UC Davis COVID-19 Research and Researchers in the News (Week of 6/15)
Press Releases and News Outlet Pickups
UC Davis Press Release: UC Davis Names Recipients of 2020 Chancellor's Innovation Awards
UC Davis Names Recipients of 2020 Chancellor's Innovation Awards ... as a means to control the deadly cytokine storm associated with COVID-19.
Other UC Davis Research and Research Studies in the News
UC Davis researchers conflicted over COVID-19 testing capabilities
Yahoo News
Testing for COVID-19 has been ramped up with not only more testing kits but also different kinds of tests often put into emergency service by federal ...
UC Davis: Celebrating Causeway Collaborations On Coronavirus
Patch.com
The COVID-19 pandemic shows that it's never been more important to collaborate across the causeway. UC Davis and UC Davis Health are doing just ...
How 133 Epidemiologists Are Deciding When to Send Their Children to School
New York Times
“Remote instruction will have to remain a viable option as conditions on the ground can change at any time, and it also depends on whether widespread...
UC Conducts Survey of COVID-19 Prevention on Farms
AgNet West
“At the UC Davis Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, we are working to respond to the COVID-19 crisis with practical resources for ...
On the hunt for the next deadly virus
National Geographic
PREDICT for 10 years and now runs the One Health Institute at the University of California, Davis. “If we study them all,......
These Scientists Hunt for Viruses in Animals Before They Strike Humans
Smithsonian.com
Biology Institute, the One Health Institute at the University of California at Davis, the EcoHealth Alliance and the...
COVID-19 vaccine at least a year away say scientists
The Week
a virtual meeting earlier this month when scientists at the University of California (UC) Davis and from other institutes......
'No off-ramps to the gas tax' | California's gas tax to increase again despite pandemic
ABC10.com KXTV
In May, UC Davis' Road Ecology Center released a study detailing some of the impacts that the coronavirus and mitigation efforts had on traffic and ...
COVID-19 Is Pushing Scientific Conferences Online. Maybe That's Where They Belong
KQED
COVID-19 Is Pushing Scientific Conferences Online. ... road that vehicle emissions dropped by as much as 75%, according to a UC Davis estimate.
UC Davis Researchers and Experts Providing Insight
Jonathan Eisen, professor of evolution and ecology
- Time Magazine: Pressure on Good Science During a Pandemic Is Leading to Confusing, and Conflicting Advice on COVID-19
Jonathan Eisen, professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California, Davis. Rather than wait, scientists...
Larissa May and Nam Tran
- FOX40: UC Davis researchers conflicted over COVID-19 testing capabilities
because we’ll likely see more hot spots,” Dr. May said. UC Davis researchers say the use of masks and social distancing must...
Phil Martin, a UC Davis expert on farm labor
- The Sacramento Bee: ‘It’s precarious.’ How San Joaquin Valley became a worrisome COVID-19 hotspot in California
the few jurisdictions to measure cases by occupation. Phil Martin, a UC Davis expert on farm labor, said worker housing and...
Bradley Pollock, chairman of the Department of Public Health Sciences
- silive.com: Not time to panic about US upticks in coronavirus (opinion)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – It's too soon to call upticks in coronavirus around the ... In Northern California, Brad Pollock, chair of the UC Davis School of ... - USA Today: Did protests fuel COVID-19 cases? Are we already in a second wave? Your coronavirus questions, answered
, chairman of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of California, Davis. At least one protester in......
Peter Zhixian Lin, economist
- JD Supra (press release): State Reopenings: A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words, or Is It?
... transition in our three-month COVID-19 State Closure/Reopening Project. ... Zhixian Lin, economists from the Department of Economics at UC Davis, ... - The National Law Review: State Reopenings: A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words, or Is It?
, PhD, and Peter Zhixian Lin, economists from the Department of Economics at UC Davis, found that lifting stay-at-home orders may......
Jason Riggio, a postdoctoral scholar at the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology
- THE WEEK: Half the earth remains unaffected from global human influence
"But our study optimistically shows that these targets are still within reach." Impact of COVID-19. The coronavirus pandemic now shaking the globe ...
Maeli Melotto
- Nature: Scientists in a time of COVID-19
colleagues to see how they are faring. Maeli Melotto at the University of California, Davis, told us “my lab has been...
William Ristenpart, a professor of chemical engineering
- Wired.co.uk: We're about to enter the era of the coronavirus super-spreader
Ristenpart, a professor of chemical engineering at the University of California, Davis, studies how humans release... - Wired: The Design and Science of Patio Dining During a Pandemic
hood,” says William Ristenpart, a professor of chemical engineering at UC Davis who studies aerosols. That is, ventilation aimed...
Stuart Cohen, chief of infectious diseases at UC Davis Health
- ABC 10: 'A little bit higher than we thought' -- Coronavirus cases increase amid California's reopening.
Dr. Stuart Cohen, chief of infectious diseases at UC Davis Health, says Sacramento County has done a great job of flattening the curve, but he...
Natascha Tuznik, UC Davis Assistant Clinical Professor of Infectious Diseases
- Capital Public Radio: Guidance, Tips For Staying Safe In Public During COVID-19
from a UC Davis infectious disease expert on how you can stay safe out in public during the coronavirus pandemic. Guests UC...
Ilana Halperin, DVM, a health sciences assistant clinical professor at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
- Sacramento Magazine: Can My Pet Give Me Coronavirus? (And Other Questions)
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does have some cases of cats and ferrets getting it from us, but there is no evidence of us getting...
Austin Brown, Executive Director of the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy
- Capital Public Radio: Travel Still Way Down In Sacramento, Stockton Regions Even As COVID-19 Restrictions Lift
for other purposes,” said Austin Brown, Executive Director of the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the...
Scott Anderson
- Daily Republic: Ask Dr. Scott: Life a masquerade as pandemic unfolds
finally conclude? While supervising Rheumatology Service at the University of California, Davis Medical Center, I was...
Daniel Sumner, an agricultural economist
- Courthouse News Service: Making California Wine in the Time of Covid-19
“Many people prefer to drink wine in restaurants, particularly the fancy ones,” said Daniel Sumner, an agricultural economist with UC Davis. “For some ... - WebMD: How COVID is Affecting U.S. Food Supply Chain
distinguished professor of agricultural and resource economics at the University of California, Davis. Early on, panicked......
Dean Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis Children's Hospital
- KCRA Sacramento: Q&A: Health expert talks about California face mask order
Dr. Dean Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis Children's Hospital, said face coverings work to reduce the spread of COVID-19. - Southern California Public Radio: COVID-19 Update: More Reopenings In LA County, Newsom Implements Statewide Mask Order
program Guest: Dean Blumberg, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children’s...
Dr. Niels Pedersen, a professor emeritus at UC Davis and Dr. Brian Murphy
- ABC7: Coronavirus: Black market cure for cats with feline infectious peritonitis is illegal, but is saving thousands of lives
in cats and hopes to begin clinical trials at UC Davis later this year. Dr. Murphy at UC Davis says his team gets emails......