Ya Yang, UC Merced
In the summer, students have multiple options: refresh, do research, take courses or travel. Some UC students are doing all of that, and at the same time immersing themselves in different...
UC Merced public health graduate student Erendira “Dida” Estrada's master’s thesis, “Development of a participatory health communication intervention: An...
Neurons keep time. These brain cells – which are responsible for the brain’s “heavy lifting,” from information processing to memory formation – seem to "know" how long they’ve been exposed to sensory stimulation. Now, scientists are starting to understand how they do this.
Neurobiology Professor...
In creating scholarships to help future generations of Bobcats succeed, UC Merced staff members and alumnae Monique de Villa (’16) and Danielle Armedilla (’12) are cementing the legacy they are leaving for campus.
De Villa and Armedilla were honored for their generous contributions at last month’...
Public Health Commencement: Faculty gather to celebrate graduating students
Our growing Public Health Department gathered on May 11th to celebrate our many undergraduate and MSPH students. It was a beautiful day and a great opportunity for faculty to...
On Monday, May 7, 2018 Professor Nancy Burke gave the keynote talk at the University of California, San Francisco Global Oral Health Symposium. Entitled “Immigration: A social determinant of oral health?”, Prof. Burke’s talk brought together recent public health...
The odds of Tomanik’e Banks graduating from college were slim — only slightly lower than the odds she’d go to college at all.
But Banks had one thing going for her that many others don’t. Determination.
When Banks crosses the commencement stage May 12, she’ll...
Professor Yen is senior author for a report which examined the association between gentrification during the period 2006-2015 and binge drinking in an analysis of the California Health...
Public Health Grad Students Present Posters
Last week graduate students in Professor Burke’s Health Equity Research group spent four days in Philadelphia at the Society for Applied Anthropology meetings. Three second-year students presented their thesis papers during the...
Professor and students recognized for research excellence at health communication conference
Professor Susana Ramirez and doctoral student Erendira Estrada were recently recognized at the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication. Their poster titled “Development of a local brand to...
