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New research published in Food & Function provides important insight into a critical gap in nutrition guidance: following current dietary recommendations alone may not provide enough flavanols—naturally occurring bioactive compounds...

The UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food & Health (IIFH) is expanding its leadership in translating breakthrough science into real-world impact through a new strategic partnership with Lawrence Livermore National...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the University of California, Davis Innovation Institute for Food & Health (IIFH) today announced a strategic collaboration to advance scientific discovery, technology translation and...

Rethinking Muscle Health in the GLP-1 Era Muscle is increasingly recognized as far more than the tissue that powers movement. It is a dynamic organ that influences metabolism, healthy aging,...

Developing scientific talent is essential to accelerating innovation in food, human, and planetary health. The California–Denmark Innovator Fellowship was created to give early-career researchers firsthand experience navigating the intersection of...

Artificial intelligence is poised to reshape how we discover, design, and manufacture the next generation of foods—and UC Davis is helping define that future. In a new Nature Food review,...

Food & Health Angels (FH Angels), an angel investment network that grew out of the innovation ecosystem in Davis, has announced its first investment: Persperion Diagnostics, a startup developing a...

Food & Health (FH) Angels has announced its first investment, backing Persperion Diagnostics as the company advances a non-invasive glucose monitoring device that measures glucose levels using a small amount...

A new study coauthored by IIFH-affiliated faculty members Edward (Ned) Spang and Ilias Tagkopoulos, along with IIFH Research Program Manager Mariana Barboza Gardner, published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems,...

In a new Food Tank op-ed, Selena Ahmed, Ph.D., Global Executive Director of the Periodic Table of Food Initiative, reflects on food as more than nutrition: it is a biological...

At the 2026 American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference in San Diego, the Innovation Institute for Food and Health’s (IIFH) Research Program Manager, Mariana Barboza, presented exciting new research...

New research co-authored by UC Davis professor Dr. Ameer Y. Taha highlights brain cholesterol regulation as a promising upstream target for preventing and slowing Alzheimer’s disease. The review synthesizes growing...