Note: The UCD administration and the involved transit agencies have made substantial improvements to their originally planned replacement for the UCD intercampus shuttle. Many intercampus commuters believe their concerns have been (or are planned to be) addressed sufficiently. Many of these changes are due to advocacy by commuters and the institutions’ responses to them. This website serves to preserve a snapshot of the situation as it stood in December 2019.

The issue

Updated December 12th, 2019. For earlier descriptions of the issue, see the archive.

UC Davis has operated an intercampus shuttle between its Davis and Sacramento campuses for over 30 years. Many riders have shaped their lives around the service in its current form, e.g., buying homes, setting up childcare and school enrollment, and organizing two working parent schedules.

The current intercampus shuttle service is well-used and well-liked. Positive aspects include: efficient and direct campus-to-campus route, high capacity for riders (60+) and bicycles (12), comfortable seats that allow for productivity and rest, seatbelts, and low cost.

UC Davis is planning to eliminate the intercampus shuttle (effective April 2020) and is directing intercampus commuters to a new Yolobus/SacRT public transit line. The new line will not be managed or controlled by UC Davis.

The UC Davis administration did not investigate the needs and priorities of existing intercampus commuters prior to deciding that the public transit route would be a suitable substitute for the intercampus shuttle.

Intercampus commuters have worked directly with the transit agencies responsible for the new route (particularly SacRT), and the agencies have made substantial changes to the original plans in order to better serve the needs of intercampus commuters. The agencies have increased the frequency of service and have added express buses. Despite riders’ repeated outreach to UC Davis, these improvements were only achieved by riders reaching out directly to SacRT.

The new service still has several major shortcomings compared with the existing service. The buses will lack seatbelts and the express service will have reduced capacity for bikes.

Although it has recently expressed greater interest in listening to riders’ needs, UC Davis has still failed to make a formal commitment to maintain direct intercampus connectivity in the long term. It will have little control over the new public transit route, and if the route is discontinued after its 3-year trial period, intercampus commuters may be left without a transit option.

Path To Yes!

At the Nov. 18th SacRT and YCTD board meetings, the SacRT board instructed their staff to work with the current ridership to find out what a “Path To Yes” (i.e., a minimum acceptable transit service) would be by the Dec. 9th, 2019 board meeting. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg also reached out to the riders via Julia Burrows to work with us.

On Nov. 22nd the “Across the Causeway Transit Riders Collective” released their “Path To Yes” vision to SacRT, YCTD, Mayor Steinber, and UC Davis. You can view this vision in the:

Path to Yes Document

Media coverage

Official Information From Involved Agencies

Social Media #ucdshuttle

Personal stories

Read personal stories about the importance of the shuttle in riders’ lives.

Endorsements

Intercampus commuters’ demands of the UCD administration have been endorsed by multiple groups:

Fact-checking UCD’s claims

Fact checks last updated Dec 12th, 2019. As the plans have changed over time, so has the fact-checking. Fact-checks from earlier periods can be accessed in the archive.

Reasons for the change

Claim: The bus services are changing because ridership in recent years has been in decline [1].

Fact: The data used to justify the shuttle cancellation is flawed:

The planners have reported on ridership data gathered by headcounts provided by the charter bus service. However, more careful analysis indicates that the dataset is incomplete. By contrast, long-time riders have reported that ridership has steadily increased.

The planners are estimating current and future revenue from flawed back-of-the-envelope calculations rather than using real ticket sales. Their calculations of current ticket sales estimate $3.50 in sales per bus (1-2 riders), which is likely off by an order of magnitude.

The planners have yet to collate, analyze, and/or provide data collected on ticket sales through TAPS and the cashier’s office.

In the town hall meetings, Mr. Dulcich acknowledged the new transit line is justified by inaccurate ridership and revenue values.

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Claim: UCD cannot afford to keep the current shuttle line.

Fact: At all four of the Nov 6 and 7 town hall meetings, no budget hardline was provided that indicated that UCD could not afford the current shuttle line. One simple solution that has yet to be explored is to retain the current shuttle system and sell tickets to the general public to offset the costs. Mr. Dulcich responded that it’s an “interesting point”.

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Claim: The new bus line will save us money and make the university “recession proof.”

Fact: According to Mr. Dulcich during the Nov 7 town hall meeting, UCD plans to contribute the same monetary amount toward the operation of the new public bus line, thus not resulting in any saving. Features of the new buses

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Claim: New buses will be attractive and preferred for the active users.

Fact: The ridership has expressed major reservations with the proposed changes, as can be seen in the open letter sent to decision makers like Chancellor May and published on this website. Within the first week, the open letter has been signed by > 558 people. Preferences of the active users have largely been neglected with no polling that explicitly lays out route and schedule options. At one of the town hall meetings on November 6th, 2019, the ridership requested to be polled and were told that we will hear by November 15th, 2019 about the option to do a poll. No polling option was presented. Recent improvements to the planned schedule were only achieved by riders reaching out directly to SacRT.

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Claim: The new buses will not have seatbelts because it’s normal to not have them.

Fact: In 2006, a UC Davis shuttle bus flipped over on Highway 50 traveling at 65 mph, sending 20 passengers and the driver to the hospital [2,3]. There were no seatbelts on the bus, but UCD responded by making sure the current ones do. The lessons of the past cannot be forgotten.

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Claim: There are enough buses during the peak-commute hours to accommodate the demand for bike rack space.

Fact: Recent internal surveys show that 75% of the buses had more than 3 bikes on board; at peak commutes, they often have 8 bikes, and they used to have more than 8 before the current cap of 8 was instituted. Riders will not reliably be able to bring their bikes between campuses. We will need to pay for a second bike and leave one on each campus, which can cost an additional $20/month for secure parking on each side, according to the plan explained by Mr. Dulcich at an October Causeway Connection town hall meeting. UC Davis’ commitment to its stakeholders

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Claim: The new transit line is here to serve UC Davis affiliates.

