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The Fruit and Vegetable Foundation announced a $10 million gift to the University of California, Davis School of Medicine and UC Davis Health. This gift establishes the Douglas S. L. Howard, M.D. Endowed Chair in Nutrition for Transformative Healthcare and supports the development of the corresponding program. The UC Davis Nutrition for Transformative Healthcare Program will promote infrastructure, research, and outreach into Whole Food Nutritional Health with the goal of expanding the knowledge and understanding of how fruits and vegetables play an important role in supporting good health.

Wine has long been studied for its cardioprotective effects and some findings link its moderate consumption to an impact on gut microbiome diversity and function. However, researchers from the University of California (UC) Davis, US, point to significant research gaps in interactions between wine’s compounds and those in food, even though wine is “nearly universally paired with food.”

The UC Davis Bariatric Surgery Program recently received a stellar review on re-accreditation from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Metabolic Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). The official review report found that “there is a clear, organization-wide commitment to excellence, with each team member demonstrating a dedicated approach to patient-centered care.”  Under the leadership of Mohamed Ali, M.D., medical director for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, the program received high accolades from the MBSAQIP and achieved maximum re-accreditation as a comprehensive center.

UC Davis Health, UC Davis Department of Nutrition, USDA/ARS, UCLA, and Cedars-Sinai received coverage on Good Morning America for an NIH-sponsored project called the Nutrition for Precision Health Study (NPH), part of the All of Us trial; Sean Adams, Ph.D. is one of the Principal Investigators for NPH.

Grant supports the establishment of a National Center for Metabolic Phenotyping of Mouse Models of Obesity and Diabetes.

Metabolic researchers at UC Davis have illuminated a complex mechanism associated with type 2 diabetes and may have discovered a promising therapeutic target in the process.

Sacramento Business Journal program recognizes professionals under 40 who are excelling in their careers.

Congratulations, Victoria Lyo, M.D., M.T.M., F.A.C.S. on being appointed the Dean’s Scholar in Women’s Health Research by the UC Davis School of Medicine’s Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) program.

Five-year ‘All of Us’ study could accelerate breakthroughs to prevent and treat diseases

Study to focus on fruits and vegetables in controlled clinical environment