Track Record of Innovation | Center for Diagnostic Innovation (CDxI)

Center for Diagnostic Innovation

Pathology Clinical Trials – We are a Destination Laboratory

High-sensitivity troponin (Sponsor: Roche Diagnostics): Faster, more sensitivity test for myocardial infarction. UC Davis Health’s laboratories in the nation became one of the first to offer this test.
First in the nation to validate and implement molecular POC pathogen detection in ICU pts. (Sponsor: Roche Diagnostics)
Largest implementation of Lab In A Tube (LIAT for molecular point-of-care testing for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, and streptococcus A.

Pathology Imaging – Award-winning New Tools

Microscopy with Ultraviolet Surface Excitation (MUSE)
- 2019 Power List, The Pathologist
- 2018 Astellas C3 Technology Award
- 2018 Chancellor’s Innovation Award
Machine-learning applications for digital pathology
- Training sets
- Defining pre-analytic variables

Predictive Analytics

Predicting acute kidney injury in patients with burns and traumatic injuries

Explorer, World’s First Whole Body PET

2020 Chancellor’s Innovation Award
2020 American Business Awards (Stevie Awards): Gold Award in the “Innovation of the Year (Business Products Industries)” category and Silver in “Health and Pharmaceutical Products” category.

Interested in Diagnostic Innovation? Join Us as a Principal Investigator!

The UC Davis Health Center for Diagnostic Innovation (CDxI) welcomes Principal Investigators (PIs) from all departments across both the Sacramento and Davis campuses. Are you scientifically curious? Are you interested in research that will ultimately improve the human condition? Consider joining our diverse cohort of PIs at CDxI.

Types of research?

Investigator initiated:
1. Are you in need of specialized equipment and/or testing personnel?
2. Do you have a research idea and no laboratory of your own?
3. Are you in need of testing in a CAP accredited/CLIA-licensed environment?
4. Do you have a new device, antibody or other invention that you would like to test on human samples?
Industry initiated:
- Are you interested in leading an industry funded research project, but lack an investigative idea?

Who is eligible to be a PI at CDxI?

Any UC Davis faculty member with an interest in participating in high quality research that moves science forward with the ultimate purpose of helping humanity.

Contact Us

For more information on how you can partner with us, please contact:

Florette K. Hazard, M.D.
Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Director, CDxI
Director, Pathology Biorepository
fkhazard@health.ucdavis.edu
CDxI Team Email
hs-cdxi@ucdavis.edu

Clinical Research Oversight Committee:
Learn how to access our laboratory for clinical trials