Public Health

Researchers with the UC Irvine-led study sample dust at the southern edge of the Salton Sea.

Study links wind-blown dust from receding Salton Sea to reduced lung function in area children

UC Irvine-led researchers urge continued monitoring, intervention to mitigate air pollution

Jun Wu, UC Irvine professor of environmental and occupational health

UC Irvine wins NIH grant to study environmental impacts on maternal, child mental health

Research will explore effects of exposure to heat waves, wildfire smoke in Southern California

Wen Public Health receives $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Environmental toxicology researcher to unlock how early development shapes health

Jason Douglas, vice chair and professor of health, society and behavior at Wen Public Health.

UC Irvine launches Ph.D. program in health, society and behavior

Program will train future leaders to advance research on health challenges

Gabrielle Gussin

From patient to Ph.D.

Gabby Gussin overcame the usual hurdles – plus cancer – to earn a doctorate in public health

Saurabh Chatterjee

UC Irvine study highlights critical link among high temps, aging and disease risk

Research is first to connect heat stress with gut and immune disruption that lowers defenses

Shelley Hoss

O.C. foundation leader Shelley Hoss, M.B.P.A. '87, to receive 2025 Extraordinarius award

UC Irvine Alumni Association to honor 21 exemplary Anteaters at Lauds & Laurels

Man in sport coat stands between benches in a chemistry laboratory.

Lotions, perfumes curb potentially harmful effects of human oxidation field, study finds

UC Irvine scientist supported research by creating state-of-the-art chemical model

Louhua Jiang professor of epidemiology and biostatistics

AI effectively predicts dementia risk in American Indian/Alaska Native elders

UC Irvine study provides framework for how machine learning models identify novel predictors

Women's History Month collage featuring: (top left to right: Katrine Whiteson, Sunny Jiang; (bottom left to right) Karen Lincoln, Aomawa Shields, Luiza Osorio Silva and Roxane Cohen Silver.

Profiles of excellence

For Women’s History Month, UC Irvine salutes its influential researchers