Fighting for Your Health

News & Events

Faculty, School News, Research

March 11th Newsletter: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic

March 12, 2025

In the Community, Research

5 Years Later: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic

March 10, 2025

Awards & Honors, Faculty, Research

Jun Wu receives distinguished faculty award for research

March 6, 2025

Apr2Wed

Students, Seminars

Special Guest Speaker – Dr. Man Sau Wong

11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
UCI Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences

Apr7Mon

Alumni, Students, Health Promotion, Seminars

NPHW: Population health and wellbeing before, during, and after a conflict: An example from Ukraine

12 p.m.-1 p.m.
UCI Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences

Apr8Tue

Alumni, Students, Health Promotion, Seminars

NPHW: Yes, social media & technology can be good for your mental health

12 p.m.-1 p.m.
UCI Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences

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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

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Epidemiology & Biostatistics

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Health, Society, & Behavior

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Population Health & Disease Prevention

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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.

1,600+

Students

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

60+

Full-time Faculty Members

Who are dedicated to training the future public health workforce

56%

First-generation college students

Of our undergraduate student body

2024 Year in Review:
Transition to a School

$41 million in research operating budget

$42 million in philanthropy support

44,000 hours in community engagement

Click to read our Academic Year in Review

In the Media

Newsweek, March 17, 2025

California Residents Told to Shut Windows, Avoid Driving In Multiple Areas

“Long term exposures are associated with the development of chronic lung and heart diseases, thousands of deaths, worldwide, due to lung and heart diseases and there is growing evidence that chronic air pollution exposure can contribute to neurological disease (such as Alzheimer’s) and to cancer.” (Michael Kleinman)

Pharmacy Times, March 7, 2025

Prenatal Exposure to PFAS Via Contaminated Drinking Water May Increase Risk of Childhood Cancer, Study Finds

“Our findings indicate suggestive associations between predicted prenatal PFAS exposure and certain childhood cancers, including acute myeloid leukemia and Wilms tumors.” (Natalie Binczewski)

Science, March 6, 2025

New NIH grant terminations target transgender studies—even in mice

“Arayasirikul learned last Friday that their $426,660 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was terminated. The project studied how race- and gender-based stigma affect HIV risk and participation in HIV prevention initiatives.” (Sean Arayasirikul)

Well+Good, March 6, 2025

Yep, Microplastics Are in Your Food—How Worried Should You Be?

“Tiny pieces of foreign material accumulate in human tissues and organs, which have the ability to interfere with physiological and cellular processes and induce oxidative stress and inflammation (i.e., some of the drivers of disease).” (Andrea De Vizcaya-Ruiz)

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