In today’s interconnected world, our global health challenges are more complex than ever. Global health aims to prevent, detect, and respond to health threats around the world like HIV and tuberculosis, malaria and parasitic diseases, food and water insecurity, antibiotic resistance, and vaccine-preventable illness. Our global health experts work with health systems around the globe to build capacity and strengthen critical public health services for the world’s most vulnerable populations.
Sean Arayasirikul, PhD
Research Interests
Dr. Arayasirikul’s research interrogates the social etiology and root causes of health among sexual and gender minoritized communities. They believe in the transformative power of community-engaged research, digital technologies, and homegrown interventions. They are focused on the following lines of inquiry:
1) the examination of health disparities and inequity among sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) communities, particularly trans women, BIPOC communities, and those with intersectional identities;
2) the development and implementation science of systems-level, digital health interventions; and
3) liberatory applications of participatory approaches to surveillance, data democratization, and health justice.
For a list of published work on PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1xM98YsP9VoAb/bibliography/public/.
UCI students interested in getting involved in this work are encouraged to complete an interest form: https://forms.gle/GF5WhUhJcpLaYJm17.
Bernadette Boden-Albala, MPH, DrPH
Research Interests
Boden-Albala has dedicated her career to promoting health equity for all, defining and intervening on social determinants of disease, and leading community-level health assessments and solutions. She has expertise in cardiovascular disease and stroke, emerging infectious diseases, epidemiology as well as global health.
Boden-Albala looks forward to mobilizing the entire Wen Public Health community’s commitment towards health equity, social justice, academic excellence and passion for the growth and transition of this program to a world-class school of population and public health.
Andrea De Vizcaya Ruiz, PhD
Research Interests
She has over 50 peer-reviewed publications, in addition to 10 book chapters and short reviews on toxicology. De Vizcaya-Ruiz also has active interdisciplinary collaborations with other research groups in Mexico, the Netherlands, Canada, and across the U.S.
In addition to her role as Professor, De Vizcaya-Ruiz also participates in several research initiatives across the university. These include the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH), Air Pollution Health Effects Lab (APHEL), and UCI Atmospheric Integrated Research unit (AirUCI). Outside of her various roles at UCI, she has also participated as an advisor for the Mexican Ministry of Health, the Mexican Ministry of Environment and the Mexico City Government to help establish guidelines on air pollution and regulation of nanomaterials safety. She also serves as a member of the Editorial Board of Particle and Fibre Toxicology and as an active member of the US Society of Toxicology and the Mexican Society of Toxicology.
Rufus Edwards, PhD
Research Interests
Some of Dr. Edwards’s research interests are human exposures to air pollution, indoor air pollution, paint emissions, and emissions of climate-altering pollutant species.
Oladele Ogunseitan, PhD
Research Interests
Some of Ogunseitan’s research interests are global health and development, toxic environmental pollution, microbial diversity, ecology, and health.
Daniel Parker, PhD
Research Interests
Spatial epidemiology of infectious diseases; spatial demography, especially in neglected populations and conflict zones; environmental correlates of vector borne diseases and access to healthcare; and access to healthcare especially in neglected and atypical populations.
Tetyana Vasylyeva, MSc, MPH, DPhil
Research Interests
Dr. Vasylyeva research interests include vulnerable populations (people who inject drugs, forcibly displaced people, men who have sex with men) at risk for HIV. Her current aim is to develop a framework for socio-molecular epidemiology investigations in forcibly displaced populations.
Jun Wu, PhD
Research Interests
Dr. Wu is focused on population-based research of environmental exposure assessment, environmental epidemiology, and environmental health disparity. She also works with local and regional community partners on environmental justice issues related to air pollution, soil contamination, and climate change.
View her personal research website.
Guiyun Yan, PhD
Research Interests
• Ecological and molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases;
• Disease vector ecology and behavior;
• Population genetics and genomics of disease vectors;
• Global climate and environmental changes and infectious diseases;
• Infectious disease dynamics modeling.
