Researchers To Decrease Digital Divide
The COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders and other limitations could offer researchers the chance to use technology to decrease the digital divide and ...
UC Davis Press Release (4/29): UC Davis Engineers, Clinician Develop Low-Cost, Portable Ventilator
- Sacramento Business Journal: UC Davis engineers design low-cost ventilator, seek manufacturing partners
Since the device uses items that are already available in hospitals, it may have the potential to be rapidly deployed to help Covid-19 patients. - Forbes: As Coronavirus Spreads Globally, These Researchers Are Designing Ventilators That Cost Less Than $1,000
teams across the country at universities such as Georgia Tech, UC Davis and the University of Minnesota that are scrambling to...
UC Davis Press Release (5/1): As Americans Shelter in Place, Traffic, Emissions and Fuel-Tax Revenues Decline Dramatically
The report, “Impact of COVID19 Mitigation on Traffic, Fuel Use and Climate Change” is available on the UC Davis Road Ecology Center website.
Older UC Davis Press Release (4/16): California COVID-19 Traffic Report Finds Silver Lining
The report was co-authored by David Waetjen in the UC Davis Department of Environmental Science and Policy. Additional Information. Coronavirus, ...
- Wired: A Coronavirus Silver Lining: Less Driving, Fewer Crashes
figure—presented in a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis—is only surprising if you don’t... - Los Angeles Times: Column: What it would take to keep L.A. traffic from returning to soul-crushing levels
EPA data, and auto collisions statewide are way down, according to a UC Davis survey. Obviously, traffic is better today for all... - The Sacramento Bee: Californians backed a gas tax to fix roads. What will coronavirus mean for highway projects?
-day period just before the order, according to a new University of California, Davis Road Ecology Study. Newsom’s... - Talking Points Memo: Car Crashes Plummet As The US Sees What It’s Like To Shut Down
that camera violations are double what they were a month ago.” UC Davis researchers found a similar pattern in California. Fraser...... - Forbes: Flattening Traffic Crash Curve During Shelter-In-Place Saves California $40 Million Every Day
of a new analysis from the Road Ecology Center at the University of California, Davis. “The reduction in traffic crashes,...... - KQED Public Media: More Hospital Complications and Fewer Traffic Collisions Mean Longer Waits For Organ Donations | KQED
of sheltering in place, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. Drowning deaths dropped 80% in... - Woodland Daily Democrat: As Americans shelter in place, traffic, emissions and fuel-tax revenues decline
... since COVID-19 mitigation efforts took effect in early March. That is according to the latest special report from the Road Ecology Center at UC Davis. - The Sacramento Bee: Stay-home order could cost California $370 million in gas tax for road fixes: ‘A heavy hit’
and maintenance as well as aid for transit, a new study from UC Davis’ Road Ecology Center reported Friday. Researchers found...
Older UC Davis Press Release (4/16): COVID-19 Info Webinar for the Public
UC Davis experts and others will participate in a public awareness symposium on the novel coronavirus, Thursday, April 23.
- Fairfield Daily Republic: Free UC Davis-based webinar to address Covid-19
FAIRFIELD — Physicians, scientists and a Covid-19 survivor will be among those participating in a UC Davis-based Covid-19 webinar on Zoom and ... - Woodland Daily Democrat: UC Davis COVID-19 Symposium covers what materials to use for face masks
A nearly four-hour symposium on COVID-19 was held by UC Davis staff on Zoom and YouTube this week. The digital event aimed to answer ...
Older UC Davis Health Press Release (4/16): Remdesivir improved majority of patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19
Preliminary results of the first 53 patients who received the promising antiviral remdesivir on a compassionate-use basis were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. UC Davis Health was among the select group of hospitals that participated in the unprecedented international study.
- CBS Sacremento: Fair Oaks Coronavirus Survivor Says Remdesivir Helped Save His Life
hoping that its antiviral capabilities can help COVID-19 patients. A UC Davis study using remdesivir showed almost 70% of the...
Older UC Davis Press Release (4/10): COVID-19 and the Built Environment
... gather and in their homes as we try to reduce the spread of COVID-19. ... and Immunology, School of Medicine, at the University of California, Davis.
- Good Housekeeping: Can Air Conditioning Spread the Coronavirus? Why Experts Are Concerned About Public Spaces
summer? Researchers at the University of Oregon and the University of California, Davis, published a report that suggests......
Older UC Davis Press Release (4/2): How Important Is Speech in Transmitting Coronavirus?
... according to aerosol scientists at the University of California, Davis. Although it's not yet known how important this is to the spread of COVID-19, ...
- Science News for Students: Six foot social-distancing will not always be enough for COVID-19
At the time, the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 had not yet ... That's what William Ristenpart at UC Davis and his colleagues propose in an ...
