UC Irvine to host statewide conversation on the future of public health

EVENT: UC Irvine’s Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health will convene a powerhouse of public health leadership from across the University of California system for a timely dialogue on the state and future of public health, including the erosion of public health infrastructure, science and trust – and how we rebuild.

WHEN/WHERE: 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10, at the Sue Gross Auditorium in the Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences (bldg. 854, grid H3 on campus map: https://web.communications.uci.edu/assets/email/dfa-tds/TDS-Website/maps/Main_UCIrvine-Map.pdf)

INFORMATION: Media planning to attend should contact Carly Murphy at 949-501-1008 or murphyco@uci.edu. Complimentary for media who RSVP, parking is available at the Health Sciences Parking Structure (grid H2 on campus map: https://web.communications.uci.edu/assets/email/dfa-tds/TDS-Website/maps/Main_UCIrvine-Map.pdf).

If you are unable to attend or are not located nearby, we will provide a same-day media recap including imagery and key highlights from the panel.

BACKGROUND: The event brings together deans and department chairs shaping public health education across California, including Brad Pollock (UC Davis), Ron Brookmeyer (UCLA), Mark Wolfson (UC Riverside), Michael Lu (UC Berkeley) and Cheryl Anderson (UC San Diego). The conversation will be moderated by Deena McRae, UC Health associate vice president.

Following opening remarks by UC Irvine Provost Hal Stern and a brief state-of-the-field overview by Bernadette Boden-Albala, founding dean of Wen Public Health, the panel of speakers will explore the challenges and opportunities facing public health schools and programs. They will examine how academic programs can evolve to prepare students for an increasingly complex landscape, strengthening curricula, evaluating graduate outcomes, addressing data limitations and meeting workforce expectations.

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