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population health

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 […]

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

Researcher in UCI Spit Lab

A salivating prospect

Participants at Spit Camp get hands-on experience collecting biospecimens and learning how ‘the diagnostic fluid of the future’ provides a window into the body

Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research laboratory manager Hillary Piccerillo (left) and former lab technician Peggy Galvez oversee the robotic transfer of saliva from collection tubes to test plates for an experiment.

‘A window into the body’

Researchers at UCI salivary bioscience institute are championing the use of spit in diagnostics

Suellen Hopfer

UCI-led study identifies top concerns of parents in vaccinating their adolescent children

Better public health messaging needed to improve vaccine uptake rates

Oladele Ogunseitan

Antibiotic resistance: The hidden healthcare crisis

Overuse has led to the creation of superbugs, rendering current drugs ineffective

Robert Phalen (left), Michael T. Kleinman (right)

UCI Public Health adds the Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory as key research center

Interdisciplinary research scope expanded to cover a wide range of environmental exposures

Jun Wu, Ph.D., professor of environmental and occupational health at the UCI Program in Public Health

UCI-led study links air pollution exposure while pregnant to higher gestational diabetes risk

Suggested interventions include better air regulation and health screenings

Brittany Morey, UCI assistant professor of health, society & behavior

Data collection, reporting gaps harm Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander health, UCI-led study says

COVID-19 pandemic reveals urgent need for improved standards