Mujahid was celebrated for her transformational contributions to the field of social epidemiology and received the award at the ACE annual meeting.

Dr. Lesley Park is an epidemiologist whose research focuses on HIV, cancer, and aging using large-scale data from the US Veterans Health Administration.

Please join the UC Berkeley School of Public Health on ZOOM for a Dean’s Speaker Series: Lynn Barr on Reimagining Public Health.

A new study directly compares how long tuberculosis preventive treatment remains effective across settings with very different levels of TB infection rates.

UC Berkeley researchers show that healthcare worker–targeted antiviral PEP could avert workers’ deaths and preserve medical response capacity.

A new UC Berkeley study found the odds of infection near new oil and gas wells were 11% higher.

A UC Berkeley study finds the city of Richmond’s gun violence program led to three times the national decline in violence.

A UC Berkeley study finds the city of Richmond’s gun violence program led to three times the national decline in violence.

How UC Berkeley’s Labor Occupational Health Program helps workers understand their workplace safety rights.

A new study links higher disease rates to certain agricultural and natural landscapes near California communities.

Dr. Sean Darling-Hammond’s lab conducts research into how K-12 school practices impact students’ sense of belonging, mental health, and wellbeing.

Ensuring pregnant and lactating women are meaningfully involved in research and decision-making is key to sustainable, equitable HIV prevention.

Ann Keller: Public health experts need to be allowed to admit when they’re wrong — and share with the public what they are learning.

A new paper models a new approach to controlling rodent populations: Y-linked genome editors, or YLEs.

How experts in healthcare economics, computational health, biostatistics, and behavioral design came together to build a new kind of healthcare AI.

Dr. Justin Remais of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health on how to protect yourself from this mosquito-borne disease.

Researchers at UC Berkeley have shown that medical debt is not distributed equally.

Law enforcement agents misused crowd-control weapons during protests against immigration enforcement operations in 412 verified incidents.

A UC Berkeley-led project trained an AI system on hundreds of thousands of EKGs. The resulting risk predictions are much better than existing methods.

Dr. Joe Griffin, executive director of the violence prevention program Youth ALIVE!, on healing communities and interrupting urban violence.

A warming climate is making parts of the state more hospitable to the dengue fever — and the mosquitoes that carry it.

The Impact Fellows program is grounded in the belief that universities exist to create change in the world by bridging the gap between knowledge and action.

Scientists now link friendship to a remarkable range of benefits—both physical and mental.

A UC Berkeley study of California hospital data reveals persistent racial disparities and the higher risks faced by Black, multiracial and Indigenous women.

UCBPH celebrated the class of 2026 before an exuberant crowd at the Greek Theatre.

The award is given annually to a graduating student whose public health activities symbolize a spirit of social justice and democratic action.

The prize is given to a student who demonstrates exceptional commitment to community-based research, organizing, social justice, and/or advocacy.

Dr. David J.X. Gonzalez works to protect communities from environmental harms like air pollution and oil and gas emissions.

The public health expert and Berkeley professor will unite scholars across campus to address crucial environmental challenges.

A new Lancet series on energy and health has pulled together the strong but previously fragmented evidence of the health hazards caused by biomass fuels.

A $90 million estate pledge from distinguished alumna Lynn Barr is set to transform UCBPH by providing scholarships to public health leaders of tomorrow.

How the realization that health outcomes are directly tied to social status led to a framework to reduce health inequalities.

UCBPH was also ranked as a top 10 school for Environmental Health, Community Health, Epidemiology, and Health Policy & Management.

A new study demonstrates that parental maintenance of heritage culture socialization consistently produces positive outcomes in Asian American men.

The two-day event featured panels on healthcare investing, drug development partnerships, entrepreneurship, and artificial intelligence in healthcare.