From Research Bench to Bedside

Ann Bonham, Ph.D.
Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Pharmacology and Internal Medicine
UC Davis Health Systems and UC Davis School of Medicine

Dr. Bonham is a national leader in the field of central neural regulation of cardiovascular and respiratory functions and on how gender, environmental pollutants, physiological changes and disease alter this regulation. As Executive Associate Dean, Dr. Bonham oversees UC Davis Health System’s research programs, focusing on high-impact discoveries, translational research, and interdisciplinary, collaborative research with public, private and industry partners. The education programs focus on undergraduate medical education; graduate student and postdoctoral training programs; and faculty academic programs. She is the program director of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Med into Grad Initiative and chairs the Oversight and Governance committee for the NIH Roadmap Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) awarded to UC Davis.

An eminent scientist, she has served as Chair of the Department of Pharmacology where, over a two-year period, she rebuilt the department, increasing NIH funding by six-fold. She also has served as Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Internal Medicine, Associate Chief of Research for the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Acting Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. She was twice awarded the UC Davis Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching Science Basic to Medicine and was honored with the American Medical Women’s Association Gender Equity Award for providing a gender-fair environment for the education and training of women physicians. Her extensive experience in mentoring students, especially women in research, has advanced many careers. She is acclaimed for her role in initiating training opportunities, mentoring women who have accepted positions in academics and industry, bringing together investigators to work toward common goals, and fostering collaborations with faculty and department chairs across disciplines.