Rene Herrera

The University of California, Davis Innovation Institute for Food & Health (IIFH) today announced two new strategic partnerships; one with ofi, a global leader in food and beverage ingredients and...

AG1, the foundational nutrition company led by CEO Kat Cole, has been experiencing remarkable growth — with Forbes recently highlighting how Cole helped triple the company’s revenue and steer AG1’s...

This winter, IIFH is proud to sponsor the inaugural Innovation for Impact: Food Systems class, a hands-on, cross-disciplinary course designed to tackle some of the most urgent challenges in our...

IIFH Inaugural “Translator’s Circle” hits the ground running This winter, the Innovation Institute for Food and Health (IIFH) launched the inaugural cohort of its new Food & Health Translator’s Circle—a...

The Pancreatic Islet: A Hub for Metabolic Health Well before GLP-1–based drugs gained widespread attention, Dr. Bethany Cummings was drawn to a puzzling clinical observation: patients who undergo bariatric surgery...

A new University of California article highlights a powerful reality: we still know surprisingly little about the full chemical makeup of the foods we eat — and UC scientists are...

In a recent study published in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, researchers including IIFH-affiliated faculty Dr. Ameer Taha, Dr. Daniela Barile, and Dr. David Mills explore whether whey protein phospholipid concentrate (WPPC)—a...

A recent review co-authored by Pr. Ralph Green, M.D., Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Hematopathologist in the UC Davis Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, draws attention to an often-overlooked dimension...

As of February 1, 2026, the inaugural cohort of the NovoNordisk Foundation and UC Investments-funded California-Denmark Innovator Fellowship was successfully underway. After months of planning, the six PhDs and Postdoctoral...

The University of California has once again been ranked the top university system in the world for the number of patents granted, underscoring UC’s global leadership in innovation and research...

New Preprint Introduces “microbiomeMASST,” a Tool to Map Microbial Metabolites Across Studies A new preprint co-authored by Dr. Maria L. Marco (UC Davis Department of Food Science & Technology) presents...

In a new study, IIFH Faculty director Dr. Justin Siegel and his team take another step toward designing smarter enzymes for food and health applications. By testing targeted changes in...