The University of California-Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, California, functions as a vital academic health center transforming healthcare through integrated education, research, and patient care for Northern and Central California. It provides a wide array of programs including the MD, MD/PhD, Physician Assistant, and Master of Public Health degrees, alongside diverse graduate programs in biomedical sciences. The school boasts a significant research enterprise, supported by substantial NIH funding, focusing on critical areas like cancer, neuroscience, and public health. As the base for the UC Davis Medical Center, which includes a Level I trauma center and an NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center, it offers advanced clinical training and services. Committed to community engagement and fostering diversity, the school is nationally recognized, particularly for its strengths in primary care and family medicine.
View School of MedicineThe University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institution was first founded as an agricultural branch of the system in 1905 and became the seventh campus of the University of California in 1959.