ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Program in Public Health was established in 2003, develops core strengths in the essential areas of the field, including health services & clinical policy research, biostatistics and quantitative/qualitative methods, clinical sciences, epidemiology, behavior/interdisciplinary sciences and environmental sciences. Collaborative interdisciplinary research is supported by joint faculty appointments shared with other UCI departments.

The Program in Public Health currently offers a B.S. in Public Health Sciences and a B.A. in Public Health Policy. The proposal for the Graduate Program in Public Health is currently underway and information will be made available as it arrives. Currently the Program is anticipating on a Fall 2008/Winter 2009 start date for the Graduate Degree. Interested students for the undergraduate programs can contact: 949-824-6861.

A new feature in the Program in Public Health is The Public Health Association. This is an academic and community service club committed to serving students as they pursue their passions in public health and serving the local community. For more information please contact phauci@gmail.com

UPCOMING EVENTS

NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS

Shahram Lotfipour, MD, MPH, FAAEM, FACEP, has been appointed as the Assistant Dean Clinical Science Education and Program Director of the proposed, combined MD/MPH program effective May 1, 2008. As the Assistant Dean Clinical Science Education, Dr. Lotfipour will assume the role as Clinical Foundations Course Director, Content Themes Coordinator and will oversee the integration of LCME Hot Topics into the curriculum. Dr. Lotfipour has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards including the medical student Excellence in Teaching award for 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Congratulations to Zuzana Bic who has been selected to receive the 2008 Lecturer of the Year Award at the 16th annual Celebration of Teaching. Dr. Bic will be honored in an event that will take place on Thursday, May 22, 2008 from 4:30-6:00 in the University Club Dining Room. To attend the Celebration of Teaching, please contact Ms. Barbara Valencia Fernandez at x46060 to R.S.V.P.

Congratulations to Shari Stern, Sr. Lecturer and Public Health student Elizabeth Poston who are this year's recipients of the 2007-2008 Upper Division Excellence in Writing award in the Science and Technology category. The event was sponsored and announced by the Division of Undergraduate Education and the Office of the Campus Writing Coordinator on April 24, 2007.

A study relating to the importance of "mind-body" connection for cancer survivors by Lari Wenzel, Associate Professor, Program in Public Health and Dr. Edward Nelson, Assistant Professor, the Department of Medicine, will be be apprearing in the April issue of Clinical Cancer Research. Results of this study will also be featured in Orange County's Coast Magazine in May. http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?
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