The Institute for Global Nutrition (IGN) is pleased to announce the Luo-Bagri Family Graduate Researcher Fund, established through a generous gift from the Luo-Bagri Family.
The fund will support graduate students pursuing the UC Davis Designated Emphasis in Global Nutrition, creating new opportunities to advance their research and preparing the next generation of researchers to improve nutrition worldwide.
On Friday, November 14th, 2025, Dr. Lauren Au (Department of Nutrition) joined Vicki Gonzalez on Capital Public Radio to discuss the impact of the government shutdown on food security and what it means for families across the country. Her insights highlight how policy decisions impact families in our communities.
The world is facing a crisis: millions of children and families are beset by hunger and malnutrition, made worse by the combined impact of COVID-19, climate shocks, and the war in Ukraine. For families struggling to overcome poverty, nourishing food is both unaffordable and inaccessible.
A small sachet of a fortified food-based supplement added to young children’s daily diets in low- and middle-income countries has shown remarkable results in preventing child mortality and malnutrition, while also promoting healthy development. The new findings from researchers at the University of California, Davis, based on an analysis combining data from 14 trials, were published in a series of four papers in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The Institute for Global Nutrition and the Office of Research will be co-hosting the inaugural event of the Distinguished Speaker Series in Research and Innovation featuring British economist and food policy researcher Dr. Lawrence Haddad, who will speak on the topic of “Moving towards a healthier food system.” The event will be held on January 29th, 2020 at 4:00 pm in the UC Davis Conference Center.
On November 8th, Dr. Kathryn Dewey participated in the Nobel Prize Dialogue Towards Health: Equality, Responsibility and Research. The 2019 event, held in Berlin Germany, aimed to stimulate discussion on a topical science-related theme by bringing together Nobel Laureates, the world’s leading scientists, key opinion leaders, policy makers, different interest groups and the general public, online as well as on-site.
