Department of Population Health & Disease Prevention

About the Department

The Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention focuses on excellence in cross-disciplinary public health research, education, and practice at UCI. Its mission is to train the next generation of public health leaders to create, integrate, and translate population-based knowledge into preventive strategies to reduce the societal burden of human disease and disability.

Our faculty and students pursue research in global health, infectious and chronic disease etiology and prevention, biological determinants of health and wellness, health policy, environmental risk factors and hazards, and emerging areas of population and public health.

Degrees and Programs Offered

The societal challenges facing health care and the burden of diseases at the community, national, and international levels have increased the demand for experts capable of researching, developing, and implementing strategies to prevent disease and to improve population health. The Department develops curricula that bridge disciplinary perspectives, methods, and practices to nurture new leaders in public health through research and training on risk factors that render people vulnerable to diseases in their communities and the development of intervention approaches for preventing disease by separating risk factors from specific vulnerable populations.