Be sure to catch Professor of Public Health, Asa Bradman, on NPR ScienceFriday talking about artificial food dyes! Click here to listen to Professor Bradman's dicsussion of food dyes with Host Flora Lichtman.
"Supporting First-Generation Undergraduates Through Embedded Writing Tutoring: Emerging Insights from a Pilot Study,” is a new article co-authored by Lindsay Crawford, Assistant Teaching Professor of Public Health and Irene Yen, Professor of Public Health.
Access and read their...
EJIE (Division of Equity, Justice, & Inclusive Excellence) held their Student Champion Awards Reception on April 22, 2025, where undergraduate Public Health student, Alicia Ruiz Rios, was awarded the EJIE Champion Award...
The Senate Award for Distinction in Research recognizes a tenured faculty member whose research or creative activities have made a significant and lasting impact on their field - either through a sustained body of work or a singular, highly influential contribution. In recoginition of...
Through the lens of Veronica Adrover we have seen buildings rise, graduates cheer and lasers glow. We’ve seen governors, a First Lady and a former U.S. president. We’ve glimpsed a young bobcat in tall grass and celebrated young Bobcats in labs, corridors and classrooms.
Through 20 years at UC...
Pictures accompanying Professor John Abatzoglou's presentation on the 2025 fire season were blurry. That was intentional, he said, because so much about wildfire is unpredictable.
"There's a lot that we know, and a lot we don't know," he said.
However, Abatzoglou said, some conclusions can be drawn...
California’s Central Valley, famous for producing much of the food Americans eat, is also infamous for its inferior air quality and its high rates of poverty, housing insecurity and at-risk workers.
Increasing epidemiological evidence has shown a correlation between long-term exposure to fine...
What will California's fire season look like in 2025?
A panel of UC Merced experts, joined by the founder of a public safety information nonprofit organization, will conduct an in-depth discussion of the risks, repercussions and forecasts, and what communities can do to be prepared.
The Fire...
LGBTQ2S+ individuals use tobacco and nicotine products at significantly higher rates than straight and cisgender people, research shows. Reasons can include stress and other health problems brought on by systemic and social prejudice, along with barriers to support for breaking the habit.
UC Merced...
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When David Mendoza-Cózatl, a 2006 Pew Latin American fellow in the biomedical sciences, got an email soliciting applications for the Pew Innovation Fund, he sprang into action.
The program provides alumni from...
