Student Health and Wellness Center

Rendering of the Health and Wellness Center

Location

Corner of Orchard Road and La Rue Road

Hours

Click Here for Hours

Phone

(530)752-2300

Advice Nurse

(530)752-9649

Pharmacy

(530)752-2338

Website

Student Health and Wellness Center

On Monday, March 29, 2010, all services formerly provided at the Cowell Student Health Center have been relocated and are available at the UC Davis Student Health and Wellness Center. All phone numbers and contact remain the same.

The Student Health and Wellness Center does a pretty good job serving the healthcare needs of UC Davis students, particularly considering its new facilities. The center provides basic healthcare, but offers neither dental nor optometry services. However, it does have a very good website as well as MOObilenet and a pair of public access emacs in the lobby.

An Urgent Care visit will cost you $20 and normal visits will be $15. Tests are about $10, depending on what you need. If you buy the school's health insurance, generic prescriptions are $15 and brand name ones are $20. They also sell a variety of other self care things such as band-aids, condoms, sunblock, etc. The student outreach portion of the health center is Health Education and Promotion, and among other things recommends that freshmen living in the dorms be vaccinated against meningitis.

If you are not sure whether you need to see a doctor, you can call the Advice Nurse. You do not need to be enrolled in the university's health insurance to do this, so even students who submitted a waiver can get advice from trained professionals.

UC Davis Student Health Services urges all students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. The seasonal flu vaccine protects against three influenza viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming season. The 2011-2012 flu vaccine will protect against 2009 H1N1 and two other flu viruses.

Walk-in vaccination is available Monday through Friday from 9:00-11:00 am and 1:30-4:00 pm on days that the center is open. No appointment necessary. Just check-in on the second floor.

Students may also receive vaccination during any routine primary care visit, attend a flu vaccination clinic, or schedule an appointment for vaccination.

• $30 charge for all students* ($10 visit + $20 cost of vaccine. Fees will be billed directly to a student's campus account.)
  

• SHIP members receive the vaccination at no cost after billing to Anthem Blue Cross.

The FluMist Intranasal vaccine is available. It is an easy to take nasal spray.

Fees will be billed directly to a student's campus account.

Students who get vaccinated at a walk-in clinic will also receive a coupon for 10% off their next purchase of Over the Counter self-care supplies (OTC/non-prescription) through the SHS Pharmacy.

Whooping Cough Epidemic Advisory

Due to a statewide outbreak of Pertussis (Whooping Cough), the California Department of Public Health urges you to get the Tdap vaccination. You can make an appointment at Student Health Services for a tetanus/acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine. It is always helpful to have your immunization records available for review at the time of your visit.

• Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection that causes a harsh cough lasting 6 weeks or longer.
  

• Immunity from childhood pertussis vaccine wears off by mid to late teens.
  

• The CDC recommends a single Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) booster shot for adults.

History
Student Health Services was established in 1909 shortly after the opening of the Davis campus. In 1912, the department occupied a small wing of East Hall, which is the current location of Dutton Hall. The initial concept was to assist students with their health problems by providing minor health care, which allowed them to achieve overall academic goals. Furthermore, this health service would improve Davis’ entire academic program by committing resources to the public health responsibility of maintaining a healthy community and student body.

With funds from the S.H. Cowell Foundation, UC Davis was able to construct the Cowell Hospital & Student Health Center. At its dedication in 1967, the facility had an inpatient and outpatient service, in addition to an emergency clinic area and a pharmacy, which accommodated the campus population of 12,000 students. More recently, the facility was converted to handle only outpatient care and was renamed the Cowell Student Health Center.

Having grown to a student population over 30,000, Student Health Services outgrew the Cowell Student Health Center. Student support expressed in the 2002 Campus Expansion Initiative, funded $50.5M for the construction of the UC Davis Student Health & Wellness Center to meet the growing student body. Beginning Spring Quarter 2010, Student Health Services relocated all of its services to the Student Health & Wellness Center. Student Health Services merged with CAPS in 2011 to become Student Health and Counseling Services.

The Student Health and Wellness center sits on land that was previously occupied by basketball courts and greenhouses. Prior to basketball courts, it was the location of an outdoor roller hockey rink and greenhouses.

Construction Progress as of Sept. 15 View 1View 2View 3

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2011-06-09 07:48:45   The nurses treated me like a little kid. It was a little annoying. —EdSmith

2011-11-14 10:16:59   The new building is amazing, very beautiful and clean feeling. The staff has been very nice as well. There are massage chairs available to students at CAPS and the Health Education and Promotion department to relax in. The Love Lab is on the third floor too, along with free stuff like napping kits and buttons. Parking is never an issue because there is dedicated patient parking right in front of the building that doesn't require a campus permit (you just have to ask the receptionist for a pass). Great location too, right by some dorms and the ARC. Love the computer terminals open to students, and the ability to check in on computers is awesome too.

Also, I heard that they are adding an optometry department in a few months! —IndigoShell

2011-11-14 22:17:56   A nurse left me in a room, after I'd already seen the doctor, for over a half-hour. Stuff still needed to get done and she was supposed to come back...luckily someone else came by eventually. The facility is OK, but it's still a college health center—it's not like going to your doctor or seeing a specialist. —LeTigre