Other UC Davis Research and Research Studies in the News
The virus hunters who search bat caves to predict the next pandemic
CNN
was founded. Funded by USAID, it is led by University of California Davis, alongside EcoHealth Alliance, the Smithsonian......
How UC Davis engineers are contributing to COVID-19 research
The Aggie
Researchers outside of health field also contribute to minimizing problems posed by coronavirus. In addition to efforts by the UC Davis Medical Center ...
L.A. turned to Silicon Valley for a streamlined coronavirus test. It brings potential risks and rewards
Los Angeles Times
clinical professor in the department of pathology and lab medicine at UC Davis. Fred Turner, Curative’s founder and chief...
UC Davis now offers new biology class on COVID-19
KCRA Sacramento
As the coronavirus restrictions are keeping UC Davis students home from campus, the biology department has created a new online COVID-19 class.
The Pandemic Will Reduce Inequality—or Make It Worse
Bloomberg
University of California at Davis researchers recently studied 12 pandemics that each killed more than 100,000 people since the 14th century. They found that the economic effects linger about 40 years after the last victim dies.
Call of duty: Can video games help win battle against coronavirus?
Arab News
depression,” she said. A 2017 study by the University of California, Davis found that video games improved cognitive...
Antibody test makes picking COVID-19 plasma donors easier
Futurity: Research News
Researchers report using a new and more accurate way of testing for ... at UC Irvine, the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis, ...
UC Davis Health conducts first plasma transfusions for COVID-19
Outbreak News Today
The therapy is for hospitalized patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and who have or are at risk for severe or life- ...
Antibody from llamas could help block coronavirus entry into cells, say researchers
ThePrint
be self-administered. The company, in collaboration with the University of California, Davis, is planning to carry out...
UC Davis begins antibody testing for COVID-19
Woodland Daily Democrat
The research is funded by UC Davis Health and the California Breast Cancer Research Program through the emergency COVID-19 Research Seed ...
UC Davis Health begins Covid-19 antibody testing for employees
Sacramento Business Journal
UC Davis Health said it's begun Covid-19 antibody testing for its own employees with plans to eventually roll out the tests to "the broader community.".
Potential coronavirus vaccine being tested by researchers at UC Davis
KGO-TV
Data Kits, Supercomputers, And Llamas: Bio-IT Community Leaves No Stone Unturned In COVID ...
Bio-IT World
Severe cases of COVID-19 infection begin with a fluid problem, according to ... At the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), researchers have ... the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis to conduct further ...
Covid-19’s impact on US medical research—shifting money, easing rules
British Medical Journal
in work. The California National Primate Research Center at University of California Davis has asked researchers not to...
UC Davis Researchers and Experts Providing Insight
Jane Sykes, chief veterinary officer
- FOX40: UC Davis veterinarians give pet owners advice after 2 NY cats test positive for COVID-19
DAVIS, Calif. (KTXL) – Weeks after a tiger at the Bronx Zoo was diagnosed with COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... - Huffington Post: North Carolina Dog Thought To Be First In U.S. Confirmed To Have Coronavirus
.” Jane Sykes, chief veterinary medical officer at the University of California, Davis, made a similar point in a March...... - The Wall Street Journal: Your Pets Probably Won’t Get the New Coronavirus
But lab conditions aren’t the same as those in real life, said Jane Sykes, chief veterinary medical officer at the William R. Pritchard Veterinary... - KGO-TV: Can pets get coronavirus? Chief veterinarian at UC Davis says dogs, cats are likely 'dead-end hosts'
The shutdown of dog parks is a saving grace as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announce COVID-19 can spread from people ...
James R. Carey, distinguished professor of entomology
- Patch.com: UC Davis Professor To Share Scientific Modeling Expertise
DAVIS, CA — COVID-19 is not to be taken lightly, says James R. Carey, UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology, who will share his scientific ... - Patch.com: UC Davis Professor Explains Herd Immunity
Carey, who shared his expertise on scientific modeling and demographics at the UC Davis-based COVID-19 virtual symposium on April 23, updated ... - Daily Democrat: UC Davis professor explains how we achieve ‘herd immunity’
symposium opened with an introduction by UC Davis Chancellor Gary May, and included presentation by UC Davis...
Jonna Mazet, a pandemic specialist
- CBS News: State Department says coronavirus samples from China "critical" for developing vaccine; Experts say that's not the case
shared from so many countries." Epidemiologist Dr. Jonna Mazet of UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine had a similar assessment....... - Grist: Deadly Leaps: These scientists saw the coronavirus coming. Now they're trying to stop the next pandemic before it starts.
