Research

Last week, the UC Davis released results from the Washington Advisory Group (WAG), analyzing its research portfolio and its strengths and weaknesses.  The university spent over a quarter million on this report, which, while hopeful, was quite critical of the university, calling to task the culture of the university as "risk-averse, modest, and insular."

We know from local discussions in city politics that the city has looked to forge partnerships with the university to bring in high-tech spinoffs, but the report hit on this as a university problem, as well.  According to the report, "relationships with industry on research or joint programs were frowned upon by former administrations as counter to what a university is all about. As a consequence, collaborative programs with industry are new to Davis and are in response to government agency requirements or suggestions."

Doctoral Candidate and former UC Davis (UCD) nurse researcher Janet Keyzer has filed a lawsuit against the Regents of the University of California, alleging that she and her husband were terminated from their employment at UC Davis after Ms. Keyzer reported research violations.

According to the suit filed on September 18, Ms. Keyzer began working within the Community Oriented Pain Management Exchange (COPE) in April 2006, which was created to evaluate pain diagnosis and treatment at California State Prisons. It was a federally-funded collaborative effort between UCD, the California Department of Corrections (CDC), and the Correctional Medicine Network at UC San Francisco (UCSF).