The following 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis experts from a variety of academic disciplines are available to offer commentary about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and its effects.
We've also compiled our news releases on research related to the coronavirus.
- Zoonotic disease
- Human health
- Animal health
- Economy, stock market, energy
- Food, merchandise and water supply, safety
- Food assistance, safety net
- Prejudice
- Stress and social distancing
- Social and community risk
- Forced closures, 'police power'
Zoonotic disease
is a professor of epidemiology and disease ecology with the at the 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. She is a member of the Board of Directors of and served as global director of the project for 10 years, an early-warning project aimed at finding emerging viruses before they spread to humans. Since 2009, PREDICT has empowered partners in over 30 countries to deploy a One Health approach for zoonotic disease prevention, detection, and response, including supporting 60 laboratories in the world's most risky areas for spillover to be able to do virus discovery. The project's teams have collected and tested samples from more than 164,000 animals and people and detected almost 1,200 potentially zoonotic viruses, among them 160 novel coronaviruses, including multiple SARS- and MERS-like coronaviruses. She can discuss emerging infectious disease, related conservation challenges and global health problem solving strategies. (: What If We Could Immunize the World Against Pandemics?) Contact: kekerlin@ucdavis.edu
is a professor of epidemiology and ecosystem health and associate director of the One Health Institute, where she directs the EpiCenter for Disease Dynamics. She can discuss disease spillover and spread and the drivers of zoonotic disease transmission. She directs animal and human surveillance activities for USAIDs Emerging Pandemic Threats PREDICT project. Contact: kekerlin@ucdavis.edu
Human health
is chief of pediatric infectious diseases and associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Childrens Hospital. He can discuss preventing and treating infections such as the novel coronavirus. He is also co-host of the Kids Considered podcast, a conversation between two pediatricians, discussing child health topics of interest to parents in plain, non-medical language. Contact: dablumberg@ucdavis.edu
is chief of infectious diseases at 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Health. Dr. Cohen specializes in treating challenging syndromes linked with infectious diseases, infection and outbreak control, and the epidemiology of resistant microorganisms. His research focuses on developing new antimicrobial agents. He is available to comment on COVID-19. Contact: hs-publicaffairs@ucdavis.edu
is an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Biological Sciences and at the 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Genome Center. He is fluent in Spanish and can discuss the biology of viruses in general. D穩az-Mu簽oz studies the social lives of viruses: how different viruses interact with other in the same host, and the evolution and ecology of viruses. Contact: samdiazmunoz@ucdavis.edu
Animal health
is a distinguished professor emeritus at the 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and active in research of infectious and immunologic diseases in dogs and cats. He can discuss coronavirus species and disease in cats, dogs and pigs. He is considered a world authority on feline coronavirus diseases such as feline infectious peritonitis, or FIP, a highly fatal disease in kittens. He has led research examining the safety and efficacy of drug treatment for cats with FIP. Contact: ncpedersen@ucdavis.edu
is a professor of small animal medicine at the 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis School of Veterinary Medicine with a special interest in small animal infectious diseases. She can discuss transmission of coronavirus and other infectious diseases between humans and pets. She has co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and is the editor of the Elsevier textbook Canine and Feline Infectious Diseases. Contact: jesykes@ucdavis.edu
is the program director for the 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program. She can speak to animal shelter policy and practices . Hurley is an authority on the welfare of confined cats and dogs, humane and effective strategies to manage community cats, and infectious disease. Her research interests include emerging or re-emerging diseases affecting dogs and cats in shelters, and the relationship between housing, health, wellness and adoption for shelter animals. Contact: kfhurley@ucdavis.edu
is the outreach veterinarian for the 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program. She can discuss best practices for pet owners during coronavirus outbreak. She can also speak about the risk to pets and discuss recommendations for shelters and animal control officers to keep people and animals safe. Contact: clkarsten@ucdavis.edu
Economy, stock market, energy
