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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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Hellman Family Recognizes Young UC Merced Faculty Projects and Careers

August 30, 2019
Six faculty members have been named this year’s Hellman Fellows — two from each of UC Merced’s schools. The 2019-20 winners are: • Professor Anna E. Beaudin, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences; • Professor Chih-Wen Ni, Department of Bioengineering, School of...

Founding Professor Named Associate Dean of Natural Sciences

July 26, 2019
The School of Natural Sciences has a new associate dean for Academic Programs, founding faculty member Professor Michael Colvin. “With his experience as a researcher and administrator, his dedication to student success and his deep knowledge of the School, Professor Colvin is particularly well...

Biochemistry Researcher Named to NIH Review Board

July 18, 2019
Professor Andy LiWang has accepted an appointment to the National Institutes of Health’s Macromolecular Structure and Function B (MSFB) Study Section Center for Scientific Review. Over his four-year term, LiWang will be a member of the group that reviews grant applications submitted to the NIH,...

Public Health Ph.D. Student Earns Fellowship to Study Health Equity

July 16, 2019
Fourth-year Public Health doctoral student Tashelle Wright won UC Merced’s first Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) Predoctoral Fellowship to examine tobacco use and oral health diseases among Black, Latinx, aging and rural populations in the San Joaquin Valley. As a TRDRP fellow,...

University Promotes Social Mobility Through Local and Regional Programs

July 16, 2019
UC Merced students come from all over the state, some from very long distances. But for dozens of students just five miles away from campus, getting here took its own kind of journey. Becoming Gateway Scholars allowed 67 Merced High School students to reach a destination they thought was closed to...

Public Health Doctoral Student Tashelle Wright Awarded Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) Predoctoral Fellowship.

June 28, 2019
Tashelle Wright, a rising fourth-year doctoral student in Public Health at UC Merced, has been awarded a Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) Predoctoral Fellowship. This fellowship offers two years of research funding and is intended to support her dissertation project “...

Undergrad Research Fuels Opportunities for Grad School, Careers

June 13, 2019
The opportunity to participate in cutting-edge scientific research as an undergraduate is one of the most exciting aspects of a UC Merced education. One of the best preparation opportunities for graduate school is to engage in research as an undergraduate, but at many universities, it’s not until...

Overdose, Suicide Among Leading Reasons for Postpartum Maternal Deaths

June 12, 2019
Overdoses and suicides were among the most common reasons for mothers dying within a year of giving birth in California, according to a new study published this week. Psychiatric epidemiology Professor Sidra Goldman-Mellor , a public health researcher with the School of Social Sciences,...

UC Merced Undergrad Alumna Wins Fulbright, Will Study Health Disparities Among Indian Women

June 3, 2019
Akhila Yechuri is taking what she learned as an undergrad at UC Merced to Hyderabad, India, researching health disparities as the campus’s first undergrad to earn a Fulbright scholarship. “I'm so overwhelmed and excited,” she said. “This is really thrilling.” Yechuri studied public health and...

NCPC Workshop Empowers Stakeholders to Craft Compelling Anti-Smoking Policy Messages

June 3, 2019
The rate of smoking in the San Joaquin Valley is the highest in California — on par with tobacco-producing regions in Georgia and South Carolina — and UC Merced’s Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center (NCPC) is determined to change that. The NCPC hosted a workshop on May 17 aiming to empower key...

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