WHAT IF...

We could improve health while aging?

We Can

New medical and scientific knowledge is helping to improve and extend the lives of animals and humans as they age. Research is helping us make better lifestyle decisions while also developing new medications and treatments.

Faculty Spotlight

Dr. Jon Ramsey discusses how lifestyle changes can both extend lifespans and delay age-related diseases in animals.

Healthy aging research at UC Davis Veterinary Medicine

Cortopassi Lab

Dr. Gino Cortopassi’s laboratory investigates potential environmental or chemical hazards to healthy aging as well as the development of novel mTORC1 drugs to extend lifespans.

Find out more about the work of the Cortopassi Lab

Veterinary Institute for Regenerative Cures

By promoting both stem cell biotechnology and tissue engineering, the institute is leading the way in developing novel therapeutics for animals and people.

Find out more about the work of the Veterinary Institute for Regenerative Cures

J.D. Wheat Veterinary Orthopedic Research Laboratory

The Wheat Laboratory investigates injury and regeneration of bone and cartilage cells, with breakthroughs that are applicable across species.

Find out more about the work of the J.D. Wheat Veterinary Orthopedic Research Laboratory

Global Health

"The school’s Rx One Health field course presented itself as the perfect opportunity to learn about the connectedness of things. For example, we learned how maintaining healthy watersheds is crucial to maintaining healthy ecosystems and communities."

— Peruvian Ph.D. student Andrea Lavarello Schettini, DVM, MPH, (left) with Rx One Health classmates