Jonna Mazet, the organization’s global director from its inception until last year, said that PREDICT and its collaborators collected 168,000...
Jonathan Eisen, a biology professor
- Newsweek: The Controversial Wuhan Lab Experiments That May Have Started the Coronavirus Pandemic
Coronavirus Care Read more Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist at UC Davis, says that the preponderance of evidence, while...
Richard Sexton, an agricultural economist
- BBC Worklife: Can price hikes by businesses ever be justified?
“The food supply chain operates on a ‘just in time’ basis,” explains Richard Sexton, an agricultural economist at the University of California,...
Gail Feenstra, deputy director, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
- The New Food Economy: Covid-19 has forced large-scale farms that supply institutions to dump produce they can’t sell. Why can’t it just feed people? We’ve got answers.
, deputy director, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, University of California Davis. Hope Sippola,......
Philip Martin, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Common Dreams: COVID-19 Sweeping Through Ranks of US Immigrant Farmworkers and Meatpackers
Martin, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California-Davis, concluded, “In short,...
Kent Pinkerton, professor of pediatrics from the School of Medicine
- Xinhua News: Spotlight: Experts explain major challenges in curbing sharp rise of COVID-19 cases in U.S.
, professor of pediatrics from the School of Medicine at the University of California, Davis, told Xinhua there is lack...
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, director of the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities
- Los Angeles Times: Younger blacks and Latinos are dying of coronavirus at higher rates in California
greater risk overall, said Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, director of the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities. When it comes......
Richard Bold, physician-in-chief at the UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Los Angeles Times: Letters to the Editor: Coronavirus isn’t making cancer less deadly. Patients need treatment now
Donahue, MD, Los Angeles Bold is physician-in-chief at the UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center. Donahue is chief of the...
Monica Julian, an attorney at the University of California, Davis, School of Law’s Immigration Law Clinic
- Courthouse News Service: Judge Tells Feds to Abide by 20-Year Deal on Treatment of Detained Immigrant Kids
said in a statement. Monica Julian, an attorney at the University of California, Davis, School of Law’s Immigration Law......
Elisa Tong, project director for the University of California Tobacco Cessation Network
- KQED Public Radio: Smokers 'Do Much Worse' With Coronavirus — and Many Are Now Trying to Quit | KQED
,” said Elisa Tong, a physician at UC Davis and project director for the University of California Tobacco Cessation... - California Healthline: Fear Of Coronavirus Propels Some Smokers To Quit
Dr. Elisa Tong, a physician at UC-Davis and project director for the University of California Tobacco Cessation Network....... - Kaiser Health News: Fear Of Coronavirus Propels Some Smokers To Quit
Dr. Elisa Tong, a physician at UC-Davis and project director for the University of California Tobacco Cessation Network.......
Peter Yellowlees, a professor of clinical psychiatry
- ABC 10: What effects does stress have on our bodies? Coronavirus Outbreak Answers | COVID-19 in Context
have on our bodies? Coronavirus Outbreak Answers | COVID-19 in Context. Dr. Peter Yellowlees with UC Davis answers mental health... - ABC 10: How will this situation affect our children? Coronavirus Outbreak Answers | COVID-19 in Context
affect our children? Coronavirus Outbreak Answers | COVID-19 in Context. Dr. Peter Yellowlees with UC Davis answers mental health...... - ABC 10: Is my child stressed or going through a phase? Coronavirus Outbreak Answers | COVID-19 in Context
or is it a phase? Coronavirus Outbreak Answers | COVID-19 in Context. Dr. Peter Yellowlees with UC Davis answers mental health...
Nistara Randhawa, veterinary epidemiologist and postdoctoral scholar
- Capital Public Radio: Can California Bats Carry COVID-19? It's Unclear, But Experts Say They're More Likely To Catch It From Humans Than Spread It
bat nerd, a veterinary epidemiologist, and a postdoctoral scholar at the UC Davis One Health Institute. “The likelihood of...
Scott Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., clinical professor
- Daily Republic: Ask Dr. Scott: Should we shelter against influenza, prohibit hand-shaking?
[email protected]), is a clinical professor at the University of California, Davis Medical School. This column is...
Daniel Sumner, professor of agricultural and resource economics
- 8News: COVID-19 outbreak causing possible meat shortage across US
Those disruptions, says Daniel Sumner — a U.C. Davis agricultural economist — will not create a shortage of meat. - KRON4.com: COVID-19 outbreak causing possible meat shortage across US
Those disruptions, says Daniel Sumner — a U.C. Davis agricultural economist — will not create a shortage of meat. - ABC 10: 'We're in pretty good shape' | Northern California unlikely to see meat shortage
the weekend, saying the food supply chain in America is breaking, UC Davis Professor Daniel Sumner said we could expect to see... - National Public Radio: Coronavirus Lockdowns Throw Agricultural Supply Chain Into Disarray
Daniel Sumner is an agricultural economist at the University of California, Davis. Daniel says the food chain in the U.S. has gotten incredibly...
