![Deans Discuss: A UC Davis Podcast](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8647996/deans-discuss-podcast-album-nocovid.jpg)
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In the Deans Discuss: Covid-19 podcast, hosts Allison Brashear, dean of the School of Medicine, and Michael D. Lairmore, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, examine the collaboration taking place across UC Davis to find solutions to a new global threat. They consider the pathways to progress that lie ahead.
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![Rapid Testing 1-2-3](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8647996/deans-discuss-podcast-album-nocovid_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Rapid Testing 1-2-3
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
As universities now strive to safely accommodate students, the need for rapid testing is more urgent than ever. In this episode, the deans discuss ways testing can be ramped up for greater speed and volume. What if a test were so simple you could administer it yourself? What if we tested pools of individuals all at once? We could even test the sewage coming out of the dorms. High-throughput testing techniques already in agricultural practice offer interesting possibilities for COVID-19 testing today.
![Going Pathological](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8647996/deans-discuss-podcast-album-nocovid_300x300.jpg)
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Going Pathological
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
COVID-19 was initially seen as a respiratory disease. But as our understanding improves, we’re uncovering a surprising range of pathologies (such as inflammation, gastrointestinal distress, blood clotting and increased risk of stroke) that affect different age groups. In this episode, the deans discuss what we know about how coronavirus affects humans—and cats. They also reveal some of the advanced technologies, including imaging and artificial intelligence, we’re using to learn more.
![Safe and Effective as Fast as Possible](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8647996/deans-discuss-podcast-album-nocovid_300x300.jpg)
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Safe and Effective as Fast as Possible
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
As the race to develop a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine quickens, UC Davis Health recently announced plans to enroll 120 participants in a national clinical trial in partnership with Pfizer. In this episode, the deans discuss the differences between the very first "live vaccines" of the late 1700s and the cutting-edge messenger RNA vaccine at the heart of this new trial. Find out why diversity is important among participants and why the flu vaccine is especially important this year.
![A New Normal](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8647996/deans-discuss-podcast-album-nocovid_300x300.jpg)
Monday Aug 10, 2020
A New Normal
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
As many aspects of life are resuming despite the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, many industries find themselves embracing a new normal. From increases in the number of telemedicine visits to daily Zoom meetings, new technology is becoming part of everyday life for many people in health care. In this episode, the deans discuss what their new normal looks like.
![Thought for Food](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8647996/deans-discuss-podcast-album-nocovid_300x300.jpg)
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Thought for Food
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
In recent years, the idea of “food as medicine” has gained broad acceptance in health circles. We know it’s important (though not always easy) for people to get proper nutrition from whole foods and limit the intake of highly processed foods. But what happens when a global pandemic disrupts both supply and demand? With lines mounting at food banks throughout the country, our abundance is increasingly unable to reach those who need it most. In this episode, the deans discuss COVID-19’s ripple effects throughout our food supply chain and how innovations in sustainable agriculture might help.
![Stressed Out!](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8647996/deans-discuss-podcast-album-nocovid_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Stressed Out!
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
COVID-19 is straining frontline workers, laid off laborers and everyday families. It has changed the way we get our food, sunlight, exercise and sleep. In this episode, the deans discuss how stress affects us, and what we can do about it. From telemedicine to getting a pet, answers are coming from unexpected places.
![The Resilience Test](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8647996/deans-discuss-podcast-album-nocovid_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 20, 2020
The Resilience Test
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
COVID-19 interrupted everything and applied stress to nearly every aspect of our lives as patients, parents, teachers, students, researchers, employers and employees. It has exposed and exacerbated underlying social and economic problems. In this episode, the deans discuss how the effects of COVID have rippled throughout the system — from sleep loss to homeschool challenges — and how UC Davis is showing its resilience.
![A Research Hub that’s Aggie Square Shaped](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8647996/deans-discuss-podcast-album-nocovid_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 13, 2020
A Research Hub that’s Aggie Square Shaped
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
It’s one thing to conduct groundbreaking research. It’s another to deploy solutions to real world problems — which, as a land grant university, UC Davis was created to do. In today’s episode the deans discuss Aggie Square, a planned research hub that will link Sacramento and Davis campuses and bring in businesses and community leaders as well. It’s intended to promote cross-disciplinary collaboration and continuing education. The result might not only usher in new COVID-fighting technologies but also help fuel our region’s growing innovation sector.
![Innovation in the Time of COVID, Part 2](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8647996/deans-discuss-podcast-album-nocovid_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Innovation in the Time of COVID, Part 2
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
There’s so much exciting science going on right now, the deans decided to pick up where they left off last week to further discuss innovations at the School of Veterinary Medicine and the School of Medicine. Smartphone apps could help make contact tracing more productive and less labor intensive. Scrutinizing air flow within built environments helps us understand how microorganisms make their way through the biome. Plus, we look at how genomic tools could shape our predictions of how this virus will evolve and how we’ll adapt to the next pandemic when it inevitably arrives.
![Innovation in the Time of COVID](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8647996/deans-discuss-podcast-album-nocovid_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Innovation in the Time of COVID
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Responding to a crisis requires creative thinking at a breakneck pace. In this episode, the deans discuss how our multidisciplinary focus is leading to novel solutions—from promising drug trials to scanners that create incredibly nuanced pictures of a patient’s lung damage. UC Davis engineers, mathematicians and even cultural anthropologists are using large data sets and computer modeling to make critical predictions about the behavior of a virus going through a population. Find out how a diversity of minds is solving today’s unique problems.