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Our People

Group of Public Health faculty and graduates standing in the Lantern at UC Merced

Founded in 2016, the Department of Public Health consists of interdisciplinary faculty working to address pressing public health challenges facing the people of the San Joaquin Valley, California, and beyond. Students and faculty in the Department of Public Health prioritize research on regionally important challenges and leverage a participatory approach to build capacity in local communities. Our faculty and students form a vibrant and collegial intellectual community marked by outstanding scholarship and participation in interdisciplinary communities of inquiry.


Department Chair:

Asa Bradman, PhD, MS
email: abradman@ucmerced.edu

Graduate Program Chair:

Sidra Goldman-Mellor, PhD, MPH
email: sgoldman-mellor@ucmerced.edu

Undergrad Program Chair:

Andrea Joyce, PhD, MS
email: ajoyce2@ucmerced.edu

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