Dr. Cara Sandholdt

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Cara M. Sandholdt is an Associate Adjunct Professor at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at the University of California, Davis. She teaches anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology in the family nurse practitioner and physician assistant programs. Additionally, she instructs medical students in anatomy at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Sandholdt began her career as a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she studied learning, memory, vocal mechanics, and sensorimotor plasticity using songbirds as animal models. She is committed to teaching anatomy and physiology to nursing and health students across various undergraduate programs in California, including Cosumnes River College, Folsom Lake College, and California State University, Sacramento. Sandholdt holds a Bachelor of Science degree from UC Davis and a Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience from UCSF. During her time at UCSF, she collaborated with scientists from diverse backgrounds including Biology, Physics, and Computer Science. Her research has been published in notable journals such as the Journal of Neurophysiology and the Journal of Neuroscience.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of California, Davis

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field ECS 120 (Theory of Computation) ECS 122A (Algorithm Design and Analysis) ECS 140A (Programming Languages) or ECS 160 (Software Engineering) ECS 150 (Operating Systems) or ECS 154B (Computer Architecture)
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Application fee
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Transcripts
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Personal History Statement
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science. GRE is NOT required.