The US Department of Agriculture has nominated UC Davis Master in Preventive Veterinary Medicine (MPVM) graduate Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban for the position of undersecretary for food safety. Esteban, a veterinarian who trained at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, has two degrees from UC Davis, an MPVM and a Ph.D. in epidemiology.
The school held its annual Fall Faculty Reception on October 28 and acknowledged those in outgoing and incoming leadership roles, while honoring others with awards for excellence in teaching, research and service.
Dr. Boaz Arzi, DVM, DAVDC, DEVDC, FF-AVDC (OMFS), was recently rated as a top-ranked expert in the field of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) research by Expertscape.
Christine Kreuder Johnson, a professor with the University of California, Davis, One Health Institute in the School of Veterinary Medicine, is among the newly elected members of the National Academy of Medicine as announced today.
Dr. Ashley Hill, DVM, MPVM, PhD, has been appointed as the Associate Dean for Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Operations and Director of the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
Responders with the UC Davis Oiled Wildlife Care Network, a program managed by UC Davis, continue to provide veterinary care for animals impacted by the Orange County oil spill.
The UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL) recently maintained the highest level of that can be achieved by testing laboratories. The ISO/IEC 17025 annual accreditation was renewed by the American National Standards Institute National Accreditation Board (ANAB), the largest multi-disciplinary accreditation body in the western hemisphere, with more than 2,500 organizations accredited in approximately 80 countries.