Fact: The new line will be 100% owned by Yolobus and SacRT [4] and understandably, it is in their best interest to serve the greater community and not UC Davis affiliates. Mr. Dulcich said UC Davis will be able to monitor how much UCD affiliates are utilizing the new transit line by analyzing ticket sales. However, SacRT, which will sell the Causeway Connection tickets, will have no means to distinguish UCD-affiliate ticket sales from general public ticket sales. Despite riders’ repeated outreach to UC Davis about problems with the proposed route and schedule, recent improvements to the planned schedule were only achieved by riders reaching out directly to SacRT.

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Claim: The UCD leadership is involving their stakeholders.

Fact: The Electrify America grant funding the bus purchases was awarded in June 2018, indicating that these decisions have been in the works for at least 2 years. None of the committee planning meetings thus far have had a shuttle riding representative present, nor were any informational sessions scheduled until shuttle riders repeatedly demanded them. At multiple times in the past when shuttle riders suspected new decisions had been made, riders had to send repeated requests for information and updates before any meaningful response was received. References

1 – https://theaggie.org/2019/10/31/long-running-intercampus-shuttle-to-be-replaced-with-public-electric-bus-service-leaving-many-riders-frustrated/

2 – https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davis-shuttle-bus-accident/

3 – https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SACRAMENTO-UC-Davis-bus-crash-hurts-20-halts-2465968.php

4 – https://www.sacrt.com/apps/wp-content/uploads/TitleVI-Med-Center-Draft-2019-10-14.pdf

Voice your concerns

The UCD administration has implied that they view the open letter (signed by > 500 people) as representing the opinions of only a few people. It is important to show them they are wrong by submitting individual responses via the options below:

UC Davis is collecting comments:

Via an online form

SacRT is accepting public comments:

On their website

By phone: (916) 557-4545

By email: customeradvocacy@sacrt.com

Yolobus is collecting rider feedback:

On the YolobusGo website

By email: ksouza@yctd.org

By phone: (530) 402-2819

Social media: use hashtag #ucdshuttle when you post

You can email those making the decisions directly:

Shuttle riders’ statement

Published October 31, 2019

Below the statement is a list of signatories.

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An open letter regarding the planned intercampus shuttle elimination

We are the UC Davis Intercampus Shuttle riders, and we write to express our deep disagreement with the proposed cancellation of the intercampus shuttle service. The University created the shuttle as a campus-to-campus transit option to serve its employees and students. Now it has decided to eliminate the approximately 30-year service. Intercampus commuters are being forced, with no say in the matter, into a new and vastly less appealing service that is not managed by UC Davis.

We are disturbed by the University’s exclusion of the current ridership from any meaningful planning decisions. We firmly request that the shuttle be retained in its current form. Many of us, from students to staff to professors, will revert to driving due to the change, putting the proposed changes in conflict with the university’s sustainability and zero emissions objectives as well as the intent of the Volkswagen emission scandal settlement funds. Some may even terminate UCD employment due to the changes because they have already made residence-to-work plans around the shuttle service.

The new Yolobus/SacRT public transit line is a major improvement for the broader community, but it is not a suitable substitute for the intercampus shuttle. UC Davis leadership’s cancellation of the shuttle is a disturbing rejection of the UCD Principles of Community and its duties to serve its diverse community, especially given its recently renewed commitments to expand its community partnerships in relation to the Aggie Square initiative. History

The UC Davis Intercampus Shuttle has served the UCD employees, faculty, students, volunteers, and patients for over 30 years. The growth of the medical center campus spurred the need for a reliable transit service to connect the two locations through the 20 mile separation. This service has become an integral part of hundreds of riders’ lives. Many riders have made large personal decisions to rent and buy homes near the bus stops, to organize childcare and schooling, to not own a car or own fewer cars, to accept and to remain at UCD jobs, and to support families with jobs in both cities. The best estimates show that some 400+ rides occur each day, and the riders have only observed the shuttle getting more popular over the last decade. The service provides a safe, comfortable, and reliable shuttle that makes the causeway commute as tolerable as possible given the current transportation options.

The shuttle serves a unique population. Facilities staff often take the earliest 5:30 am buses, 9-5 staff ride in peak commute hours, and faculty who have positions spanning the two campuses use it to get to meetings. UC Davis personnel can live in affordable housing and still work at UCD, and medical patients living in Davis have access to the services in Sacramento. Affiliates who cannot drive, along with student medical and government interns, are able to use the service for half-day commutes and more.

A broad spectrum of UCD affiliates choose to take the shuttle for a variety of reasons, all of which are important to their lives. Many have structured their lives around the service as it is and has been for three decades or more, solidifying it as a known constant in the ridership’s lives. Why we ride the shuttle

If asked, the current riders will mention many different aspects that make the shuttle service, in its current form, a positive commuting experience. The combination of the low cost and the rapid end-to-end commute time are likely the most valued features. The bus travel time is 25 minutes at its best, but the 1.5 hour-long commute on the worst peak hour transits is tolerable because of the direct route between the Davis and Sacramento campuses. The current cost of $45/month or $1.50/ride is significantly cheaper than any combination of other services suitable for a 20 mile commute: public bus, light rail, Amtrak, and personal automobile.

The shuttle starts at 5:30AM and operates until 9:00PM, allowing riders who work early to use transit as well as those who work late or need to stay in the respective city past work hours. Riders can work, sleep, read, and chat on the commute with the dedicated comfortable seats that recline and that have lighting and power outlets for each person. This opportunity for work and/or rest provides major benefits for productivity and happiness. Happiness is known to be a significant factor in choosing how to commute and where to work.

The popularity of bringing bicycles on-board the bus is huge. The current buses have carried up to 12 or 13 bicycles in the cargo bays over the last 3 years. Riders love how this allows them to solve the “last mile” problem on each end of the transit service. We are certain if more bicycle spots were available they would quickly be filled.

