Transition to a school of public health

UC Irvine has transitioned its highly rated Program in Public Health to a school of population and public health after receiving approval by the UC Board of Regents. This is the first school of public health in Orange County and the fourth within the 10-campus UC system.

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.


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.

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.

1,400+
Students
These are individuals who will take their UCI training and improve the health and wellbeing of their home communities.
63
Full-time Faculty Members
Who are dedicated to training the future public health workforce
56%
First-generation college students
Of our undergraduate student body
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Academic Year in Review ’22-’23:
A Roadmap to Health Equity

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$30 million in research

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$14 million in philanthropy support

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50,000 hours in community engagement

In the Media

Scott Bartell
NBC 6 South Florida, October 12, 2024

Are forever chemicals in my tap water? For many in South Florida, the answer is yes

“Often legacy PFAS chemicals, including PFOA and PFOS, which have, by the way, been detected in parts of Miami and other parts of Florida in the water that we have the most evidence of that has been studied the longest. They were sort of two of the PFAS that were most highly produced historically before they were phased out of production in the 2000s. But they’re still present in water supplies around the country, including Miami.” (Scott Bartell)
Leigh Turner
Medpage Today, October 9, 2024

Crackdowns on Unproven Stem Cell Therapies Worked Abroad

“While such research faces inevitable limitations in its ability to establish causality, we observed that regulatory actions in both countries were followed by a distinct pattern of change: a reduction in the size of markets, a shift in the types of biologics advertised, and a tempering of marketing claims. ” (Leigh Turner)
Dylan Roby
LAist, October 9, 2024

At Cal State Dominguez Hills, students are connecting other students to health services

“The peer kind of advocate model might be really effective, and I think it’s important that student health has a role in that. The challenge is that health care is provided to college students in different locations from residence halls to urgent care and hospitals, and student health centers could be good places to follow up with students because the centers are on campus.” (Dylan Roby)
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