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For scientists

Every tool you need. Every stage of your research.

Tackling the complex challenges of environmental health requires more than individual expertise — it takes a coordinated ecosystem of resources, collaboration, and community. The UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center supports its researchers at every stage, from early-career development to community-engaged fieldwork, through a suite of specialized cores and programs. Whether you're designing a study, interpreting exposure data, building community partnerships, or preparing a grant proposal, EHSC's infrastructure is built to help you do your best science.
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The UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center offers unique programs and services supporting environmental health researchers

The UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center (EHSC) is a multidisciplinary research center funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) whose member scientists work across the fields of engineering, medicine, veterinary medicine and agricultural, environmental and biological sciences. EHSC provides investigators with opportunities to collaborate on grants and share technical expertise and laboratories, laying the foundation for greater innovation, new funding streams and better, more sustainable results. Several key cores and programs help support EHSC's mission and research.

Our Career Development Program

Our Career Development Program facilitates new scientific knowledge, technical capabilities and inter- and trans-disciplinary research groups. Its goal is to develop an environmental health sciences workforce that can solve future environmental health problems. The program is open to early stage investigators in environmental health sciences or established researchers new to environmental health sciences and offers:

  • Mentoring
  • Environmental Health Sciences Scholar Program
  • Best Practices in Research Program Management and Leadership
  • Monthly Aims Review Meeting

Aims Review: Our monthly Aims Review helps investigators prepare to submit intramural or extramural research proposals by assigning a senior scientist or scientists to review the project's Specific Aims. These reviews happen regularly on the second Monday of each month from 12:00 PM—1:30 PM on Zoom. Check our events listing for upcoming meetings.

Environmental Health Sciences Scholars: Each year, the UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center recognizes an up-and-coming researcher who shows exceptional talent and promise in their field of study. Read about the Environmental Health Science Scholars who've earned this distinction so far:

UC Davis School of Medicine Environmental Health Sciences Fellowship: The UC Davis School of Medicine Environmental Health Sciences Fellowship is a unique opportunity for promising junior to mid-career faculty at the UC Davis School of Medicine (SOM) that can accelerate their career development as independent, multi-disciplinary researchers and academic leaders. Our Center established this fellowship with the SOM as one of its major strategic initiatives to recruit investigators new to EHS who bring expertise, innovative approaches and technology that can expand research to create new opportunities for growing a cadre of environmental health researchers at UCD.

Best Practices in Research Program Management and Leadership: This program runs over the course of the academic year with sign-ups usually happening at the beginning of the Fall term. If you're interested in participating in the next one, contact one of the Career Development Program Co-directors. Course topics include:

  • Managing meetings
  • Communication
  • Managing conflict
  • Budgeting
  • Leadership styles
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Case presentations

Co-directors