The shuttle also helps address the problem of limited and expensive housing in Davis by providing a fast and direct connection to an area of Sacramento with relatively affordable housing. Conversely, Davis residents that commute to Sacramento can take advantage of living in a small family-friendly town and avoid commuting through Sacarmento’s core. The bus is a private service and thus riders avoid many of the issues users endure in public services (e.g. noise, safety, cleanliness, discomfort, and multiple stops).

In the spirit of the UCD Principles of Community, regular shuttle riders have built strong relationships. Many of us met each other on the bus and now share experiences both at work and outside of work. Why this will put more cars on the road

As we understand from the limited provided information, a new public transit route will be initiated when our shuttle service is terminated. The proposed SacRT/Yolobus route will introduce 4 additional stops between the current direct connection, raising the best commute times to a minimum of 50 minutes (from 25 minutes) and the worst to 2 hours. The proposed inclusion of one 30-seat express bus per hour during peak commute times does not adequately address this problem because (a) nearly all current shuttle riders would need the express service and (b) it is not planned to run during off-peak times. The elimination of two of the three campus stops will force those riders to walk further; for as long as 25 minutes.

Further, the planned 6AM to 7PM operation window eliminates 2.5 hours of service daily, cutting out the early morning employees and those that need to stay late and conflicting with evening class periods. The buses have half the number of seats as the current buses and many riders will be forced to stand for the duration of the commute or miss the desired bus. The bus will no longer provide a comfortable atmosphere for working or resting to maximize our productivity as students and employees. The bus will lack seatbelts, a major safety oversight given the high speeds and traffic on the causeway.

Costs are stated to rise for most riders. For example, UCD employee and graduate student costs will increase from $45 to $70 per month, although we understand UCD Health employees costs will decrease from $45 to $35 per month. For less frequent riders (< 30-40 rides per month) who rely on day-of single ride purchases, costs will increase by 70%. The increases amount to $300-$500 more annually for regular riders. Daily riders riding less than 30-40 rides per month would not save any money by purchasing the monthly pass, as is possible now.

The buses will carry 10 fewer bicycles than they currently are capable of, and riders will have to purchase a second bicycle and pay an additional $20/month to use the secured bicycle parking on each end.

The route between Sacramento and Davis/UC Davis is already covered by multiple express/commuter transit options (Amtrak and the Yolobus 43, 43R, 44, 230, and 232). The fact that shuttle riders do not use them is strong testament to the fact that they would also not use the new public transit route. Many riders say that the current shuttle is only marginally slower than driving, and they prefer the shuttle because it allows them to be productive during the commute. It will be difficult to be productive on a transit-style bus with multiple stops, making the substantially increased commute time of the new service even less tolerable.

UCD leadership must recognize that shuttle riders represent a unique transit demographic. Riders cannot be expected to simply switch to the next-best public transit option. Eliminating the UCD intercampus shuttle will cause a large number of current riders to return to the environmentally, socially, and economically damaging use of personal automobiles across the causeway. UCD has excluded intercampus commuters from planning and decisions

We believe that UC Davis has a sincere interest in addressing faculty, staff, and student needs with its transportation services. We are writing this letter to convey our transportation needs because we do not believe that they have been adequately considered yet.

A likely reason why the proposed public transportation alternative does not meet commuter needs is that the planners have thus far demonstrated highly unsatisfactory communication and engagement with us. Until October 29, we had not received any communications about the shuttle service changes, including when requested directly and repeatedly over three months. Integrated cross-campus communication on parking and transportation issues has been essentially nonexistent for years. Riders have had to develop and manage our own listserve to effectively advocate our input.

Those who attended the open houses were explicitly told by UCD and other project staff that the planners were uninterested in surveying users to learn more about their needs. Planners focused on justifying already-made decisions and brushed off numerous rider suggestions and requests. It was clear that the administration considered most decisions finalized and/or under the purview of Yolobus/SacRT rather than UC Davis. UCD’s obligation to its community

We rely on UC Davis leaders to uphold our Principles of Community’s values of environmental sustainability, diversity, inclusion, and service. UC Davis’ decision to cancel the intercampus shuttle, and its exclusion of stakeholders from the planning process, have caused us to question leadership’s commitment to these values.

The fact that the UCD planners view the new SacRT/Yolobus route as a suitable substitute for UCD’s shuttle service reflects a troubling detachment of UC Davis leadership from its stakeholders’ needs and a questionable vision for environmental stewardship, workplace quality, and community service.

Careful consideration of the impacts and external perceptions of its decisions is important now more than ever as UC Davis seeks to forge new relationships, attract collaborators, and generally strengthen its presence in Sacramento through the Aggie Square initiative. UC Davis has cleverly capitalized on the new Yolobus/SacRT electric bus service and has framed the VW scandal-funded service as an example of its own innovation. However, long-term connectivity between the Davis and Sacramento campuses is going to be dependent on actual commuters’ needs rather than short-term publicity and flashy optics. We believe that UC Davis is capable of innovation without alienating its diverse student body, employees, and neighbors — and that this is infinitely more likely with adequate dialogue and stakeholder engagement. Conclusion and vision for the future

A careful examination of the needs of intercampus commuters reveals that:

the current intercampus shuttle service is well-liked, well-used, and highly effective, and

the new SacRT/Yolobus route, while certainly a major improvement for the broader community, emphasizes UCD-Downtown connectivity rather than an efficient and comfortable commute between UCD campuses.

UC Davis leaders currently seem to be operating as if current intercampus shuttle riders will readily switch to the new Yolobus/SacRT service. In reality, the increased commute time, reduced capacity (person and bike), and reduced comfort will lead many current shuttle riders to revert to driving themselves rather than switching to the new public transit line.

