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Originally a one department program, UCI 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.
Population Health & Disease Prevention
Strength in Numbers
UCI Public Health was the first in the UC-system to offer an undergraduate degree in public health, and we are now one of the fasting growing 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
Academic Year in Review ’22-’23:
A Roadmap to Health Equity
$30 million in research
$14 million in philanthropy support
50,000 hours in community engagement
UCI Public Health in the Media
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ are everywhere. Can you actually avoid PFAS? 4 strategies from experts
“Many PFAS are only slowly excreted from our bodies, which causes them to build up to higher concentrations over time. Scientists have consistently found higher rates of certain health problems among people with higher PFAS exposures. ” (Scott Bartell)
Should You Worry About Rising Mpox Cases?
“The reason for the uptick in cases is unclear. A few factors could be at play: the disease is endemic, identification rates are lower, and vaccination rates have been declining. Mpox tends to stay in social networks rather than the population at large because it requires skin-to-skin contact and not airborne transmission.” (Andrew Noymer)
Why do so few in Southern California get updated COVID vaccinations?
“Most egregiously, its official guidance is not to let a positive COVID at-home test result keep us from going to work or school, as long as we are asymptomatic. Yet some people are advised to re-up their vaccines every four months. While new guidance on a cadence of every-four-months vaccines for 65+ may make sense in light of data on fading antibodies, it’s not going to do anything to help vaccine uptake. ” (Andrew Noymer)
Regional Decolonization Aids Multidrug-Resistant Organism-Related Outcomes
“The success of SHIELD-OC [Shared Healthcare Intervention to Eliminate Life-threatening Dissemination of MDROs in Orange County] in reducing MDRO carriage, infections, hospitalizations, and associated costs and deaths led to a regional NH incentive program supported by CalOptima, the sole Medicaid provider” (Gabrielle M. Gussin)
