UC Davis School of Medicine Alumni Association

Elizabeth Morris was appointed chair of the UC Davis School of Medicine Department of Radiology, assuming the post on Jan. 18. Morris, a UC Davis alumna, has conducted extensive research on the use of magnetic resonance imaging to detect breast cancer. https://health.ucdavis.edu//new-radiology-chair-a/2021/01

Discover how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected six UC Davis alumni in diverse fields ranging from epidemiology to education to athletics across every aspect of their lives. Their experiences represent the far-reaching impacts of the crisis. https://magazine.ucdavis.edu/stories-from-the-pandemic/

UC Davis is passing the COVID test with flying colors, MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle said as she concluded a recent interview with Brad Pollock, associate dean for public health sciences, about the university’s innovative COVID-19 testing program. https://www.ucdavis.edu//whats-behind-our-covid-19-testing

Volunteers from the largely closed student-run Imani Clinic now tutor school children in hopes of lifting the disadvantaged neighborhood. https://health.ucdavis.edu//uc-davis-students-deve/2021/01

Learn about the Chancellor-funded initiative that’s working to make UC Davis the healthiest community in the nation. Register for an online information session to hear the details and discover how you can help out. https://health.ucdavis.edu//virtual-information-s/2020/10

Deans Discuss, Ep. 19: Reviewing the lessons of the pandemic year 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QoiLQrQ3Yo&feature=youtu.be

The Campus Community Book Project for 2020-21 spotlights mental health and the memoir Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo and Me by Ellen Forney. UC Davis Health’s Hendry Ton and Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola are featured speakers. https://health.ucdavis.edu//campus-community-book/2020/10

UCD SOM alum G. Rom Kandavel, MD’91 shares his video 2020: COVID Vaccine Essentials

Four UC Davis research centers will partner with 10 community organizations to offer free COVID-19 testing for Central Valley farmworkers under a new federal grant, part of a national strategy to improve testing for underserved and vulnerable populations. https://health.ucdavis.edu//grant-allows-uc-davis/2020/09

October is Disability Awareness Month, and UC Davis community members are encouraged to attend virtual vendor presentations in the coming weeks, and a special webinar on Oct. 7 about chemical and electrical sensitivity. https://health.ucdavis.edu//annual-disability-awa/2020/10

After being shuttered for more than five months, student-run clinics received permission to resume in-person appointments at a consolidated location where safety is paramount. If all goes well there, more clinics could reopen using the same stringent protocols. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTpu3jYVgy0&feature=emb_logo

The BulletPoints Project is training medical and mental health care providers in clinical strategies for firearm injury prevention. BulletPoints believes a well-informed, politically neutral, and collaborative approach to firearm injury prevention is the most effective way to save lives. At the new BulletPoints website( https://www.bulletpointsproject.org/), users can explore clinical scenarios in which firearms may increase risk, available interventions to reduce risk, strategies for talking with at-risk patients, and much more. Find BulletPoints on Twitter (https://twitter.com/BulletPtsProj) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BulletPtsProj), and sign up for their newsletter: (https://www.bulletpointsproject.org/newsletter-sign-up/) to stay in the loop.

UC Davis School of Medicine student Brandon Fennell built an app to help his histology studies. Then he reached out to HematologyOutlines co-founder Hooman Rashidi to augment that resource. Their new app was released in mid-August. https://health.ucdavis.edu//medical-student-takes/2020/09

Six months in: UC Davis Health delivers cutting-edge care during pandemic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ItvABDJKmA&feature=youtu.be

Timothy Albertson, a specialist in pulmonary and critical care medicine, is leading an OSCAR clinical trial at UC Davis Health for patients with COVID-19-related pulmonary complications. It will evaluate the efficacy and safety of a single infusion of otilimab. https://health.ucdavis.edu//new-oscar-clinical-tr/2020/09

In celebration of the American Medical Association's Women in Medicine Month, UC Davis School of Medicine Dean Allison Brashear joined us for a Facebook Live conversation on Sept. 21 to emphasize the need to advance women in the profession. https://www.facebook.com/UCDavisHealth/videos/675079779775318/?extid=6pKhtiYM5bZ6etYU

During the Annual Service of Gratitude ceremony, broadcast via Zoom and Facebook Live this past Saturday, students expressed appreciation to the family members whose loved ones donated their bodies to the UC Davis School of Medicine anatomy program. https://www.facebook.com/UCDavisMedicine/videos/240902630692543/?extid=r4nC0Ue37OQFDCio

The Wide Open Walls art festival is bringing three uplifting murals from Sacramento artists to enrich the UC Davis Health campus and the neighborhood. This week, local artists Ana Valentine and Jose Di Gregorio began work on their murals. https://health.ucdavis.edu//murals-from-local-art/2020/09

The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) has awarded UC Davis Health’s Wraparound Violence Intervention Program $966,049 in funding to combat violence in the Sacramento area. The program is designed to support victims of violence and reduce the likelihood of subsequent violence involvement and re-injury. https://health.ucdavis.edu//wraparound-program-re/2020/09