Our request to UC Davis is as follows:

1. Retain the intercampus shuttle in its current form alongside the new Yolobus/SacRT line

As daily and near-daily commuters between Davis and Sacramento, we can attest that these lines serve completely different user groups: the intercampus line focuses getting UCD students and employees between campuses and from residential areas to their workplaces, whereas the Yolobus/SacRT line connects businesses and institutions. We are confident that retaining both lines will lead to improved transit for a much larger number of people.

2. Include shuttle-riding stakeholders in any decision-making surrounding the intercampus shuttle

We have been shut out of all meaningful decision-making thus far. Many consequential and irreversible decisions were made before ever consulting riders, and current outreach sessions appear intended to placate riders rather than to meaningfully address their concerns. We therefore suggest a mechanism that ensures that riders’ needs are meaningfully addressed: official voting power in planning decisions and membership on the Administrative Advisory Committee for Transportation. We are a diverse group with the collective knowledge, experience, and intelligence that can only help make transit better for the University’s students and employees. The ridership wants to see a future that offers:

Abundant, frequent, fast, and affordable mass transit options that connect Davis and the Sacramento region

Less traffic congestion, fewer single occupancy vehicles, dedicated bus lanes, light rail connections that span cities, and less pollution

Opportunities to live where we want and need to live

Simply happier commuters

There are possible changes to our beloved shuttle service that would be major positive gains to our and future riders’ lives. We would love to work with the planners and decision makers to make this future a reality.

Signatures

The following people have signed the letter.

Dan Melzer University Writing Program/Associate Professor and Director of First-Year Composition

Mikel Delgado Postdoctoral Fellow

Ambarish Kulkarni Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering

Emily Uttinger Undergraduate

Derek Young Postdoctoral Fellow

Lisa Rosenthal Ecology PhD student

Jason Moore Assistant Professor of Teaching, Mechanical Engineering

Tara Ursell PhD student

Alana Firl staff

Mary Cadenasso Professor, Plant Sciences

Alice Fisher Research Data Analyst, UCD Department of Public Health Sciences

Clare Cannon UCD faculty

Kim Nguyen Undergraduate

Sam Roodbar Grad Student

Kathryn Giebler UCDH Employee

Anne Whitaker Lecturer, University Writing Program

Ayla Norris USDA Biological Lab Technician, UCD Affiliate Staff

Alexis Singh UCDH Employee

John Yoon Assistant Professor, School of Medicine

Valdemar Kovaliov Undergraduate, Medical Interpreter

Hyunsoo Kim PhD Student

Kynnedi Hartzfield Undergraduate

Julia Jennings Graduate student

Konnor Davis UCDH Employee

Karrin Alstad SRA Dept of Viticulture and Enology

Michelle Cohn Postdoctoral Fellow

Rachael C. Staff

Ashish Shenoy Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Marta Llorente Bravo UCD Spanish and Portuguese Department/ PhD Candidate and Associate Instructor

Jennifer Weil Academic Coordinator, Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy

Sophia Tan Undergraduate Student

Clarissa Reyes Graduate Student, Horticulture & Agronomy

Rebecca Stein-Wexler UCDMC radiology/Professor

Amy Fletcher SRA - Pilot plant manager

Kenny Lam UCDMC/Senior Pharmacist

Stacy Judkins UCDMC Medical Office Services Coordinator

Adam Musser PhD Candidate, School of Education

Alissa Magorian Grad Student, School of Education, and Staff, Enrollment Management

Rose Cabral Staff

Reina Smarkel Senior Career Advisor, Internship and Career Center

Veronica Vriesman PhD Student - Geology

Martin Kim Staff

Abbey Hart Graduate student, Ecology; staff, Arboretum and Public Garden

Minhhan Lam

Robert Craig Davis campus/IET staff

Jamie Metcalfe Uc Davis medical center resident

Yemi Olowoyeye Risk Analyst

Tatum Phan Student Health & Counseling Services, Counseling Psychologist

Natalie Butcher Associate Director of Career Services

Saba Mohtasham Staff

Frank Sharp Distinguished Professor

Kristen George Postdoctoral Scholar

Laura Compton UCD Communications Specialist

Jackson Badger UCD Chemistry Doctoral Candidate

JoΟΪl Porquet Assistant Professor of Teaching, Computer Science

Sean Donohoe Postdoctoral Researcher

Stella Mancillas Staff

John Zanze Staff/Lead Directory Services

Jim Rodgers Operations Manager, SPLICE IP Clinical Ed/NP Residency Inititives, School of Nursing

Carter Yang Education Analyst

Bob Wiley Volunteer

Brian Murray Programmer III

Elizabeth Grant UCD Geology PhD Candidate

Megan Brown Student Health & Counseling Services, College Counselor

Dan Quillan SRA2 Art Department

Nichole Lewis Graduate Student Researcher

Zachary Muilenburg Student and Sacramento resident

Kelley Chu Student

Brandon Louie UCD Staff

Robert Takemoto Center for Comparative Medicine

Ferguson Mitchell UCD Staff

Rachel Ray Managing Attorney, UC Immigrant Legal Services Center

Emily Flores UCD Staff

Adiba Zahidi UC Davis 3rd year undergraduate student

Camila Sanudo Thomas Student

Erica M UCD Staff

Robert Saper Graduate student and Sacramento resident

Tiffany Wong Undergraduate

Fei Li UCD Staff

Antoine Abrieux Postdoctoral Fellow

Nethanel Harris UCD Student

Ester Clark Sacramento

Sumire Okada Student Research Assistant at MIND Institute

Stephanie Ly Undergraduate

Marie Krug Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Psychiatry

Jen-Ann Lee JD Candidate, 2022

David Doty Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Aaron Gomez Staff/ Division of Student Affairs

