Office of Research and Graduate Education
A strong research program generates new knowledge that improves animal health, public health and environmental health. The Office of Research and Graduate Education develops and administers public and private grant funding to centers and investigators across a broad spectrum of health issues and species interests. Faculty members share their findings through classroom teaching, scientific publications and clinical practice.
The Office of Research and Graduate Educationalso coordinates graduate education opportunities at the School of Veterinary Medicine as well as fellowships that foster student interest in research and academic careers. Visit the site.
Merial Veterinary Scholars Program
The Merial Veterinary Scholars Program provides an opportunity for veterinary schools to expose students in their first two years of veterinary medical school to biomedical research.
Centers of Excellence
The school's centers of excellence foster faculty collaborations, identify funding, oversee scientific projects, and develop new knowledge. Centers may focus on a particular species group such as companion animals, horses, food animals or wildlife. Health issues and multidisciplinary themes may also define a center: food safety; vectorborne, tropical and other infectious diseases; orthopedics and more. Some centers run entirely on private donations.
Research Centers
100K Foodborne Pathogen Genome Project
California Animal Health & Food Safety Laboratory System (CAHFS)
California National Primate Research Center
Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCEH)
Center for Companion Animal Behavior (CCAB)
Center for Companion Animal Health (CCAH)
Center for Comparative Medicine (CCM)
Center for Equine Health (CEH)
Center for Food Animal Health (CFAH)
Center for Laboratory Animal Science (CLAS)
Center for Vectorborne Diseases (CVEC)
Clinical Endocrinology Laboratory
Comparative Cancer Center (CCC)
Comparative Pathology Laboratory (CPL)
Dairy Food Safety Laboratory (DFSL)
Equine Viral Disease Laboratory (EVDL)
G. V. Ling Urinary Stone Analysis Laboratory
International Animal Welfare Training Institute
International Institute for Human-Animal Networks
International Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Tropical Diseases (ILMBTD)
J.D. Wheat Veterinary Orthopedic Research Laboratory (VORL)
Real-time PCR Research and Diagnostics Core Facility
Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN)
University of California Veterinary Medical Center - San Diego
Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL)
Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center (VMTRC)
Research Centers
Research technician Alicja Omanska uses a laser microdissection and catapulting system, which utilizes cold ablation method of cutting tissue using a nitrogen pulse UV-A laser. It is one of the many services offered at the Real-time PCR Research and Diagnostics Core Facility, a UC Davis laboratory offering Real-time PCR research including but not limited to human, cancer, stem-cells, plant, rodent along with diagnostic services for veterinarians. It is part of the University of California School of Veterinary Medicine.
