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Campus Hosts Conference of Air Quality and Health

Public Health Department Chair Asa Bradman and collaborators on the SJV-CAIR project, funded by the California Department of Justice, will host a conference on air quality and...

Sarina Rodriguez Named Health Policy Research Scholars

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...

Ph.D. candidate Sneha Ghimire presents her research at the the national Society for Epidemiologic Research's annual meeting.

Ghimire Presents at Society for Epidemiologic Research

Public Health Ph.D. student Sneha Ghimire in Prof. Sandie Ha’s lab presented her research on the links between ambient air pollution and risk of fetal death in California’s San...

Congrats Spring 2024 Grads!

The Public Health Department congratulates its newest graduates on receiving their degrees! Ph.D. students Kimberly Sanchez, Gilda Zarate-Gonzalez, Carlisha Hall, Rudiel Sanchez, and Kimberly Valle,...

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Some people drive distracted despite knowing the danger, UC Merced survey says

December 1, 2016

People know using their cellphone while driving is dangerous, but they do it anyway, according to a recent survey of UC Merced students. An assistant public health professor at UC Merced, Stephen Wooding,...

People in Eurasia are Genetic Hybrids with Evolutionary Advantages, Study Shows

November 16, 2016

It’s not just luck or practice that gets Sherpa mountaineers up the slopes of Mt. Everest each year. Functioning so well at extreme elevations is in the Sherpa and Tibetan DNA — literally. A new study by UC Merced Professor Emilia Huerta-Sánchez — published recently in the journal Molecular Biology...

UC Merced Public Health Represented at the International Entomology Conference

November 2, 2016

UC Merced had a strong showing at this year's International Entomology Conference in Orlando, Florida. Public Health graduate student Eunis Hernandez presented a research poster titled 'Environmental and Socioeconomic factors associated with West Nile virus cases.' She was accompanied...

Researcher’s Work Could Help Stop Aggressive Breast Cancers

October 21, 2016

Adjunct Professor Gabriela Loots is studying why certain cancers prefer to metastasize to bone, using novel technology developed by fellow UC Merced Professor Michael Cleary. Her work, which takes place mainly at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, earned her a three-year, $768,803 grant from...

Professor’s Findings Help Illuminate the Human Immune System

October 3, 2016

Professor Anna Beaudin is just starting up her lab at UC Merced, but a paper she recently published already has some big implications for understanding autoimmune disease, allergies and rejection of transplanted organs. A developmental biologist with the School of Natural Sciences and an affiliate...

Research Breakthrough Could Help Diagnose, Treat Biofilm Infections

September 28, 2016

Biofilms — colonies of microorganisms living inside a protective coating — are everywhere, from the plaque we scrub off our teeth each day to the slimy green masses that form on rocks in streams. They are on the inside and outside of our bodies, in our oceans, and on natural and manmade surfaces,...

Young Students a Glimpse of College Life, Leadership

August 17, 2016

Ke-Myrion Anderson had never set foot on college campus before he spent a week at UC Merced in July. The Fresno eighth-grader was one of 150 students from across California who were invited to live and learn at the university as part of the Willie Lewis Brown Jr. Youth Leadership Development...

Dedicated Student Breaks Ground With Ph.D., Autism Research

June 13, 2016

When Nikko Da Paz decided to go to graduate school, she didn’t limit herself to one degree — or even one campus. The mother of two young children with autism enrolled at UC Merced in 2011, and in May she became the university’s first African-American student to earn a Ph.D....

Medical Students Reach Out to Create a Healthier Valley

June 9, 2016

Six medical students, all with ties to the San Joaquin Valley, are spending part of their summer reaching out and giving back to the community they call home. The students are taking part in a four-week, voluntary summer program called Research, Education and Community Health in the San Joaquin...

Study Links Cancer Cell Growth to Nervous System

May 17, 2016

Cancer cells divide with more frequency and are more resilient when they are closer to the brain, indicating a potential link between cell growth and the nervous system, according to new research from Professor Néstor J. Oviedo of the University of California, Merced. The study, published today (...