is the Gallagher Professor of Finance at the 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Graduate School of Management. Barbers focuses on asset pricing, behavioral finance, and private equity. He currently serves on the advisory boards of the Academic Female Finance Committee, or , and the Principles of Responsible Investment, or . He was a principal investigator for the CalPERS Sustainable Investment Research Initiative, or (2012-16), and the finance department editor for (2009-12). He is the founder of the . Contact: 530-752-0512; bmbarber@ucdavis.edu
, professor of economics and finance, has appointments in the Department of Economics and the Graduate School of Management. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a research fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research in London. He currently serves as a co-editor at the Journal of International Economics. His research interests span macroeconomics, finance, international trade and economic history. Contact: amtaylor@ucdavis.edu
, professor of economics, specializes in macroeconomics, central banking and monetary policy. Together with professor Alan M. Taylor and Sanjay R. Singh authored a in March 2020 on the historic economic effects of pandemics. The was written about on Bloomberg.com
is an extension professor at the University of Californias Cooperative Extension and 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Department of Community and Regional Development and teaches in the Department of Human Ecology. Taylor is a recognized leader in utility cooperative governance and has worked widely with energy utilities nationally. Taylor focuses on rural economic issues. Contact: keitaylor@ucdavis.edu
is an assistant professor of Community and Regional Development in the Department of Human Ecology. Her research centers around One Health, a concept that considers health shared among humans, animals and the environment. She is a city planner who conducts spatial analyses to inform practice. Brinkley focuses on economic issues and urban planning.
Contact: ckbrinkley@ucdavis.edu
, assistant professor in the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, is available to discuss his research on U.S. oil and gas supply issues. Contact: mjagerton@ucdavis.edu
See also: Source list on tariffs and trade
Food, merchandise and water supply, safety
, the Frank H. Buck Jr. Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, is the director of the University of California Agricultural Issues Center. He can address food supply-chain issues related to the coronavirus effects. His research and writing focus particularly on the consequences of farm and trade policy on agriculture and the economy. His work on agriculture and trade relates to NAFTA, the European Union and China. Prior to beginning his current position in January 1993, Sumner was the assistant secretary for economics at the United States Department of Agriculture. His research has an emphasis on agricultural trade in the Pacific Rim (especially Korea), dairy industry issues and rice policy. Contact: dasumner@ucdavis.edu
is an assistant Cooperative Extension specialist of food safety in the Department of Food Science and Technology. She can speak about coronavirus and food safety issues. She has expertise in microbial food safety, on-farm food safety related to produce production, food safety of processed foods, and food regulations. She is the regional lead for the Western Regional Center to Enhance Food Safety. She also co-hosts the , which contains food safety information for consumers, growers, and food processors. Click here for information on COVID-19 and food safety. Contact: eldicaprio@ucdavis.edu
, a professor and 51勛圖窪蹋 Cooperative Extension groundwater hydrologist at 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis can discuss the risk for COVID-19 transmission in domestic well water. He works with the agricultural industry, government agencies, and NGOs to manage groundwater resources. Contact: (530) 400-1784, thharter@ucdavis.edu
, chair of the Department of Human Ecology in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, researches equity in health care delivery and chronic disease prevention in rural areas as well as food supply issues. Contact: lasimm@ucdavis.edu
, professor in the Graduate School of Management, conducts cutting edge research on operations and supply chain management. Contact: rachen@ucdavis.edu
is Michael and Joelle Hurlston Presidential Chair and Professor in the Graduate School of Management. Anderson's expertise focuses on performance measurement and cost control systems. Contact: swanderson@ucdavis.edu
Food assistance, safety net
, professor of economics, has written widely on food assistance programs and the safety net in the United States. Recently, she chaired a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine panel advising the U.S. Department of Agricultures Economic Research Service on a .&紳莉莽梯;A recent discussed the responsiveness of TANF, SNAP, unemployment insurance and the EITC during the Great Recession. Contact: bitler@ucdavis.edu
Reducing anxiety and fear; mental health
Peter Yellowlees, M.D., M.B.B.S., is chief wellness officer at 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Health. He is an expert in physician health and telepsychiatry who has published seven books and over 200 scientific articles and book chapters. He was interviewed on about wellness strategies to reduce anxiety brought on by coronavirus. He authored a Medscape about how physicians and health systems can reduce fear around COVID-19. Contact: pmyellowlees@ucdavis.edu; media relations contact: Carole Gan, 916-496-7420, cfgan@ucdavis.edu
