Public Health

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UCI professor awarded $2.5 million grant to lead multisite Gulf War illness clinical trial

Butyrate shows promise

UC Irvine researchers create E. coli-based water monitoring technology

Bacterium used as a live sensor to detect heavy metal contamination

New public health training certificate programs emphasize student diversity

UCI will launch two new undergraduate and graduate student certificate programs later this year aimed at advancing workforce diversity in the public health field. Funded by a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the healthcare and public health analytics and the public health informatics certificates were created in partnership […]

The UCI Health – Irvine medical complex adjacent to the new health sciences campus

2022 Year in Review – UCI Health

A year of groundbreaking growth and accomplishments

2022 Year in Review: Gifts, grants

2022 Year in Review – Gifts and grants

A year of groundbreaking growth and accomplishments

UCI professor describes how to develop a circular electronic device, e-waste economy

Closing the persistent gap between the benefits of electronic devices and their toxic waste requires innovations in natural resource recovery, regulatory policies and consumer participation, according to Oladele Ogunseitan, UC Presidential Chair and UCI professor of population health and disease prevention. In an article recently published online in the journal One Earth, he discusses how […]

UCI researchers demonstrate how to trigger a pathogen release with music

Hospital and laboratory biocontainment facilities vulnerable to terrorist attack

Research participants were shown three five-minute, 360-degree videos of urban environments: one depicting a parklike setting, the second consisting of a street view with green space, and the third featuring a street view without green space.

UCI-led study finds virtual green space exposure beneficial to pregnant women

Parklike setting was most effective in reducing physiological and affective stress

Andrew Noymer (left) and Chen Li.

An early warning system for future pandemics?

Researchers hunt for tipoffs in social media and public data

UCI study finds 53 percent jump in e-waste greenhouse gas emissions between 2014, 2020

Researchers urge extension of electronic devices’ useful life to cut carbon dioxide creation