Southern California

Daily Pilot, July 18, 2024

UC Irvine establishes Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health

"The support of the University of California in making our program a school and now this incredibly generous gift from Joe C. Wen will elevate our profile nationally among schools and programs of public health. The hard work and dedication of our faculty, staff and students and the entire campus in becoming a school are further being recognized through this transformative gift." (Bernadette Boden-Albala)

The Orange County Register, July 18, 2024

UCI launches Orange County’s first school of public health

"I think the new public health is rolling up our sleeves, finding partners — not just in the community — but in business and industry. We all have to work together. Public health is outward facing, not just inward." (Bernadette Boden-Albala)

Orange County Business Journal, July 18, 2024

UCI Names New School of Public Health After Joe Wen

"The University of California, Irvine announced that its newly created school of public health will be named after Joe. C. Wen, founder of multinational conglomerate Formosa Ltd., in recognition of a $50 million gift from Wen." (Bernadette Boden-Albala)

LAist, July 15, 2024

8 months after Tustin hangar fire, why some residents are gripped by toxic uncertainty

"The city did not say that contamination of homes did not happen. It's just saying months after the event, there's no new contamination found in households that volunteered to participate in the sampling. But that's a fine detail that may not appeal to somebody who still feels vulnerable." (Oladele Ogunseitan)

ABC7 Los Angeles, July 5, 2024

Doctors highlight hidden health risks associated with Fourth of July celebrations

"July 5 is one of the most polluted days of the year. It can worsen people’s health conditions, including asthma, children’s outcomes and pregnancy outcomes" (Jun Wu )

Ask A Leader, July 2, 2024

PFAS: Forever and Everywhere Chemicals

"And so first thing to understand is PFAS are constituted of many different chemicals. But what they have in common is that they're all manmade. None of these exist in nature. But they've been produced widely in the developed world for many decades now since about the 1940s 1950s." (Scott Bartell)

Voice of OC, July 2, 2024

How Much Do Fireworks Impact Orange County’s Air Quality?

"Basically you can think of it as trying to define a dirt clod – no two dirt clods are going to look the same. So what scientists do instead is we think of them in terms of their size breakdown. Some particles reach deeper into the lung … they can enter the bloodstream." (Shahir Masri)

The Los Angeles Times, June 26, 2024