Caitlin Kieran PhD student

Vanessa Marquez Undergraduate Student

Anna Skarr Student

Esther Lai Student

Samuel Ross UCD Student

Mohinee Sharma Student

Adam Ali Alumni

Mike Tentis The Mondavi Center / Campaign and Digital Marketing Manager

Marisol W. Wolf UCD Junior Specialist

Pei-Chi Yang Associate Project Scientist

Miguel Hernandez UCD Masters Student

Anna Anguiano Undergraduate/former employee

Fernando Anguiano UCD Undergrad

Nicole Howard Nutritional science

Russ Zochowski Disability Specialist IV

Mariam Asghar

Donis Edwards Staff/Health Sciences Libraries

Jamie Hansen-Lewis Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Rosey Morearty UCD Undergrad

Thoeren Hollis UCD Student

Sarah Smith Graduate Student

Paul Ashwood Professor

Emily Thai Undergraduate Student

Kayleigh Nealon Undergraduate Student

Sara Centers UCD Disability Student

Destanie Rose UCD PostDoc

April Ferre Staff Research Associate III

Stephanie Ha Student

Devin Murphy UCD Student

Isabela Jauregui Undergrad

Jessica Mizzi Graduate Student

Austin Phan Student

Karla Lindstrom Student/Fellowship Coordinator

Charles Mordaunt Postdoctoral Scholar

Renee Tsolis Professor

Janine LaSalle Davis

Hanna Kahl Ph.D. Student

Dan Hsu Project Scientist

Arcadio Bolanos Associate Instructor - Spanish Department

Miriam Rivkin Student

Grace Jeng PhD Student

Palmira Ancona Sacramento

Hannah Culkin Undergraduate Student

Carole Hom Academic Coordinator, College of Biological Sciences

Crystal He Undergraduate

JR Colmenero PhD Candidate, UCD English

Nat Mullen Student

Clarissa Santos Rocha Assistant Project Scientist

Michael Hess MMI/Research Administrator

Van Pham UCD Undergraduate

John Ragland Dept of Psychiatry/Professor

Oliver Bublitz Alumnus

Pyi Kyaw Undergrad BME student

Daniel Neal Alumnus

Evan Zhao Undergraduate Student

William Andrews Student

Diana Taft Post-doc

Aaron Curtin Former student and employee

Ulrika Beitnere Davis

Jacob Kline Undergraduate

Emily Becher Graduate Student

Owen Yancher Works on campus

Andy Lim

Grace Mason Postdoctoral Fellow

Angela Wh UCD Student

David Segal Davis

Sheri Pieper LCSW at UCD Health campus

Ross Josephs None

Alonna Wright Graduate Student

Hannah Savage Postdoctoral Fellow

Linh Huynh Davis

Nestor Kippes Genome Center PostDoc

Nick Anderson Associate professor

Elisse Wright Student

Sarah Shannon Sacramento

Curtis Bacy Davis

Rosa Gil postdoc

Tom O\‘Donnell Staff

Nathan Tran Undergraduate Student

Marc Facciotti Genome Center Associate Professor

Jocelyn Park Student assistant

Julian Halmai GSR

Joan Ashby Undergraduate student

Anne Taylor Prospective Student

Abel Corona UCD Student

Maham Javed UC Davis Student

Ashley Brown Graduate Student

Quynh Luu UC Davis Student

Gurmun Singh UCD student

Tiffany Lowe-Power Asst professor

Jose Franco UC Davis Staff

Devin Rippner Post-doc

Vladimir Diaz-Ochoa Postdoc

James Wrigley UCD Alumni

Tom Buckley Associate Professor

Bennett Penn Assistant Professor, Dept of Medicine

Fiona Buchanan Graduate student researcher

Lin Tian Associate Professor

Cristina Moya UCD Assistant Professor

Meaghan O\‘Keefe Assistant Professor in Religious Studies

Quinn Sorenson Postdoctoral scholar

Kathryn Blaisdell SOM, Staff in Davis, part of UCDH

Nadean Brown Professor Cell Biol & Human Anatomy

Kinsey Tarplee Undergraduate Student

Randy Beach Student

Jennifer Waldo Graduate Student

Tyler Jackson UCD Graduate Student

Julie Bossuyt Associate professor

Daniela Cerbino UCD Graduate Student

Johannes Hell Professor and Vice Chair of Pharmacology

Heike Wulff Pharmacology/Professor/IOR

Angie Gelli

Yasser Abdul Bagi UCD Student Employee

Krista Thongphanh Student extern

Ariesha Wikramanayake Graduate Student

Jonathan Eisen Professor, UCD, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Evolution and Ecology, Genome Center

Paulina Carmona Neurology/Postdoc

James Dean Student

Javier Garcia Graduate student

Maria Gutierrez Associate professor

Lalitha R Graduate Student

Johanna Heyer Graduate student, teaching assistant

Iris Holzer Graduate Student

Emily Marie Purvis PhD Student in the Graduate Group in Ecology

Daniel Kozar PhD Student - Hydrologic Sciences

Janet Foley Professor

Michael Smith Sacramento

Silvia Lane PBG Supervisor

Jennifer Nill Postdoc

Corey Todd Sacramento student

Noreen McIntyre Staff, ____Admin Asst III

Doug San Staff

Delaney Roth Staff/ Jr. Specialist

Colleen Clancy Professor

Manuel Navedo Pharmacology Professor / IOR

Daniel Tran Design MFA candidate

Eleonora Grandi Pharmacology/Associate Professor/IOR

Arra Jane Concepcion UC Davis Health staff

Isaac Shaker Lab Manager

Claire Adkison Graduate Student Researcher/Teaching Assistant

Jay Solnick Professor emeritus

Liberty Galvin UC Davis graduate student

Fred Schipke Administrative Ofcr/Exec Assistant to the Chair of Internal Medicine

