Public Health

UC Irvine lecturer/researcher Brandon Brown, Ph.D., and public health grad student Melissa Nasiruddin published a paper in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases that explores using zombies to educate the moviegoing masses about re-emerging infectious diseases such as rabies and neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

UC Irvine has ranked fourth in the University Global Health Impact report card, which evaluates top U.S. and Canadian research universities on their contributions to urgent global health research and access to treatment worldwide.

The California College DUI Awareness Project, designed to raise awareness about the dangers of drunk driving and reward designated drivers, will continue for a fourth year at UCI, thanks to a $344,000 grant renewal from the California Office of Traffic Safety, via federal funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

A groundbreaking study involving Bruce Blumberg, UCI professor of developmental & cell biology, outlines a safety testing system that helps chemists design inherently safer chemicals and processes.

Dr. Ulrike Luderer, UCI associate professor of medicine, has been appointed to the state Developmental & Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee.

Swiss doctors with the world’s first clinical trial using human neural stem cells to treat chronic thoracic spinal cord injury report that two patients have regained some ability to feel touch and heat.