Jun Wu, Ph.D., UCI professor of environmental and occupational health

UC Irvine-led study links long-term air pollution exposure to postpartum depression in SoCal

Higher suicide risk for moms; infants may develop cognitive, emotional or other impairments

A chart of photo images of the brains of mouse models used in the study.

UCI study shows traffic-related air pollution in Irvine weakens brain function

Exposure to particulate matter increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease in mouse models

Jun Wu

UCI researchers find fewer low-cost air pollution sensors in disadvantaged communities

First-of-its-kind state study examined distribution, sociodemographic factors over time

UCI study links air pollution, adverse ovarian function in female mice

A type of air pollution known as fine particulate matter or PM2.5, can cause loss of ovarian function in female mice, due to depleted primordial, primary and secondary follicles, according to a recent study led by Ulrike Luderer, MD, Ph.D., UCI professor of environmental and occupational health and corresponding author. Premature ovarian failure, often called […]

Robert Phalen (left), Michael T. Kleinman (right)

UCI Public Health adds the Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory as key research center

Interdisciplinary research scope expanded to cover a wide range of environmental exposures

Jun Wu, Ph.D., professor of environmental and occupational health at the UCI Program in Public Health

UCI-led study links air pollution exposure while pregnant to higher gestational diabetes risk

Suggested interventions include better air regulation and health screenings

Concurrent heat waves, air pollution exacerbate negative health effects of each

Future may bring more overlap of synergistic weather factors, UCI researchers warn

Air pollution pioneer James Pitts has died

Irvine, Calif., June 19, 2014 – James Pitts, a University of California researcher who helped uncover the dangers of air pollution blanketing Greater Los Angeles and who worked tirelessly to clear the air worldwide, has died. Pitts, 93, died of natural causes in his sleep today at his Irvine home, said his wife and fellow […]

Made in China for us: Air pollution as well as exports

Chinese air pollution blowing across the Pacific Ocean is often caused by the manufacturing of goods for export to the U.S. and Europe, according to findings by UC Irvine and other researchers published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study is the first to quantify how much of the pollution […]

UCI-led study documents heavy air pollution in Canadian area with cancer spikes

Levels of contaminants higher than in some of the world’s most polluted cities have been found downwind of Canada’s largest oil, gas and tar sands processing zone, in a rural area where men suffer elevated rates of cancers linked to such chemicals.