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Dr. Dave Mills Takes Part in a Multi-Million Dollar Gates Foundation Grant to Address Infant Malnutrition

Dr. Dave Mills, the Peter J. Shields Chair of Dairy Food Science at UC Davis and active member of the Foods for Health Institute's Milk Bioactives and Functional Glycobiology programs, is part of a multi-campus, interdisciplinary approach to deliver solutions to the problems of childhood malnutrition in the developing world through a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

FFHI Welcomes Melissa Breck as Human Studies Coordinator

The Foods for Health Institute recently hired a graduate from the Nutrition Department to join the team in a permanent position, continuing the important work that she does in the clinical studies.

The UC Davis Breastfeeding Support Group is a WorkLife Program Going Beyond the University

The Breastfeeding Support Program is one of the WorkLife programs that positions UC Davis as a desirable place from a model employer perspective. In addition to supporting the needs of UC Davis employees, Barbara Ashby and her team have made it a priority to take the Breastfeeding Support Program to the broader community, including undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and their partners and Davis-area residents.

Media Spotlight on Dr. Peter Havel's Work on the Effects of Sugar and Corn Syrup

FFHI faculty member Dr. Peter Havel and his research group have been studying the specific effects of eating sugar in its various forms for nearly 15 years. Their work was recently highlighted in a New York Times Magazine article and this month 60 Minutes was at UCD and UCD Health System for three days filming their current clinical study for an in-depth feature on sugar.