The hub of disease and biomarker research, the Integrative Health Sciences Facility Core (IHSFC) is a liaison to animal laboratories, human clinical studies, tissue biorepositories and statistical support that connects EHSC researchers' work with CEC and community partners.
Our responsibilities:
The IHSFC provides researchers with access to experts and resources in multiple colleges, schools and centers, including:
One of the main priorities of the UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center (EHSC) is to help develop partnerships between environmental health researchers and the communities where they work. EHSC’s Community Engagement Core works with researchers and community groups to help build these relationships, which focus on the San Joaquin Valley and other areas throughout California.
Diversity, equity and inclusion initiative takes off
In January 2021, the UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center's Community Engagement Core (CEC) submitted the proposal below to its leadership, with the hope that it would be a springboard for action. While the CEC initiated this call, it sees the responsibility of anti-racism work falling on the shoulders of the Center as a whole. This document has been edited for the web.
This curriculum is a two-day workshop that walks researchers and community groups through the essential tenets of community participatory research. It covers everything from building equitable partnerships and understanding power dynamics, to leveraging university resources and more.
Jonathan K. London, PhD is an expert in participatory research, rural community development and community-engaged planning. He connects researchers to California’s rural communities by focusing on environmental justice issues.
Learn which community groups, government agencies and non-profits are on the Community Advisory Committee at the UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center.
