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

Students

Are warnings enough? Protecting teens from harmful social media

December 16, 2025

Awards & Honors, Faculty, Research

Faculty member awarded nearly $100,000 to study housing insecurity among sexual & gender minority students

January 13, 2026

Faculty

California’s Medi-Cal expansion increased access to diabetes treatment for older undocumented adults

January 7, 2026

Matt Landry of Pop Pub Health photo: Steve Zylius/UC Irvine

Faculty, Digital Publications

UC Irvine Podcast – Empowering Healthy Choices w/ Matthew Landry & Theresa Nutt

January 6, 2026

Jan14Wed

Seminars, EPI Seminar Series

The Burden of Diseases, Injuries, & Risk Factors by States in the USA: 1990-2023

11 a.m.-11:50 p.m.

Jan15Thu

Seminars, CPIP Seminar

CPIP Seminar: The protective effects of a healthy spouse: Medicare as the family member of last resort

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway

Jan23Fri

Seminars, EHS Seminar Series

EHS Graduate Program Seminar: Faculty Research Seminar

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

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

48%

First-generation college graduates

Of our undergraduate class of 2024

Year in Review ’24-’25

Wen Public Health continued to see measurable growth during the 2024-2025 fiscal year, including celebrating our one-year anniversary as a full-fledged school. Read about all we’ve accomplished in our ’24-’25 Academic Year in Review.

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In the Media

Business Insider, January 13, 2026

A dietitian who studies how to prevent heart attacks shared 3 healthy food swaps

“Matthew Landry told Business Insider that you don’t necessarily need to overhaul your diet to improve your heart health. Landy, an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine, suggested considering: “how can we make simple swaps with our diet? How can we engage in more physical activity, and do very simple things that all add up to help prevent a heart attack later?” (Matthew Landry)

Orange County Register, January 9, 2026

Hospital room building boom can’t offset longterm need in Orange County

“While the hospitals’ openings are in higher-income areas of Irvine, they could improve accessibility (throughout the county) in the long term if all hospitals in the area continue to operate at full capacity.” (Dylan Roby)

Verywell Health, January 6, 2026

How to spot ‘fake’ fiber in your foods

“If you see a surprisingly high amount of fiber—about 8-10 or more grams in a small serving of a food that lacks sources of natural fiber like whole grains, vegetables, or legumes—that’s a sign isolated fibers were added.” (Matthew Landry)

Prevention, January 5, 2026

Dietitians reveal 11 sneaky signs you have low magnesium

“Low magnesium levels can leave you feeling moody, depressed, or unlike yourself.” (Matthew Landry)

Orange County Register, January 5, 2026

Lab leak in Spain? A wake-up call for global biosafety

“African swine fever virus doesn’t make people ill, so, apart from Spanish hog farmers, why should anyone care about this outbreak in Spain? It has ramifications far beyond animal health. It is the clearest, although by no means the only, recent example of a pathogen leaking from a high biocontainment lab, in this case a biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) facility, the second-strictest classification.” (Andrew Noymer)

The New York Times , January 5, 2026

How did this family end up back in a toxic house?

“Ten experts reviewed the lab results commissioned by The Times and compared them with the tests conducted by the contractor chosen by Farmers Insurance.” (Jill Johnston)

25 Best MPH Programs and CEPH Accredited badges

U.S. News & World Report Best Grad School, Consortium of Universities for Global Health Member