Public Health

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Study highlights the impact of COVID-19 on U.S. infant food security, feeding practices

Denise Payán, UCI assistant professor of health, society & behavior, was a member of a team of psychology and public health experts who investigated the impact of COVID-19 on infant food security and feeding practices in the U.S. The study, recently published online in the journal Maternal & Child Nutrition, found that disruptions to formula […]

UCI’s Bernadette Boden-Albala, center, pictured with Irvine Health Foundation Board Chair Timothy L. Strader Sr., left, and President Edward B. Kacic, right.

Irvine Health Foundation’s $14 million grant to UC Irvine will establish 7 endowed chairs

Funding will assist in establishing a School of Population and Public Health and promote health equity for all O.C. residents

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Exposure to green space linked to reduced risk of postpartum depression

Tree coverage, physical activity intensify effect, UCI-led study finds

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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