About the UC Davis Foods for Health Institute

The Foods for Health Institute at UC Davis is committed to food, health, and wellness for Californians and for the world. Through cutting-edge research, collaboration, technology transfer, and the generation of highly trained graduates, we are meeting critical and emerging academic, industry, and health needs.

The following links provide our marketing brochure and detailed information on the purpose and organization of theFoods for Health Institute:

FFHI Trifold Brochure

Take a look at the details of our organization. Our marketing brochure depicts the collaborations, areas of research and mission of FFHI.

Foods for Health Initiative Proposal 2004

This thorough outline of FFHI sets the foundation upon which the organization was built as well as our approach to fulfilling our mission and achieving our goals.

Our Goals

Visualize a simple yet informative diagram modeling the FFHI purpose and methodology as described in the 2004 proposal above.

ffhi proposal 2

This figure depicts the approaches targeted by FFHI with the ultimate objective of improving nutrient profiles in available foods.

Executive Commitee Members

View a complete list of our Executive commitee members including a photo and biography of their work, research, and expertise outside of FFHI.

Contact Information

Executive Director Melanie Funes and the dynamic FFHI staff

FFHI Faculty member, Bill Ristenpart

was recently published in Nature for his exciting new research! The new study shows that there is a point at which an increased electrical field actually keeps droplets from coalescing.

These surprising findings, published in the Sept. 17 issue of the journal Nature, could lead to improved applications in diverse fields including microchip manufacturing, biofuel and crude oil purification, and food oil processing. The research also increases our understanding of atmospheric conduction. Link to article...

About the UC Davis Foods for Health Institute

FFHI Faculty member, Bill Ristenpart

Nutritional Genomics Conference:

The Impact of Dietary Regulation of Gene Function on Human Disease

Food and Health Entrepreneurship Academy