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Public health doctoral student presents research at conference

April 16, 2018
Public health doctoral student presents research at conference   Kimberly Arellano Carmona, a first year doctoral student in public health, recently presented research at the Society for Behavioral Medicine. The study, “Beyond Fatalism: Nutrition information overload and sources of...

Health Psychology Professor Wins Prestigious Award

April 13, 2018
The Society of Pediatric Psychology has recognized Professor Deborah Wiebe for her body of research on the psychology of adolescent health. Wiebe, the head of UC Merced’s Health Psychology program within the Psychological Sciences graduate group, won the Dennis Drotar Distinguished Research...

Lifetime Achievement Award Honors Distinguished Psychology Professor

April 12, 2018
Distinguished Professor Jan Wallander heads to New Orleans today (April 12) to attend a conference and receive the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Pediatric Medicine and Behavioral Health from the Society of Behavioral Medicine Child and Family Health...

Article published by Ph.D. student Kim Arellano Carmona in the Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing

April 10, 2018
Article published by Ph.D. student Kim Arellano Carmona in the Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing "Adding a Parent to the Brain Tumor Team: Evaluating a Peer Support Intervention for Parents of Children With Brain Tumors" http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/KkMasVj8HtkHnTPU9sz2/...

Study: Drug-Resistant Cancer Cleverer Than Imagined

April 4, 2018
Precision medicine offers hope after a life-changing cancer diagnosis. But some cancers that initially respond to targeted chemotherapy become treatment-resistant — and the tumor itself is the culprit. Now, new research from UC Merced and UC Irvine is helping explain how therapy-resistant cancers...

Study: Kitchen and Culture Clash When Promoting Healthy Eating to Latinos

March 22, 2018
Latinos suffer from some of the highest obesity rates in the nation. Health officials have tried to intervene with messaging that encourages healthy eating and healthy behavior, but these campaigns have met with little success. Now a new study from UC Merced public health Professor Susana Ramirez...

UCM Public Health Major leads conference focused on Central Valley high school students

March 14, 2018
    The Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) initiated the yearly SPLASH conference in 1957.  It is an academic outreach program that invites high school students to attend classes/workshops taught by undergraduates, graduates, alumni, staff/faculty, and local...

Public Health Seniors Win Research Week Poster Presentation

March 8, 2018
Morelia Marines and Kesia Garibay who are Public Health seniors (and mentored by Public Health professor Dr. Nancy Burke) were selected as winners for Research Week for their poster presentation. They both received high scores for their presentation at the Research Week Showcase and won as an...

A Fruit Fly Walks Into a Bar ...

March 5, 2018
Editor’s note: Every year UC Merced shines a spotlight on the cutting-edge research underway at the university. Research Week is an opportunity for the public to explore the groundbreaking work conducted by students and faculty. As part of Research Week, the Newsroom will highlight a few of these...

Local Valley Foundation Helps Seniors Avoid Hospital Re-Entry

March 1, 2018
Good News for The Elderly of Merced and Stanislaus Counties Legacy Health Endowment (LHE), who has in the past worked with Dr. Paul Brown (a UC Merced Public Health professor) on understanding Valley Fever, is now looking to help local senior citizens. LHE has teamed up with Covenant Care...

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