UC Davis COVID-19 Research and Researchers in the News (Week of 6/8)
Press Releases and News Outlet Pickups
UC Davis Press Release (6/8) - COVID-19 Vaccine at Least a Year Away, Experts Agree
The third COVID-19 symposium organized and moderated by UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal featured infectious disease and vaccine ...
UC Davis Press Release (6/8) - New Podcast Addresses UC Davis Response to Pandemic
A new UC Davis podcast featuring two deans will address all aspects of research into the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Deans Discuss: COVID-19 video ...
UC Davis Press Release (6/8) – Pilot grants boost COVID-19 research
- Mirage News: Pilot grants boost COVID-19 research
... of the UC Davis MIND Institute. Abbeduto and graduate student researcher Lauren Bullard will determine the impact of COVID-19-related closures ...
UC Davis Press Release (6/9) - COVID-19: Livestreams and New Podcast
UC Davis this week launched a new video podcast, Deans Discuss: COVID-19, addressing the university's research into the pandemic. In weekly ...
UC Davis Press Release (6/11) - Initiatives to Intercept Pandemics Through Genomics
“COVID-19 has made it perfectly clear that we need anticipatory rather than reactive ... “COVID-19 and other diseases such as Ebola, MERS and SARS have ... director of the One Health Institute at the University of California, Davis.
UC Davis Press Release (6/11) - Half the Earth Relatively Intact From Global Human Influence Conservation and COVID-19. The coronavirus pandemic now shaking the globe illustrates the importance of maintaining natural lands to separate ...
Older UC Davis Press Release (6/2): 16 Researchers Win COVID-19 Seed Grants
- Daily Californian: UC system awards $2M to CA COVID-19 researchers
Studies that will mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 among the most ... and resource economist and associate professor at UC Davis, said funding from ... - Patch.com: UC Davis: UCOP Seed Grants Fund Coronavirus Research Projects
Faculty from the UC Davis School of Medicine and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences have received seed funding from UC Office of ...
Other UC Davis Research and Research Studies in the News
COVID-19 vaccine at least a year away, experts agree
Medical Xpress
UC Davis scientists and other top national researchers gathered virtually on June 6 to lay out a full picture of the complexities of developing and ...
Kingsburg Fire coordinates free COVID-19 testing
Hanford Sentinel
UC Davis Health explains how the tests are conducted on their website. Testing for COVID-19 involves inserting ...
If approved, COVID-19 vaccine patch could eliminate painful shot
PIX 11
it to their health care provider as proof of vaccination. In collaboration with the UC Davis, they've begun clinical trials in...
Future of our cities
Deccan Herald
has been advocated by the One Health Institute at the University of California, Davis. It seeks to regularly check for...
The study is specifically trying to enroll COVID-19 patients from underserved populations who are often not well represented in clinical trials.
San Francisco Chronicle
stem cell agency, that is allowing him to expand the trial to UC Davis. Like the others pursuing the more than 200 potential...
UC Davis Researchers and Experts Providing Insight
Niels Pedersen, emeritus professor and veterinary science expert
- Business Insider: People are paying as much as $10,000 for an unlicensed remdesivir variant for their cats, in a thriving black market linked to Facebook groups
. Emeritus Professor Niels Pedersen, a veterinary science expert at University of California Davis, says he personally...
Nathan Kuppermann, a pediatrician and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine
- Edsource Today: Complex health considerations make reopening California’s schools a challenge
Kuppermann, a pediatrician and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at UC Davis who signed the article. “The idea of...
Dean Blumberg, head of pediatric infectious diseases
- KCRA Sacramento: Holidays, protests lead to uptick in California COVID-19 cases, experts say Dr. Dean Blumberg, head of pediatric infectious diseases at the UC Davis Medical Center, said the spike in cases comes from a combination of ...
- RADIO.COM: With coronavirus hospitalizations on the rise, are we ready for the 2nd wave?
Dr. Dean Blumberg is a pediatrician & infectious disease specialist at UC Davis Health. AddThis Sharing Buttons. Share to Facebook Share to Twitter ... - Southern California Public Radio: COVID-19: Deaths Spike in LA County, Where Do We Stand With Asymptomatic Transmission?
, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of pediatric infectious disease at UC Davis Children’s Hospital. Today’s topics include:...... - CBS Sacramento: County Health Officials Concerned Over Rate Of Increase Of Coronavirus Cases
to adjust,” said Dr. Dean Blumberg, Infectious Disease Physician at UC Davis Children’s Hospital. Dr. Blumberg warns that we will...... - KCRA.com: Holidays, protests lead to uptick in California COVID-19 cases, experts say
. Dr. Dean Blumberg, head of pediatric infectious diseases at the UC Davis Medical Center, said the spike in cases comes from a...
MacKenzie Smith, the head librarian
- The Wire: Tests to Detect the Novel Coronavirus on Surfaces Show Mixed Results
Even before California went on lockdown thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, MacKenzie Smith, the head librarian at the University of California, Davis, ...
Brad Pollock, Chair of the UC Davis School of Medicine's Department of Public Health Sciences
- Redding Record Searchlight: COVID-19 cases doubled after reopenings in far North California. Here's why you shouldn't be ...
Brad Pollock, who chairs the UC Davis School of Medicine's Department of Public Health Sciences, said the increase is not cause for alarm. - FOX 2 Detroit News: WHO says comments on asymptomatic individuals a ‘misunderstanding’
chairman of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of California, Davis. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance...
Peter Yellowlees, Chief Wellness Officer at UC Davis
- CBS Sacramento: State Superintendent Calling On Counseling Groups To Strengthen Mental Health Support For ...
Chief Wellness Officer at UC Davis Peter Yellowlees says parents should start having conversations with their kids now, rather than waiting until fall.
William Ristenpart, chemical engineer
- New York Times: When Will It Be Safe to Sing Together Again?
William Ristenpart, a chemical engineer at the University of California, Davis, who has studied how disease-carrying particles spread during... - VICE: Does Speaking Japanese Lower The Risk of Spreading Coronavirus?
“Saying eee releases more than saying ahhh,” said William Ristenpart, a chemical engineer and an expert in transport phenomena at The University...
Dr. Shannon Anderson
- CBS Sacramento: Why Are Shelves Empty At Sacramento-Area Budget Stores?
But it just doesn’t work that way,” said Dr. Shannon Anderson, with UC Davis. Dr. Anderson said people should expect to see empty......
Marc Schenker, a public health professor
- Politico: In absence of federal action, farm workers’ coronavirus cases spike
. Marc Schenker, a public health professor at the University of California, Davis and founder of the Western Center for...
Christine Kreuder Johnson, epidemiologist
- Courthouse News Service: Scientists Expect More Pandemics in Age of Globalization, Climate Change & Assault on Nature
,” said Christine Kreuder Johnson, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Davis, and a specialist in emerging......