TRACKING WOMEN'S HEALTH OVER TIME

Thousands of Northern California women and researchers at UC Davis have played important roles in two landmark national studies – the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) and the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN).

CHALLENGING CONVENTIONAL WISDOM

For years, it was a familiar story line. As women aged and began experiencing incontinence, they were told the bothersome condition was simply a fact of menopausal life. Researcher L. Elaine Waetjen is questioning that.

HEART AND VASCULAR DISEASE IN WOMEN

UC Davis researchers and clinicians are working on solutions that improve women's odds of avoiding or surviving heart disease.

SCHOLARS ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES IN WOMEN

UC Davis researchers Lorena Garcia and Barton Wise are exploring lesser-understood issues in women's health as scholars in the UC Davis School of Medicine's Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH).

NURSING'S FIRST FACULTY MEMBER PROPELS THROUGH MULTIPLE MILESTONES

Perched conspicuously atop Deborah Ward's gray desk at UC Davis' new nursing school are four neat piles. Marked with large, pink Post-It notes, the piles sum up the controlled chaos of Ward's life as she helps the fledgling Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing take flight.

GUIDING GROUNDBREAKING WORK

In three short years, the UC Davis Stem Cell Program has moved to the forefront of regenerative medicine research in California. Director Jan Nolta is the driving force behind the program.