Our Partners

UC Davis is recognized internationally as a leader in agriculture, food science, nutrition, life sciences and health. The Foods for Health Institute (FFHI) is a comprehensive campus initiative that includes research, outreach and teaching programs in the arena of food and health. It utilizes UC Davis' interdisciplinary strengths, spanning from agricultural and food sciences to the clinical assessment of food components.

The core components of the FFHI include research and outreach in the arenas of: Quality of Life, Education and Policy, Food Engineering and Processing, and Medicinal Nutrition. The FFHI includes participating faculty and programs from the School of Medicine, the School of Veterinary Medicine, the School of Engineering, the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the College of Biological Science, the College of Letters and Science, the USDA Western Human Nutrition Center, and it interfaces actively with other related institutes on the Davis campus such as the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, the Nutritional Genomics Center and the Agriculture Sustainability Institute.

Industry Affiliate Program

International Partners

University Partners

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...

Our Partners

FFHI Faculty member, Bill Ristenpart

Nutritional Genomics Conference:

The Impact of Dietary Regulation of Gene Function on Human Disease

Food and Health Entrepreneurship Academy