health equity

Individually tailored wellness approach is giant leap in patient control, improved outcomes

What is precision health? Precision health is a powerful approach that uses data science to help prevent disease and accurately predict, diagnose and treat individual patients as is best for them. Its practitioners employ data – information about patients – and analytics to provide more exact and effective health plans. Precision health is also a […]

In a paper published online in cell.com/Neuron, Bernadette Boden-Albala, founding dean of the planned School of Population & Public health and director of the Program in Public Health, highlights three key areas for increasing the participation of women and racial/ethnic minorities in clinical trials. Diversity delivers greater generalizability of results, more ethically sound research and […]

Racism has been declared a national public health crisis by the American Public Health Association. With the minority population in the U.S. being the fastest-growing demographic, experts say, it’s essential that healthcare professionals recognize the social determinants of health among racial and ethnic minorities. Education and training, they say, should begin in school so that […]

UCI’s Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center enters new era with latest philanthropic gift

Suggested interventions include better air regulation and health screenings

COVID-19 pandemic reveals urgent need for improved standards

Program prepares next generation of medication experts to care for whole patient

Higher risk patterns identified in certain social, economic, demographic groups

Faculty and grad students in UCI’s Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing conducted holistic studies of multiple dimensions of COVID-19