UC Davis Medicine - The Institution's principal publication for alumin, friends and physicians


	Calendar of Events

	Letter from the Vice Chancellor

	News in Brief

	Honors and Awards

	Portraits of Giving

	UC Davis Medical Alumni

	Alumni Profile: Jessica Núñez de Ybarra

	Bioethics: Ben Rich new chair holder

	Class Notes

	In Memoriam

	Scholarships

	Spring Break 2007

PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA FARMWORKERS

Overcoming cultural and industrial barriers, UC Davis has developed an extraordinary expertise in the occupational health and safety of California's farmworkers.

KEEPING MODERN DISEASE AT BAY

A new class of 21st-century plagues – bird flu, Mad Cow, West Nile, and even some old threats like tuberculosis – keeps UC Davis infectious disease specialists working 24/7.

BREATHING EASIER

By jumping at rare opportunities and exploiting their expertise, UC Davis researchers are often the first to answer important questions about the impact of the environment on the health of communities it serves.

CREATING A NEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

NEW STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT SET TO OPEN




	UC Davis research into the occupational health of California farmworkers gives the institution a unique strength to its public health program. Read More...




	UC Davis has taken a leadership role in promoting disaster preparedness among its staff and the communities it serves through its research, education and outreach. Christian Sandrock, assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine at UC Davis Health System, has prepared a six-course instructional online series that provides primary health-care providers and others the basics of disaster preparedness, as well as identifying resources for further information. The courses are available free for viewing at UC Davis' Continuing Medical Education Web site at www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu /cme/distance_education/ webevents/. The courses are CME-accredited, offering an hour of continuing education credit to physicians for each module. Topics include: General Disaster Preparedness Bioterrorist Threats Chemical and Radiation Threats Emerging Infections Infectious Diseases and Natural Disasters Avian Influenza This is one of many public-health programs UC Davis provides. This issue of UC Davis Medicine focuses on the strengths the UC Davis public-health program offers, from pandemic planning and infectious-disease research to food safety and environmental health.

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