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Public Health Professor Honored for Early-Career Research

December 12, 2017
The American Public Health Association (APHA) presented public health Professor Susana Ramirez with the 2017 Early Career Award at its annual meeting last month. The award is handed out every year to an early career public health professional — someone active in the field who received their...

AAAS Fellow Brings Groundbreaking Genetics Research to Campus

December 11, 2017
Professor Chris Amemiya is new to UC Merced, but he’s a veteran scientist with a long list of breakthroughs to his name. Amemiya’s discoveries have changed the way scientists understand vertebrate genomes and their evolution, and he was recently elected a fellow of the American...

Process That Kills Damaged Cells Hints at New Cancer Therapies

December 4, 2017
Scientists have long known that cells originating from an animal’s anterior — the body’s upper half — tend to grow, divide and survive better than those from the posterior. Studies show this to be true in cancer as well, with anterior cancers metastasizing more aggressively. Now scientists are...

UC Merced Public Health Team Assist Fairmead Health Survey

November 21, 2017
  In collaboration with Fairmead Community and Friends and the Madera Department of Public Health, undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty from UC Merced’s Public Health Department participated in the Fairmead Health Survey and Fairmead Health Fair on October 21, 2017....

9th Annual Migrant Mother’s Symposium

November 18, 2017
Public Health PhD student Andrea Lopez, presented her work at the Migrant Mother’s Symposium on Saturday, November 18th in Fresno, which was hosted by the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools and Migration Education.   The Migrant Mother’s Symposium is a one-day conference...

2017 APHA Early Career Award Won By Our Own Dr. Ramirez

November 17, 2017
We are delighted to announce Professor Susana Ramirez's 2017 Early Career Award from the Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section of the American Public Health Association's annual meeting on November 7th in Atlanta. Dr. Ramirez is an Assistant Professor of Public Health...

Prestigious Fellowship Furthers Grad Student’s Asthma Research

November 9, 2017
Very few people will admit to an abiding love of statistics. But Emanuel Alcala, a second-year public health doctoral student, believes statistics are key to solving many of the San Joaquin Valley’s public health challenges. “I grew fond of statistics when I started working at the Central Valley...

Campus Efforts Improve Community’s Access to Healthy Foods

November 7, 2017
Hunger is a critical issue facing most of the nation and the world, but it’s even closer to home than some might think. At UC Merced, it's an issue that many students face, and one that researchers are seeking to understand. Helping Students in Need A systemwide survey last year found that four in...

New Mesoamerican Studies Center’s Conference Being Held at UC Merced

October 23, 2017
                            Topics ranging from ethnobotany, public health and feminism to agriculture, urban growth and social movements are among the highlights of the Mesoamerican Studies Center’s...

New Center, Conference Focus on Mesoamerican Studies

October 23, 2017
Topics ranging from ethnobotany, public health and feminism to agriculture, urban growth and social movements are among the highlights of the Mesoamerican Studies Center’s upcoming conference at UC Merced. “Mesoamericans in California: Immigrants’ Resistance, Social Movements, Rights, and Memory”...

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