Michael Wilkes, a professor of medicine and global health
- KCRW: If you recover from COVID-19, can you get it again?
On today's Daily Dose, Dr. Michael Wilkes, a professor of medicine and global health at UC Davis, says the announcement could be a game changer ... - KCRW: Can animals spread COVID-19 to humans? There's little evidence for that
That's according to Dr. Michael Wilkes of UC Davis. Photo by Brian Hardzinski. Animals are the latest to fall prey to COVID-19. New reports from the ...
Helene Margolis, an expert on climate and health
- Scientific American: Summer Presents Dangerous Choice: Swelter in Quarantine or Risk Contagion
," said Helene Margolis, an expert on climate and health at the University of California, Davis. "When I give talks about......
David Tom Cooke, head of general thoracic surgery
- Fox News: Cancer screenings plummet in US amid coronavirus pandemic: report
...Dr. David Tom Cooke, head of general thoracic surgery at UC-Davis Health in California, said his cancer patients are getting treatment. However,...
Heather E. Riden, manager of the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
- Vox: Where the coronavirus is hitting rural America hard
of the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety at the University of California, Davis, told Inside Climate... - Daily Mail Online: Rural America braces to become the next coronavirus epicenter
of the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety at the University of California, Davis, told Inside Climate...
Darwin Bandoy, biological data scientist and PhD candidate
- Esquire Mag: Philippines' First Reported SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequence Came From Europe or Oceania, Not China
to Darwin Bandoy, biological data scientist and PhD candidate at the University of California Davis, “One sequence is a...
Brad Pollock and Nam Tran
- San Francisco Chronicle: Quick publicity of coronavirus research leads to some iffy conclusions
requests for comment from The Chronicle. Brad Pollock and Nam Tran at UC Davis, who are working to improve antibody testing, said......
Christine Johnson, professor of epidemiology and ecosystem health
- ABC News: White House orders intel agencies to investigate China, World Health Organization
U.S. Agency for International Development's Predict project and a professor at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Pompeo's...
Irva Hertz-Picciotto, professor of epidemiology
- The Sacramento Bee: A ‘fire of infections’ could sweep California evacuation centers. Here’s the plan to stop it
professor of epidemiology and the director of the Environmental Health Sciences Center at UC Davis. “I think you really want to...
Dr. Dean Blumberg, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children's Hospital
- Capital Public Radio News: Difference Between The Flu And COVID-19
Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children's Hospital, Dr. Dean Blumberg, discusses the differences between the flu and COVID-19. - Southern California Public Radio: COVID-19: Antiviral Drug Remdesivir Looks Promising, Newsom Expected To Close All Beaches
Blumberg, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital; he tweets... - CBS Sacramento: UC Davis Doctors Find Success With Experimental Coronavirus Treatment
are sick or are in the hospital,” Dr. Blumberg said. UC Davis performed its own clinical study using remdesivir on 53 coronavirus......
Giovanni Peri, Economics Professor
- Yahoo! Finance: Why Trump’s plan to curtail immigration will slow the coronavirus recovery
have a positive effect on American opportunities,” University of California at Davis Economics Professor Giovanni Peri...
Rich Sexton, an agricultural economist
- Grist: Coronavirus’s next victim: Big Meat
“It’s going to cause price spikes somewhere downstream,” said Rich Sexton, an agricultural economist at the University of California, Davis.
Erin DiCaprio, PhD, assistant specialist of community food safety
- Women’s Health Magazine: Can I Get Takeout, Delivery, Or Fast Food During The COVID-19 Pandemic?
," says Erin DiCaprio, PhD, assistant specialist of community food safety in UC Davis’ food science and technology department....
Tracey Goldstein, associate director of the One Health Institute
- Science News for Students: How to find the next pandemic virus before it finds us
,” says Tracey Goldstein. She’s a virus detective at the University of California, Davis. She hunts for new viruses among......
Allison Brashear, UC Davis School of Medicine Dean
- FOX 40: The fight against COVID-19
In this episode of Pandemic: Behind the Headlines, hear from UC Davis School of Medicine Dean Allison Brashear on the work being done to save...
Stuart Cohen, MD, Principal Investigator of the Remdesivir trial at UC Davis
- WebMD (blog): Coronavirus in Context: The Promise of Remdesivir for COVID-19 Treatment
WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, MPH, talks with the Principal Investigator of the Remdesivir trial at UC Davis, Stuart Cohen, MD.