About Molecular Biosciences Department
The Department of Molecular Biosciences serves as the academic home for all nutritional, physiological chemistry, and pharmacologic and toxicologic programs of the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis. Our goal is to study fundamental biological processes and their perturbations by mutations, nutrition, drugs and xenobiotics and the application of these to the improvement of animal and human health. Faculty participate in a number of graduate groups including Genetics, Microbiology, Neurosciences, Nutritional Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, and Pharmacology & Toxicology. The department also contributes substantially to school and campus initiatives in Environmental and Human Health. Faculty include toxicologists at the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System (CAHFS) and provide expertise for the Equine Analytical Program of the State of California. The department also shares responsibility for the Clinical Pharmacology, Clinical Toxicology, and Clinical Nutrition Programs, including the Nutrition Service at the VMTH.
Faculty
- Angelastro, James
- Cortopassi, Gino
- Cummings, Bethany
- Datta, Sandipan
- Dedkova, Elena
- Giulivi, Cecilia
- Grodzki, Cris
- Havel, Peter J.
- Jegede, Olukayode
- (Joy) Jiang, Xiaosong
- Kim, Dongsuk
- Knych, Heather
- Larsen, Jennifer
- Lein, Pamela J
- Moeller, Benjamin
- Poppenga, Robert
- Ramsey, Jon J.
- Rumbeiha, Wilson
- Rutkowsky, Jennifer
- Stanhope, Kimber
- Tomilov, Alexey
- Zhou, Zeyu
Emeritus Faculty
- Buckpitt, Alan R.
- Fascetti, Andrea J.
- Hansen, Robert J.
- Gorin, Fred
- Morris, James G.
- Pessah, Isaac N.
- Puschner, Birgit
- Rogers, Quinton R.
- Stanley, Scott
- Vulliet, Rick
Staff
Ashley Carr
Chief Administrator Officer (CAO)
1203 VM3B
Phone: (530) 754-1501
Email: ashcarr@ucdavis.edu
Sylvia Centeno
Academic & Staff Personnel
1210 VM3B
Phone: (530) 752-0774
Email: scenteno@ucdavis.edu
Tracey Fernandez
Program Analyst
1213 Vet Med 3B
Phone: (530) 754-8157
tfernandez@ucdavis.edu
Caprice Haan
APC/VMB Business Assistant
1210 VM3B
E-mail: cehaan@ucdavis.edu
Gina Plessas
Financial Analyst IV
1210 VM3B
E-mail: glpessas@ucdavis.edu
Vivian Yu
Account Manager, Personnel & Grants Assistant
1207 Vet Med 3B
Phone: (530) 752-1374
ybin@ucdavis.edu