UC DAVIS MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT OFFERS GUIDANCE FOR REDUCING DISPARITIES IN CARE
November 2, 2007 —  A draft report by the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities that is meant to serve as a guide for California counties in carrying out the prevention and early intervention component of the landmark 2005 Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) was among the issues addressed by experts and state officials during a special meeting at the state Capitol earlier this week.

UC DAVIS RESEARCHERS WIN GRANT FOR LATINO PALLIATIVE CARE CANCER STUDY
May 1, 2007 —  UC Davis researchers have received a two-year, $144,000 grant from the American Cancer Society's new Palliative Care Initiative to develop and test a Spanish-language educational program for Latino cancer patients and their caregivers.

UC DAVIS CONFERENCE FUND OFFERS SUPPORT TO NONPROFIT ATTENDEES
January 2, 2007 —  The National Institute of Mental Health has provided a grant to UC Davis to support community-based mental health staff who wish to participate in the upcoming conference, “From Research to Policy: Reducing Disparities in Mental Health Care.”

UC DAVIS SELECTED FOR NATIONAL PROGRAM TO IMPROVE LANGUAGE SERVICES FOR PATIENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
December 13, 2006 —  UC Davis Health System has been selected as one of 10 participants in a national program to improve the quality of health care provided to hospital patients with limited English proficiency.

UC DAVIS FACULTY HONORED FOR THEIR WORK IN AUTISM RESEARCH, OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
November 1, 2006 —  Three UC Davis faculty members have been honored for their contributions in the areas of autism research, otolaryngology and community service.

UC DAVIS HEALTH DISPARITIES EXPERT ELECTED CHAIR OF NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION
June 21, 2006 —  Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, professor of clinical internal medicine and director of the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities, was unanimously elected this week as chair of the National Mental Health Association's (NMHA) board of directors.

UC DAVIS MEDICAL STUDENT CHOSEN AS A 2006 GLOBAL HEALTH FELLOW
April 20, 2006 —  Roxanne Aga, a second-year medical student, has studied tuberculosis in Pakistan, on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and among the homeless in San Francisco. Now the 28-year-old UC Davis School of Medicine student has a new challenge.

UC DAVIS PHYSICIAN HONORED FOR PIONEERING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OF HISPANIC COMMUNITY
January 13, 2006 — Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, a professor of internal medicine at UC Davis School of Medicine and an internationally renowned expert on mental health in ethnic populations, was honored with a National Minority Health Community Leadership Award (Hispanic Community) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health.