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The UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center facilitates multidisciplinary scientific and community-driven research collaborations to reduce diseases related to the environment.

09/01/2026

UC Davis School of Medicine and the Environmental Health Sciences Center are now accepting applications for the 2026–2027 Dean's Fellowship in Environmental Health Sciences.

📅 Applications due September 8, 2026, via InfoReady.
🔗 Learn more and apply: https://ucdavis.infoready4.com/ /2025096

This fellowship is designed for junior to mid-career faculty at UC Davis or UC Davis Health who want to bring their clinical or research expertise into the growing field of environmental health — studying how exposures like air pollution, water contaminants, and agricultural chemicals affect conditions from cancer to cardiovascular disease.

Selected fellows receive up to $35,000/year for one to two years, dedicated mentorship, and priority access to EHSC resources to help build an independent research program.

If you know a colleague who'd be a great fit, please share this with them!

Graphic Description: Image of researchers/students with blue background and yellow illustrations of a stethoscope and DNA strand. EHSC wordmark at bottom. Text: UC Davis School of Medicine Dean's Environmental Health Sciences Fellowship. Applications Due September 8. Up to $35,000/year in partial salary support (1–2 years). Mentorship + career support . Focus on air quality, climate, chemicals and more. For junior and mid-Career faculty at UC Davis or UC Davis Health.

07/18/2026

We are proud to introduce Jonathan Credo, M.D., Ph.D. — EHSC's 2026 Environmental Health Sciences Scholar. 🌿

He is currently a third-year resident in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry at UC Davis — training he pursued, in his own words, because communities he served kept asking for collaborations that included both medical and mental health expertise.

Dr. Credo grew up connected to the Diné (Navajo) and Filipino communities, and that connection shapes everything he does as a scientist and physician. He has spent years working side by side with Native American tribes and communities to understand how their local environment affects the health of their children and families — and then do something about it.

In one recent project, he partnered with a southern Arizona tribe to measure how air quality was affecting schoolchildren. The team didn't just publish a report — they sat down with Tribal educators and leaders, built workshops together, and helped the community launch its own air quality monitoring program with real funding and real equipment.

Dr. Credo believes communities deserve to be at the table from day one. He has mentored more than 40 young people — many from rural and Native backgrounds — and is both a research scientist at UC Davis and Northern Arizona University and a practicing physician at UC Davis.

We are honored to support his work. Please share his story so more people learn about the difference community-centered science can make. 💚

Read more about Dr. Jonathan Credo: https://environmentalhealth.ucdavis.edu/scientists/funding/environmental-health-science-scholar-award/jonathan-credo

Image Description: Picture of Jonathan Credo smiling. Text 1: "2026 EHS Scholar Jonathan Credo, M.D., Ph.D.. Text 2: "I am reminded of the wisdom of kind words shared with me by an elder: Medicine allows you to treat, psychiatry provides the space to heal, and education will let you share. -- Dr. Jonathan Credo, EHS Scholar."

07/17/2026

Alzheimer’s disease affects millions of families, and while age and genetics are well-known risk factors, researchers are increasingly exploring how environmental exposures may also influence brain health. One question is whether the air we breathe could play a role.

EHSC members are helping researchers better understand the connections between environmental factors and health outcomes such as Alzheimer’s disease.

A new study led by UC Davis researchers, including four of our members, examined how chronic exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) affects Alzheimer’s disease–related pathology in a genetically susceptible rat model.

Researchers found that chronic exposure to TRAP promoted Alzheimer’s disease–relevant outcomes, including increased amyloid plaque accumulation and accelerated neuronal cell loss in certain groups of rats. Amyloid plaques are deposits of protein that accumulate in the brain and are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers did not observe significant effects on tau pathology, another key feature of the disease.

While more research is needed to understand how these findings translate to human health, studies like this help researchers better understand how environmental exposures may contribute to diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

Read the full study here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2026.103472

06/10/2026

Research doesn't just live in journals. Sometimes, it lives best on screen.

This week at the American Industrial Hygiene Association Annual Meeting, filmmaker Paige Bierma and EHSC’s Jen Biddle had the privilege of screening “𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐝: 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞” for a group of occupational health professionals — OSHA representatives, California Department of Public Health staff, graduate students, government officials, and AIHA members dedicated to advancing worker health for the most vulnerable.

🎬 Watch "Dignidad" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoqKlHgcMTs

"Dignidad" is a PBS documentary produced by the UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center. It follows domestic workers in California who organized for CalOSHA protections during the pandemic — workers who were three times more likely to contract COVID-19 than the general California population, yet had almost no legal workplace protections.

Watching people who work in science and policy sit with these stories — and the conversation that followed — reminds us why this work matters beyond the data. CA Domestic Workers Coalition

Graphic description: "Dignidad: Domestic Workers' Struggle for Justice in California" text overlay on maroon background with magenta pink papel picado design, New Orleans in neon, and AIHA, COEH and EHSC logos.

06/05/2026

Did you know microplastics have been detected in blood, breast milk, the placenta, and even the brain? As a parent, it's natural to wonder what that means for your family — and what you can actually do about it.

UC Davis Public Health Sciences professor and EHSC member Deborah Bennett, Ph.D. put together 10 simple, practical swaps to help reduce microplastic exposure in your everyday life. Some of them might surprise you!

👉 Read the full list here: Microplastics: 10 easy ways to reduce your exposure https://health.ucdavis.edu/blog/cultivating-health/microplastics-10-easy-ways-to-reduce-your-exposure/2026/05

Small changes can make a big difference for your family's health. 💙

05/27/2026

We're thrilled to share that Janine LaSalle, Ph.D., has been elected a Fellow of the AAAS - The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) — one of the highest honors in science. 🎉

Dr. LaSalle is a professor at the UC Davis School of Medicine and deputy director of our UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center (EHSC). Her pioneering research into gene-environment epigenetics has shed new light on the biological mechanisms behind autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions.

This is exactly the kind of work EHSC was built for — exploring how environmental exposures shape gene expression across generations and translating that science into prevention strategies that reach the communities who need them most, including those facing disproportionate environmental health burdens.

Read more about Dr. LaSalle's research and what it means for the future of population health: https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/two-researchers-elected-as-aaas-fellows-for-shaping-science-of-neurological-conditions/2026/03

See the full list of 2025 AAAS Fellows: https://www.aaas.org/page/2025-fellows

Graphic: Sepia portrait of Dr. LaSalle with blue DNA strand on green background, with AAAS fellowship details and link to environmentalhealth.ucdavis.edu

05/01/2026

Happy May Day, California!

📍 𝐑𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
➡️ Monday, May 4, 2026, at 12:00pm
🏛️ State Capitol, 14th and L Street, Sacramento

This Monday, May 4, stand with UC leaders, faculty, students, and working people at the Rally for California Science in Sacramento — in support of SB 895, the California Science and Health Research Bond Act.

SB 895 would put a $23 billion bond before voters to fund the research that powers our communities: cancer treatments, mental health breakthroughs, cleaner air, and wildfire resilience. This is science that saves lives right here in California.

Join UC President Milliken, Senator Scott Wiener, and UAW President Shawn Fain on May 4. Our health, our jobs, and our future are worth showing up for. 💙🔬

Learn how UC leaders, faculty and students are urging lawmakers to fully fund UC: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-leaders-faculty-and-students-urge-lawmakers-fully-fund-university

Urge lawmakers to dedicate research bond funding for UC: https://universityofcalifornia.quorum.us/campaign/158142/

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95616

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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https://environmentalhealth.ucdavis.edu/

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