As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves and our world is changing daily, the Program in Public Health remains fully operational and committed to ensuring our current and prospective students, alumni, parents, faculty, and staff are supported during this difficult and unprecedented time. We continue to adhere to physical distancing guidance from the university-and from local and state officials-mandating a work from home protocol for all employees. We are a community first and foremost, and though we are practicing social distancing to help eliminate spread of the virus and protect our most vulnerable neighbors, we are not practicing social isolation. But, our student services and administrative personnel are available to answer any questions as we navigate this uncertainty. Please reach out for help or resources, as needed.
We will continue to update you as we receive new and relevant information. Stay safe, healthy, and hopeful!
UCI Public Health in collaboration with OCHCA is offering a workshop series in mid-summer that is designed to train students and healthcare workers to do contact tracing of COVID-19. VIEW
The Program in Public Health continues with its Lunchtime Lecture Series with the event Mathematical Models of COVID19 Spread Across Contact Networks. The 30-minute event features Dr. Dominik Wodarz. VIEW
The Program in Public Health continues with its Lunchtime Lecture Series with the event Disease Detectives: COVID-19 and Contact Tracing. The 30-minute event features Dr. Karen Edwards, Professor & Chair of the UCI Department of Epidemiology. VIEW
The Program in Public Health continues with its Lunchtime Lecture Series with the event COVID-19 Mortality: A Public Health Discussion. The 30-minute event features Dr. Andrew Noymer. VIEW
Irvine Chamber Honors Dean Boden-Albala: The Greater Irvine Chamber is featuring individuals and teams that are stepping up in innovative ways to help the community as we face and emerge from the coronavirus crisis. Dean of UCI’s Program in Public Health, Bernadette Boden-Albala Provides Expert Council on COVID-19 VIEW
Video: Public Health Lunchtime Lecture Series Episode 1: Dr. Daniel Parker VIEW
A Zoom webinar series of timely topics presented in an easy to digest manner. VIEW
UCI is hosting a three-part series called the UCI Forum. The first in the series is an informative discussion by leading UCI health and medical experts including Dean Bernadette Boden-Albala and Dr. Andrew Noymer. VIEW
Dean Bernadette Boden-Albala served as a panelist for a virtual OC Forum Presentation about COVID-19 and the Orange County community, March 19, 2020 VIEW
Dr. Andrew Noymer served as a panelist on an early community forum about COVID-19, February 10, 2020 VIEW
Dean Bernadette Boden-Albala moderated a virtual town hall about UCI and COVID-19 featuring UCI Leadership, March 13, 2020 VIEW
Planning to travel during the COVID-19 outbreak? Listen to Dean Bernadette Boden-Albala discuss important considerations and best practices for staying healthy and safe. VIEW
Learn proper handwashing techniques to prevent the spread of viral illnesses with Peter the Anteater. VIEW VIDEO. MORE
Coronavirus Disease 2019 VIEW
Get to know Dean Bernadette Boden-Albala in this short video where she shares her vision for our future School of Population and Public Health. We look forward to getting to know each and every one of you better as we embark on this journey together. VIEW VIDEO VIEW
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May 21, 2020:
Herd immunity: UC Irvine professor Andrew Noymer explains how it could contribute to slowing spread of coronavirus.
May 25, 2020:
Bernadette Boden-Albala, the newly appointed dean of the future public health school at the University of California Irvine … notes that there has been an underutilization of the tests available, with some testing slots going unused. “Now, we need anyone who thinks they have coronavirus to go get tested, so they can know to isolate themselves.”
May 25, 2020:
Bernadette Boden-Albala, UCI founding dean School of Population Health. Joined a task force organized by Chancellor Howard Gillman to … track and analyze the looming spread of COVID-19 in Orange County. Recently launched large-scale, population-based study that will generate a more accurate estimate of the true prevalence of the pandemic in OC. … “Testing that is scientifically and statistically sound is absolutely critical to getting people all over Orange County back to work and back to their lives in a safe way,” said Boden-Albala
“You have 50 different governors doing 50 different things,” said Andrew Noymer, an associate professor of public health at the University of California, Irvine. “There will be states that open too soon or states that are too conservative. It is hard to thread the needle.”
Andrew Noymer, an associate public health professor at the University of California, Irvine who has emerged as a leading voice on government response to the virus, suggests that may be the wrong track. On paper, a Bluetooth-based app that notifies a user they’ve been near someone who tested positive could help stem an outbreak, Noymer said. But he’s skeptical. It’s unclear how sensitive or accurate the tracking would be and how people without access to smartphones would be able to benefit from it. “I do think the privacy, the encroachment, concerns are nothing to be dismissed out of hand,” he added.
May 15, 2020:
"Testing that is scientifically and statistically sound is absolutely critical to getting people all over Orange County back to work and back to their lives in a safe way,” said Bernadette Boden-Albala, director of UCI’s Program in Public Health and founding dean of the campus’s proposed School of Population Health. “What we’ve seen so far is that low-income and minority communities are experiencing the most severe symptoms and death rates. It’s tragic, and we have to know why this is happening and what we can do to prevent it. By partnering across Orange County, from Irvine and Newport Beach to Santa Ana and Anaheim, we can do this."
May 15, 2020:
Even with a test that correctly identifies antibodies in coronavirus-positive people more than 90% of the time, and no antibodies in coronavirus-negative people just as often, if you have a population where the actual prevalence of the disease is very low, the test can produce false results for half of those who take it, according to Dr. Andrew Noymer, a public health associate professor at the University of California Irvine. “Even when you log on to your healthcare portal, and it says, ‘Congratulations, you are positive for Covid antibodies,’ meaning you ostensibly have some immunity, it’s not like something you can take to the bank,” Noymer said in an interview.
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