is a distinguished professor in Agricultural and Resource Economics. Sexton researches agricultural marketing and trade, economics of cooperatives, and industrial organization. He analyzes agricultural markets, particularly Californian fruit, vegetable, and nut industries. Contact: rich@primal.ucdavis.edu
is the Martin Luther King Jr. Professor at the School of Law. His research focuses on immigration law, criminal procedure, and race and law. Recently he discussed the constitutionality of hoarding food and toilet paper in the times of Coronavirus. Contact: gjchin@ucdavis.edu
is a professor at the Graduate School of Management. He researches the causes, processes, and consequences of wrongdoing in and by organizations. He also investigates the role of power and politics in corporate decision making. Recently he weighed in on the causes of hoarding in times of Coronavirus. Contact: dapalmer@ucdavis.edu
Clare Cannon is an associate professor of community and regional development in the Department of Human Ecology at 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis. Her research covers the intersection of social inequality, health and environmental justice. Earlier this year Cannon and colleagues at Tulane University in New Orleans surveyed almost 400 people about their emotional and mental health as the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns were taking hold. Contact: cebcannon@ucdavis.edu
Paul Hastings is a professor of psychology and a faculty member at the 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Center for Mind and Brain. He is currently running two surveys of personal and social responses to the pandemic. One survey looks at activities focused on others compared to those focused on the self, and a second survey measures how parents specifically are responding to the challenges of the pandemic. Contact: pdhastings@ucdavis.edu
Prejudice
professor of psychology, researches and investigates the cognitive processes underlying social psychology and behavior. In particular, he is interested in how people perceive themselves, other people and groups of people. Much of his research focuses on stereotyping and prejudice. The topics he studies include: how people acquire stereotypes and prejudice, how stereotypes and prejudice affect our perceptions and memories of other people, the extent to which these biases are efficient or even automatic, and how people may or may not control unwanted stereotypes and prejudices. In addition to his academic appointment in psychology, Sherman is an affiliated faculty member of the . He also is principal investigator of the Social Cognition Lab. He currently serves as the editor of Social Cognition. Contact: jsherman@ucdavis.edu
Stress and social distancing
Other professors of psychology on various issues related to COVID-19 effects are listed below. The name offers a link to their full biography and website.
- The importance of supportive social relationships for coping with stress , (received an American Psychological Association early career award for her research investigating how poverty influences childrens development), contact: cehostinar@ucdavis.edu
- Effects of stress on brain and behavior , professor and vice chair, Department of Psychology, contact: bctrainor@ucdavis.edu
- Effective persuasion and communication , contact: aledgerwood@ucdavis.edu See the tips she offers.
Social and community risk
Professor , sociology, has research and publications focusing on environmental hazards and risks; social and community movements; organizations and the economy; and science, technology and innovation studies. He has recently completed his second book, titled Community at Risk: Biodefense and the Collective Search for Security (Stanford University Press). This book focuses on and compares local community based civic politics in three different communities surrounding a controversial and risky government led biodefense proposal. He commented about the virus in the . Contact: tdbeamish@ucdavis.edu
Civil rights, unrest
For sources on historic statue removal, civil rights, unrest, the history of Juneteenth and related issues. Contact: Karen Nikos-Rose, media relations, kmnikos@ucdavis.edu; 530-219-5472.
Forced closures, police power
, professor of law, has written an article for on the subject of the rights of governments to force businesses, schools and other entities to close. States and their cities and counties by extension possess what has long been known as a police power to govern for the health, welfare and safety of their citizens. This broad authority, which can be traced to English common law and is reserved to the states by the 10th Amendment, is far from radical; it justifies why states can regulate at all. Contact: eejoh@ucdavis.edu
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- Karen Nikos-Rose, 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis News and Media Relations, (economics and psychology sources, law, social sciences, business, history), 530-752-6101, kmnikos@ucdavis.edu
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