Nina Venuti Graduate Student

Taylor Becker Graduate Student

michael wilkes Professor

CHAMAYO YNIGUEZ SHDS/ Associate Director Dining Services

Joseph Stewart Postdoc

hanne jensen professor

Juliana Wu Graduate Researcher

Jennifer Ciccarella Staff, ____Admin Asst III

Luis Salazar UCD Graduate Student

Asher Hudson PhD student

Janice Bell Associate Dean and Professor, Betty Irene Moore SON

Kristine Naegeli Staff

Elizabeth Barajas Staff

Weici Zhang Asst Adj professor

Patrick Leung Professor

Madeline Nieves-Cintron Pharmacology/ Assistant Professor

Denis Dwyre Professor

Beth Boylan Grad student

chue xiong UCD/UCDMC Research Administrator

Krista Marshall PhD student in the Department of Plant Sciences

Fernanda Guizar Graduate Student

Jeffrey Uppington Clinical Professor

Lauren Huntly UCDMC OBGYN Student Assistant

Caty Franco Former UCDMC Employee

Zachary Trowbridge UCD

Kathleen Wisdom Administrative Assistant

Latika singh post-doc

Barbara Shacklett Professor

Vikrant Singh Project Scientist

Tonya Fancher Professor

Jon Sack Associate Professor

Mollie Ogaz Grad student

janice wu UCD

Yufei Qian UCD Graduate Student

Abigail Ray Graduate Student

Ling Chen Assistant Professor

Rachel Olson Graduate Student

Lani Landayan UCD

Satya Dandekar

Susana Rivas No offiliation, Optometry office manager

Baback Roshanravan Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine/nephrology

Melanie Burt-Schipke UCD SVM Curricular Office

Jeannette Martins staff

Paulus D UCDH

Ernst Bertone Oehninger Graduate Student in Ecology

Jeff Kessler Research Affiliate

Michael Rawls Graduate Student

Stuart Cohen

Grace Woodmansee Graduate Student

Maryam Afkarian Associate Professor, Dept Medicine

Delia Roberts UCDH CAO

Elva Diaz Professor, Dept of Pharmacology

Kristina Kelly No affiliation

Anna Kawiecki Graduate Student

Jan Ng Graduate Student

Maria Mudryj Professor

Christopher Lucas Graduate Student

Maria Malvina Tsamouri Graduate student

Eleanor Schwarz Professor

Kohtaro Tanaka Assistant Project Scientist

Alex Gulachenski Graduate Student

Tsimnuj Wesley Yang Graduate Student

Samia Yunus IM/Nephrology/ ADmin

Sylvia Bergeron Staff/Admin Assistant

George Yang Graduate Student Researcher

Lorie Dilts UCD Health - Contracts Analyst

Tanya Tang Staff

Elan You UCD Student

Lisa Gaynes Practice Manager, MIND Institute

Maya London Staff

Keavagh Clift Staff

Min Zhao Dermatology, Professor

Robert McMurry Staff/UCD R&D Engineer

Katie Dahlhausen Former Graduate Student

Emma Grigg Lecturer/staff research associate PHR vet med

Hexi Huang

Michelle Hu Graduate Student

Mark Yarborough Professor

Amy Studer Health Science Librarian, Blaisdell Medical Library, UCD Library

Rene Suleiman Graduate Student

Paramita Ghosh Professor

Hannah Houts Graduate student

Kelly Paglia Project Manager, Metabolomics Lab

Hajar Amini Neurology/Postdoc

Lattha Souvannaseng Staff and former UCD graduate student and post-doc

mahya Saffarpour Graduate Student

Derek Sisneros Supervisor, UCD Library

Scott Hardman Professional Researcher

Peter Brantley Director Online Strategy, UCD Library

Tima Dehghani Graduate Student

Malina Gillies-Doherty Academic Advising Supervisor

Jonathan Lin Graduate Student

Justin Darr Graduate Student, Institute of Transportation Studies

Jeremy Till Graduate Program Coordinator, History Department

Mariana Guedes Weber Graduate Student

Rayne Milner Master\’s Student in ME

Stefan Rothenburg Associate Professor, Medical Microbiology (IOR MMI 480B)

Helena Chang Staff

Bonnie Hain-Anderson LIbrary: Head of Circulation, ILL, and Reserves

Luis Valdiviez SRA III

Patrick Fitzgerald Staff Research Associate II

Marian Schlotterbeck L&S, Associate Professor of History

Jessica Kwok Staff

Bennett Haffner SRA I

Karen Kalanetra SRAIV, Food Science and Technology Dept.

Bryan Roberts Staff

Hannah Starcevich Graduate Student

Zann Gates Staff

M Isabel Casanova Graduate Student

Jay Bhatt Graduate Student

Albert Contreras Lecturer / Graduate Student

Nicole Capdarest Head, Blaisdell Medical Library

Iannis Adamopoulos Associate Professor, Internal Med

Stephen McSorley Professor

Chelsea Kelland Graduate Student

Jamin Roh Graduate Student

Juan Tamayo Graduate student

Nancy Nguyen staff research associate

Alan Nguyen Graduate Student

Loubna Tazi Assistant Professor, Medical Microbiology & Immunology

Susan Gorman Physician

David Rowen Staff

Danielle Kim Graduate student

Marissa Franke Graduate Student

Maheen Rashid PhD Candidate/Research Assistant

Kent Pinkerton Professor

Karen Parra Graduate Student

Simon Cherry Professor

Tomas Gonzalez Fernandez Postdoctoral fellow

Marissa Gionet-Gonzales Graduate Student

Randy Carney Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Taryn Loomis Graduate student

John Boone Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering

Valerie Porter Biomedical Engineering PhD Graduate Student

Sunny Lyu Graduate student

Alba Alfonso Project Scientist

Keon Anderson Graduate Student

Janani Aiyer GSR in Radiology

Cassidy Mileti Graduate Student

Justin Fitzgerald UCD BME & NPB / GSR / Graduate student

Susan Stover Professor

Kennedy Allen Graduate Student

Rebecca de Frates Graduate Student Researcher, Neuroscience

Eduardo Silva Faculty

Tracy Warren Graduate student

Xiaonan Liu

Earl Carstens Distinguished Professor

Brittany Dugger SOM Department of Pathology and Lab med/Assistant Professor

Andrew Hernandez Postdoctoral Scholar Radiology

Jamal Lewis Assistant Professor

Lucas Smith Assistant Professor - Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Pete Sariano Graduate Student

Xiangnan Zhou BME graduate studnet

Richard Levenson Professor and Vice Chair, Dept. of Pathology and Lab. Med.

