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UCI Podcast: Uncovering the cause of the soil lead crisis in Santa Ana

UCI historian Juan Manuel Rubio partners with environmental justice groups on research

Microsoft funds study on development of sustainable materials for use in electronics

Oladele Ogunseitan, Ph.D., University of California Presidential Chair and UCI professor of population health and disease prevention, and Julie Schoenung, Ph.D., UCI chair and professor of materials science and engineering, have been awarded a $200,000 research grant from Microsoft Corp. They are co-principal investigators on a project entitled “Sustainable Development of Materials in Printed Circuit […]

Increased use of household fireworks creates a public health hazard, UCI study finds

Impacts are most pronounced in Southern California’s low-income communities

Pharmacists play big role in vaccination rates, acceptability in Asia-Pacific area, study finds

Pharmacists improve vaccination acceptability and rates in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a recent study published online in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. Research team members from UCI included John Szeto, who earned a bachelor’s degree in public health sciences in 2020; Anhthai Nguyen, a graduate student in human-computer interaction & design; and […]

California wildfires disproportionately affect elderly and poor residents, UCI study finds

California’s wildfire burn area has increased by more than 23,000 acres per year over the past two decades, and the number of people who have been adversely affected has nearly doubled. In a paper published recently in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, UCI researchers show that elderly and low-income residents have […]

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UCI Podcast: Why are people hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine?

Suellen Hopfer discusses local attitudes to the COVID-19 vaccine

Efforts to treat COVID-19 patients chronicled in UC Health medications data

UCI and UCSD researchers tracked drug usage rates throughout the pandemic

Study: Hormones, perceived physical changes during puberty differ over sociodemographics

Sociodemographic characteristics such as sex, education, ethnicity, race and income are associated with both salivary hormone levels and self-reported physical changes related to puberty, according to a recent study published in the online journal Frontiers in Endocrinology. Lead author Kristina Uban, UCI assistant professor of public health; co-lead author Megan Herting of USC; and other […]

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A fresh perspective on the AAPI experience

UCI students employ photovoice technique to document reality in O.C.’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community during pandemic

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UCI Podcast: How UCI is helping students get vaccinated

Vaccination will play a major role in enabling an in-person college experience this fall, says UCI’s David Souleles