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Fall 2024 PhD recipients
Congratulations to our Fall 2024 PhD recipients!
The Public Health Department congratulates our newest graduates, Dr. Kimberly Arellano Carmona and Dr. Nimrat Sandhu, on receiving their Ph.D. degrees.
Center for Health Policy Research honors Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research honors Prof. Maria-Elena Young
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research honors Prof. Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young for empowering communities and transforming health policies
Campus Hosts Conference of Air Quality and Health
Department Chair Asa Bradman and collaborators on the SJV-CAIR project, funded by the California Department of Justice, hosted a conference on air quality and health in the San Joaquin...
Sarina Rodriguez Named Health Policy Research Scholar
We are proud to announce that Ph.D. student Sarina Rodriguez has been selected to participate in one of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s leadership programs, the Health Policy Scholars...
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Congratulations to Andrea Lopez

May 16, 2020
The Department of Public Health at UC Merced congratulates Andrea Lopez in the successful virtual defense of her dissertation entitled “Migración es una enfermedad: immigration policies, family separation, chronic fear, adversity.”

Assistant Professor of Public Health, Denise Payan, has been awarded a $50,000 CITRIS pilot grant with collaborators at UC Berkeley and UC Davis to study how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted telehealth adoption in safety net settings in California

May 16, 2020
A Multicampus Infrastructure to Advance Telehealth Implementation for Low-Income Californians in Response to COVID-19” Researcher/s: Hector Rodriguez, Denise Payan, Lorena Garcia | UC Berkeley, UC Merced, UC Davis On March 6, the President signed H.R. 6074, or the Coronavirus...

Congratulations to David Veloz

May 16, 2020
 The Department of Public Health at UC Merced congratulates David Veloz in the successful defense of his dissertation entitled "Perception of Air Quality in the San Joaquin Valley".

UC Merced Part of CITRIS’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants

May 14, 2020
UC Merced professors are leading or participating in four technology projects designed to mitigate the COVID-19 crisis. The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute awarded seed grants to 25 interdisciplinary, multi-campus teams to...

At the Intersection of Math and Biology, Sindi Lab Sees a Breakthrough in Prion Disease

May 4, 2020
A UC Merced researcher and her lab have unlocked one of the mysteries that could lead to treatments — or even cures — for prion diseases in mammals. Prion diseases are a family of rare, progressive neurodegenerative disorders that affect both humans — such as with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or fatal...

COVID-19 raises mental health concerns, resources available

April 17, 2020
Professor Goldman-Mellor cited in local news coverage of the mental health implications of the COVID-19 crisis. 

Merced County residents ask supervisors for ‘true’ eviction moratorium amid coronavirus

April 17, 2020
Professor Golash-Boza pens op-ed in regional newspaper arguing that rent relief funds from local governments could lift the burden off tenants at risk of becoming homeless due to fallout from the coronavirus.

COVID-19 reveals gaps in the Valley’s public health system, but improvement is possible

April 10, 2020
Links to the article: https://www.mercedsunstar.com/opinion/article241906106.html https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article241906106.html

COVID-19 More Likely to Impact Smokers and People Exposed to Secondhand Smoke, Report Finds

April 2, 2020
Smokers and former smokers are not only more susceptible to COVID-19, they are far more likely to see their conditions worsen over time and to require intensive respiratory assistance, according to a review released Thursday by the UC Merced Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center (NCPC). Furthermore...

Public Health Statement on COVID-19 Concerns

March 12, 2020
The University of California, Merced Department of Public Health prioritizes the health of our campus and community. Consistent with advice from national and state public health agencies, we have made the following policy changes, effective March 16, 2020 and in effect until further notice. 1...

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