Heather Hughes Graduate Student

Benjamin Spencer Project Scientist

John Werner UC Distinguished Professor, Ophthalmology

Kent Leach Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery

Julie Schweitzer Professor

Alex Panoutsopoulos Postdoc

Tanishq Abraham Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student

Sergi Simo Assistant Professor In Residence

Cesar Canales Center for Neuroscience, Postdoctoral MIND institute fellow

Rachel Reeves Bi-campus Staff, Clinical and Translational Science Center

Abigail Niesen Graduate student biomedical engineering

Porter Harrast Graduate student

Alena Casella Graduate Student

Carolynn Patten UCD SOM/Professor

Christal Wintersmith Graduate Student Serivces Advisor, Biomedical Engineering

Rhonda Oates Interim Associate Director of Campus Veterinary Services

Arpana Vaniya Postdoctoral Scholar

Theresa McGuirk Bi-campus staff, R&D Engineer, PM&R Dept

Maury Hull Department of Biomedical Engineering, Distinguished Professor

Jonathan London Associate Professor/ Human Ecology

Kevin Fong Graduate Student

Priscilla Tjandra Graduate Student

Chelsea Dappen Learning Specialist

Paul David Terry Staff

Sven Hausner Project Scientist

Kan Zhu postdoc

ana-maria iosif Department of Public Health Sciences, Professor

Shengzhou Shan Visiting graduate student in Department of Dermatology

Amy Becker Graduate Student

Emanual Maverakis Professor of Dermatology

Ryan Davis Assistant Project Scientist

Andrew Fox Assistant Professor of Psychology

Javier Lopez Assistant professor

Dianna Francis Analyst

YUANYUAN LI postdoctor

John Davis Undergrad Student

Alexander Schmidt Doctoral student

Brian Reid Project Scientist

Sarah Tang Postdoctoral Researcher

Costin Tanase Department of Psychiatry, staff

Stephanie Fung Graduate student

Cristina Davis Professor and Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Mitchell McCartney R&D Engineer

Thilo Gross Professor of Computer Science

Dennis Hartigan-O\‘Connor Associate Professor

Michelle Bagood Graduate Student

Lillianna Valdoivnos Clinical Research Coordinator

Brett Dufour Postdoctoral Researcher

Meaghan Kay Bi-campus staff, Asst. CRC

Joshua Lee Post-Doc

Jared Stokes Department of Psychiatry, Postdoctoral researcher

Stela Petkova PhD Candidate, Neuroscience | MIND Institute

Linda Chen Staff Research Associate

Megan Dennis Assistant Professor, School of Medicine

Lauren Granillo Graduate Student

Brendan Cohn-Sheehy MD/PhD student

David Hessl Professor

Ashley Williams Graduate Student

Ingrid Leckliter Staff

Jose Uribe-Salazar Graduate Student, Genome Center

Derek Andrews Postdoctoral Scholar, MIND Institute

Nicole Diab Staff

Crystal Herrera Lab Research Supervisor

Aryss Hearne Undergrad Student

Jessica Famula SRA II

Caroline Keeshen Graduate student

John Olichney Professor of Neurology

Laurel Beckett UCD Distinguished Professor Emerita, on recall, School of Medicine

