America’s first community-acquired case of COVID-19 arrived at UC Davis Medical Center on February 26, 2020. Experts from UC Davis immediately began working together to find solutions to a new global threat. Today their collective experience in virology, zoonotic diseases, human health, medicine, engineering and animal model research is helping us tackle the crisis at all levels, from the field and the laboratory to the hospital bed and beyond. In the Deans Discuss: COVID-19 podcast, hosts Allison Brashear, dean of the School of Medicine, and Michael D. Lairmore, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, examine the collaboration taking place across UC Davis and consider the pathways to progress that lie ahead.