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A large contingent of representatives from the UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine recently presented research projects at the 2026 American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) Surgery Summit, ACVS’ annual conference, held this year in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

Fourth-year DVM students Dylan Caro and Rohit Chopra presented their bone density research projects, while third-year DVM student Tyler Misraje presented her project about bone behavior with joint replacement implants.

In addition, the students fielded questions from the surgeon audience. 

Coefficient Giving, a philanthropic funder and advisor committed to cost-effective, high-impact giving, has awarded $30 million to the University of California Malaria Initiative (UCMI) to advance its work in preventing the mosquito-driven spread of malaria. The new funding continues a partnership between Coefficient Giving and UCMI that began in 2019 and will support UCMI's growing collaboration with the Government of Equatorial Guinea to implement UCMI’s gene drive technology in support of the country's national malaria elimination goals.  

The Dentistry and Oral Surgery Service recently attended the Veterinary Dental Forum (VDF), the annual meeting of the American Veterinary Dental College (AVDC).

Dr. David Guzman, chief of the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital’s (VMTH) Companion Exotic Animal Medicine and Surgery Service, was recently named the T.J. Lafeber Avian Practitioner of the Year. Dr. Guzman was presented the award this past weekend at the 47th Annual Association of Avian Veterinarians (AAV) Conference & Expo in Austin, Texas. Dr.

For the first time in more than 45 years, the UC Davis William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) will host a one-year Small Animal Rotating Internship for the 2027-28 academic year. Five positions will be offered to veterinarians looking to improve their clinical skills across a wide range of small animal specialties.

Dr. Rachel Hanford, a third-year resident in medical oncology received the Edward L. Gillette Memorial Award for Outstanding Research Poster Presentation, presented recently at the annual Veterinary Cancer Society Conference. 

“To look at her now, you wouldn’t think anything happened to her,” exclaimed Andrea Barbee owner of Tessa, a 5-year-old border collie who was kicked in the head by a horse.

The UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine received the 2026 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence and Distinction (HEED) Award from Insight Into Academia magazine, the largest and oldest publication dedicated to best practices in higher education. 

A free bilingual training program developed by the UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine and The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received global recognition from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

Some of the most difficult cancers to treat occur in the brain. Despite decades of research, outcomes for many children, adults and companion animals with aggressive brain tumors have improved little.

UC Davis is bringing together experts from human and veterinary medicine to help change that trajectory.