University of California - Davis - Health System
The University of California-Davis Health System is generally known as UCDavis Health System. It is the organizational overseer and funding mechanism for UC Davis Medical Center, UC Davis School of Medicine, and the Betty Irene School of Nursing. The system is rated exceptionally high for patient care conducted in hospitals affiliated with them and ranks high on funding from the National Institutes of Health. The component schools are very selective in the application process. The medical school only accepts 5-percent of all applicants.
Address
4900 Broadway, Suite 1200
Sacramento, CA 95820
News Office
publicaffairs [at] ucdmc [dot] ucdavis [dot] edu
Phone
(916) 734-9040
Fax
(916) 734-9066
Contact
carole.gan@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
"University of California - Davis - Health System" in the news:
Brain functions that can prevent relapse improve after a year of methamphetamine abstinence
Jun 29, 2009 |
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In a study published online by the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, UC Davis researchers report that it takes at least a year for former methamphetamine users to regain impulse control. The results tell recovering substa ...
Researchers visualize formation of a new synapse
Jun 18, 2009 |
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A protein called neuroligin that is implicated in some forms of autism is critical to the construction of a working synapse, locking neurons together like "molecular Velcro," a study lead by a team of UC Davis researchers ...
Hypertension among lower-status employees lingers well into retirement
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Retirement from some occupations may not provide relief from the potentially devastating health effects of work-related hypertension, according to a new study from UC Davis.
Women with previous abnormal cervical cells at higher risk for recurrence and invasive cancer
May 12, 2009 |
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New research from the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research has found that women who have been treated for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (abnormal cervical cell growth), are at higher risk for a recurrence ...
Researchers identify a protein that may help breast cancer spread, beat cancer drugs
Apr 01, 2009 |
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New research from UC Davis Cancer Center shows that a protein called Muc4 may be the essential ingredient that allows breast cancer to spread to other organs and resist therapeutic treatment. The study, which appears in the ...
Gaps in colorectal cancer screening persist between whites and non-whites
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Colorectal cancer screening among patients with Medicare coverage is increasing, but a persistent gap remains between whites — who are screened most frequently — and all other racial and ethnic groups, according to a new ...
Discovery offers hope for treating kidney cancer
Dec 23, 2008 |
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Kidney cancer is typically without symptoms until it has spread to other organs, when it is also the most difficult to treat. Newer chemotherapies show great promise for extending survival during later disease stages, but ...
UC Davis researchers exploring gene therapy to fight AIDS
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 05, 2008 |
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The apparent success of a case in which German doctors cured a man of AIDS using a bone marrow transplant comes as no surprise to Gerhard Bauer, a UC Davis stem cell researcher. Bauer has been working for more than 10 years ...
