Public Health

UCI epidemiologist helps eliminate the disease in global hot spots by breaking down barriers to healthcare

Sherrie Kaplan and her colleagues in the Health Policy Research Institute at UCI have received a $1.4 million award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to determine how effective diabetes treatments are for children. For the study, the researchers have developed and tested an animated, computer-administered program, the Child Health Rating Inventories, that can be […]

One Health effort bridges disciplines to train workers to address infectious disease threats

Climate change expected to accelerate spread of sometimes-fatal fungal infection

Public health professor will promote interdisciplinary programs

Smokers exposed to toxic chemicals, ultrafine particles and carbon monoxide

UCI-led study points toward new ways to prevent disease transmission

UCI researcher creates videos and messages to boost vaccination rates and cancer screenings

Irvine, Calif., March 19, 2019 — Bernadette Boden-Albala, Dr.P.H. – a renowned researcher and administrator whose efforts to reduce health disparities for America’s disadvantaged became a blueprint for community-based stroke and heart disease prevention – has been named director and founding dean of the University of California, Irvine’s planned School of Population Health, effective July […]

Many insects are equipped with a natural defense mechanism against harmful pathogens: Their wings are covered with nanoscale spikes – 1,000 times thinner than a human hair – that kill bacteria and fungi cells. UCI’s 2019 winner of the University of California Grad Slam competition is mimicking these antimicrobial surfaces in the lab for potential […]