Public Health

Brandy Lipton, Associate Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior

UC Irvine-led study finds Medicaid telemedicine coverage boosted use, healthcare access

Results could inform state policymakers’ post-pandemic decision-making efforts

May 31, 2023
For Phase 1 of the EPA’s Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students, UCI team members created maps pinpointing soil lead contamination hot spots in Santa Ana; the red areas above show where the dirt contains unhealthy levels of the metal. Following Phase 2 of the competition, UCI students and community activists are partnering in a project to use plants and fungus to remove lead from affected locations.

Meeting the environmental justice challenge

UCI graduate students honored by EPA for bioremediation project video

May 23, 2023
Graduate Shemms Najjar, M.P.H.

#IamUCI - Shemms Najjar

Q&A with Class of 2023 graduate Shemms Najjar, M.P.H.

May 22, 2023
A chart of photo images of the brains of mouse models used in the study.

UCI study shows traffic-related air pollution in Irvine weakens brain function

Exposure to particulate matter increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease in mouse models

May 11, 2023
Woman smiling at the camera

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 […]

April 03, 2023
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

April 03, 2023
Jun Wu

Exposure to green space linked to reduced risk of postpartum depression

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

March 06, 2023
man sitting at desk

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

Butyrate shows promise

March 02, 2023

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

Bacterium used as a live sensor to detect heavy metal contamination

February 23, 2023

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 […]

January 17, 2023