UC Irvine Wen Public Health

Welcome to Wen Public Health

With a larger and more diverse undergraduate program than almost any other in the country, Wen Public Health is dedicated to the achievement of health equity for all populations through research, practice, and scholarship, to reduce the burden of disease and disability in culturally diverse communities in Southern California and around the world.

Our School

Our Dean

Our Faculty

News & Events

Faculty, In the Community, School News, Research, Digital Publications

December 2025 Newsletter: Driving change through research and advocacy

December 2, 2025

Faculty, In the Community, Research

UC Irvine-led study uses social media for real-time monitoring of heat experiences in state

December 3, 2025

Faculty, Research

New grant to advance global dengue and zika research

December 2, 2025

Awards & Honors, Faculty, In the Community

Karen Lincoln earns one of social work’s highest honors

November 24, 2025

Dec5Fri

Seminars, EHS Seminar Series

EHS Graduate Program Seminar

3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
UCI Campus

Dec8Mon

Seminars

California Right Care Initiative Virtual University of Best Practices

12 p.m.-2 p.m.
Virtual

Dec10Wed

Health Promotion, Dean's Distinguished Lecture

The State of Public Health

3 p.m.-5 p.m.
Sue Gross Auditorium

More News & Events

Areas of Learning

Originally a one department program, Wen Public Health now has four departments that have robust research and training initiatives: the Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Health, Society and Behavior; and Population Health and Disease Prevention. Together, these departments represent the foundations of public health.

Environmental & Occupational Health

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Health, Society, & Behavior

student clinician volunteer listening to a boy's heart

Population Health & Disease Prevention

Strength in Numbers

Wen Public Health was the first in the UC-system to offer an undergraduate degree in public health, and we are now two of the most popular majors on the UC Irvine campus. We are helping to answer the call for a demand of skilled public health practitioners in the workforce.

1,750+

Students

These are individuals who will take their Wen Public Health training and improve the health and wellbeing of their home communities.

64+

Full-time Faculty Members

Who are dedicated to training the future public health workforce

50%

First-generation college students

Of our undergraduate student body

Academic Year in Review

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In the Media

Phys Org, December 3, 2025

Researchers use social media for real-time monitoring of heat experiences

“Extreme heat is an often-underestimated public health threat. By integrating health equity tools like the Healthy Places Index with social media monitoring, we can better understand how Californians experience and respond to heat and identify where targeted interventions are most needed.” (Suellen Hopfer)

Oncology Times, December 3, 2025

Teaching the next generation of oncologists & hematologists

“We have seen much more interest in how big data can come into play for cancer care, and how to integrate that data to answer evolving questions, not only in terms of precision oncology but also for early diagnostics and prevention.” (Min Zhang)

Investopedia, December 3, 2025

Will your county lose Medicare Advantage coverage in 2026? Key insights you need to Know

“Most [people] should find that there are still multiple options available and spending some time understanding plan parameters may pay off this year in the form of more generous coverage and reduced out-of-pocket costs.” (Brandy Lipton)

Health, December 3, 2025

We Asked a dietitian if multigrain bread is really the healthiest type of bread

“Labels can be misleading, so always read the ingredient list and nutrition label. More grains don’t automatically make bread healthier.” (Matthew Landry)

Parade, December 3, 2025

These are the most common COVID-19 symptoms doctors are seeing right now

“Based on trends from the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control, we aren’t seeing new or unusual symptoms with the variants circulating now. Stratus and Nimbus, current COVID variants, largely mirror previous strains, with symptoms like fever, cough, congestion and fatigue still the most common.” (Bernadette Boden-Albala)

Quartz, December 3, 2025

Healthcare costs are set to surge. Here’s what to do about it

“Taking away subsidies and making insurance unaffordable for people is a political challenge, and from a policy perspective making health insurance more expensive undermines the market and makes everyone’s premiums go up.” (Dylan Roby)

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