Ye Hyun Hwang Graduate Student

Greg Disse Student

Sarah Nelson Graduate Student Researcher

J Faye Dixon Psychiatry

Claudine Anglo Staff

Caitlyn Wong staff

Leona Kelly Staff

Vivian Nguyen Staff

Timothy Fenton Staff

Marian Ramos Staff

Aarthi Sekar Grad Student

Theresa Garcia Staff

Carlos Carrasco Graduate Student

Nada Dalloul Junior Specialist

Lauren Bullard Graduate Student Researcher

Rachel Wulff Staff

Resmi Ravindran Staff

Evlyn Pless Visiting Graduate Student

Johanna Del Castillo Project Scientist

Kathryn Prendergast Graduate Student

Meghan Miller Assistant Professor

Aubyn Stahmer UCDHealth Faculty

Kathryn King Junior Specialist

Andrea Schneider Associate Research Scientist

Steven Ruder Staff

Emily Mills Ko Postdoc

Audrey Maskiewicz Undergraduate Researcher

Caroline Newell Junior Specialist

Zachary Skalak Undergraduate

Eve Banas Student

Girard Dunn Student

Brenda Scalzi Staff, Director, SHCS

Natalie Finnegan Student Assistant

Eva Ferino Staff

Brett Anderson Analyst - SOM Dean\’s office

Jaleel Jefferson Neuroscience Graduate Student

Sarah Kahle Postdoc

Denise Zhong Student

Melinda Quan Student

Allie Brunson Undergraduate/student lab assistant

Jillian Strom Student

Alisa Sokolova Student

Elias Jbeily UC Davis Undergraduate student/ Research in Sac campus

Sarah Vejnoska Graduate Student Researcher

Daniel Moglen Education and Training Specialist - CTSC - UCD Health

Caitlin Banks Graduate Student

Adit Jain Student

Andrea Drayton SRA

Neeraj Senthil Student

Ella Davidson UCD Undergraduate Student

Rose De Kock Graduate Student

Ruhi Garg Student

Dionisius Gunadi Student

Deema Alabduljabbar Student

Sarah Gooding Graduate Student

Shuban Ranganath UCD student

Patrick Dwyer Graduate student (psychology), UC Davis

Daniel Castaneda PhD Student - History

Lauren Gloekler Graduate Student

Susan Rivera Professor and Chair

Clifford Saron Research Scientist

Bodie Knepp Student / Undergraduate Researcher

Emily Fourie Graduate student

Katharine Holm PhD Candidate

Hannah O\‘Toole UCD Student

Sergio Losada UCD Staff

Nycole Copping Graduate Student Researcher

David Rizzo Professor and Chair, Department of Plant Pathology

Karl Zahlhaas Liebner UCD Student

Claire Lozano Graduate Student

Melina Devoney Grad student

Yihan Jin Graduate Student

Liz Li PhD Candidate

Jean Meagher UCD graduate

Corinne Quizon UCD Student

Sylvia Bustillos Resident in District 6

Estella Irizarry Retired

Elizabeth Reay Safety Manager

Cal Stone UCD Graduate Student

Anna Garverick Undergraduate Student

Jordan Rixon Graduate student

Elliott Perry Research Assistant

Stefan Lundgren PhD Candidate

Yachiyl Fernandez UCD undergrad

Alexa Hechtman Staff

Andrew Gordon Postdoctoral Scholar

Brad Ander Assistant Adjunct Professor / SOM:Neurology

Monica Lieng PhD Candidate

Felicia Yen Student Assistant

Cory Coleman Research Data Analyst

Amber Davis Postdoctoral Fellow

Mark Chin Alumni, Geography Graduate Group

Soo Park Junior Specialist

Colton Harmon Student dining-lead cook

Meg Sparling Office of Research

Forrest McKenzie Staff Research Associate

Karen Moxon Professor

Yoko Takada Staff Research Assistant

Elizabeth Vasile Clinical and Translational Science Center/Community Engagement/Associate Director

Tuyet Hoang UCD Staff

Yoshikazu Takada Dermatology, Full Professor

Nathaniel Curiel Staff

Luis Gallardo UCD employee

Stacey Greer Director, History Project

Manali Paralkar student

Lisa Musilli Johnson UC Davis job applicant and frequent arboretum, museum, event and activity supporter

Kimberly Steinmann

David Hawkins faculty

Ilse Pastor Center for Neuroscience / Jr Research Specialist

Nicole Coggins Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Jose Ballesteros Staff

Guobao Wang Asscociate Professor of Radiology

Yang Zuo Postdoc

Emilie Roncali Associate Project scientist

Noah Pflueger-Peters Staff

Rich Pauloo PhD Candidate

Nicholas Santos Staff

Stanislaw Majewski Visiting Professor

Sara Winsemius PhD Student

Ramsey Badawi Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering

Rachel Baarda Graduate student

yiran wang graduate student

Abdullah Refaey Graduate student

Karen Bretz UC Davis undergrad

Benjamin Osipov Postdoctoral Scholar

Emily Shea Graduate Student

Jennifer Brown PhD candidate, UCD Mathematics

Peter Russell Undergraduate

Alana Stein Graduate Student

Karen Holcomb Graduate Student

Gwyneth Manser Ph.D. Student

Darcy Bostic Graduate Student

Lucia Luna-Victoria UCD Graduate Student

Samuel Winter Graduate Student

Debra Tacad Ph.D. Student

Aaron Selfridge BME Graduate student

Barbara Gunn

Veronica Thompson Graduate student

Sun Il Kwon Assistant Project Scientist

Laura Tuller Graduate Student/TA

Kyle Proehl UCD Graduate Student

HILLARY SUTTON Graduate student

Lauren Mabe Graduate Student

Elizabeth Garman Admin

Abdulhai Naqvi graduate student

Yuxin Chen Graduate Student

Bernadett Bosze Postdoctoral fellow

Rebecca Shilts Exec.Asst. to Exec.Director, MIND Institute

Jesse Koklas Graduate Student

Selin Gumusderelioglu Graduate Student

Alejandra Corby UCD

Subhadip Dey Graduate Student

Irina Chukhray graduate student

Jan Bramson UCD Administrative Course Support

Brianna Heath Lab Manager

Teryn Heckers Staff

Scott Kresie Graduate Student

Andre Sillas UCD Lab Manager

Lorenzo Bustos Graduate Student | Teaching Assistant

Kevin O\‘Connor Specialist / Intra-operative neurophysiologist

Einat Waizbard Bartov Graduate Student at the MIND Institute

Valeria La Saponara UCD Professor, Mech and Aero Engineering, Davis Faculty Association Board Member

Rachel Sniderman Junior Specialist

Sayantani Sarkar PhD student

Axie Acosta Junior Specialist

Elizabeth Berg Graduate Student Researcher

Cheyanne Harris Graduate Student

Doreen Joseph Graduate Student

Samantha Linton Postdoctoral Researcher

Celine Liang Undergraduate

Kayla Lickey Alumni

MONT HUBBARD Professor Emeritus

Richard Feltstykket Staff

Jessica LaCourse Undergraduate

Beatrice Chaidez Staff

Kelley Patten Graduate Student

Skye Kelty GSR

Shikha Kothari M.S. Student and Graduate Researcher, Health Informatics Graduate Group

Allison Fulton Graduate Student

Elizabeth Pierotti Grad Student at Center for Mind and Brain

Lucia Borges Project Scientist

Fanny Lee Graduate student

David Potts Admin IV

Rachelle Tallman Graduate Student

Daniel Pap Postdoc

Abby Lavine Grad Student

Summer Cortez Graduate Student TA

Eduardo Gonzalez Graduate Student

Emel Akdogan Ph.D. Candidate

Jason Dekarske Graduate Student

Merve Demir Graduate student

Tiffany Wiriyaphanich Graduate Student

Sophia Bamert Graduate Student

Dorothy Hoang Asst. Clinical Research Coordinator and Graduate Student

Sarah Dimitratos Ph.D. Candidate

Laura Yang Undergraduate

Nicolas Fauchier-Magnan Staff