Making an impact, locally and globally
Right now, School of Public Health faculty, staff, students, and alumni are confronting the major health challenges of our generation. Among our priorities:
- Improve the Health Care System
The School has taken a lead in proposing solutions to make affordable, quality health care and coverage available to all. Innovative ideas from UC Berkeley have been incorporated into the national and state discussions and debates on health care reform.
- Confront Climate Change
Climate change is, at heart, a public health challenge—responsible for higher heat-related mortality rates, infectious diseases, water shortages, and potential natural disasters. The School is educating policymakers on the health benefits of stronger greenhouse gas controls.
- Nurture Lifelong Health
One of the School's priorities is determining how to prevent or reverse chronic illnesses. From prenatal development to childhood obesity to the effects of aging, the School is engaged on a number of fronts in finding ways to improve your odds of living a long and healthy life.
- Protect You from Natural Disasters and Infectious Disease
Planning for a disaster or epidemic, and for a swift and effective response when one occurs, is a critical public health initiative. The School trains frontline responders in communicable disease control, emergency management, and countering bioterrorism.
- Promote Global Health
Our world is getting smaller. Improving health in the developing world is humanitarian—but it is also for our own protection. Berkeley researchers and students are working for better health conditions and services in more than 25 countries throughout the world, including Brazil, China, Guatemala, India, Mexico, and Tanzania.
- Eliminate Health Inequities
Studies have uncovered vast inequities in the disease rates and the quality of care received based on socioeconomic, cultural, racial, and linguistic differences. As California becomes increasingly ethnically diverse, the School is working vigorously to identify and help eradicate health disparities.
Your Gift in Action
Read more about how your gifts enable School of Public Health community members to address major health challenges, locally and globally. Make an online gift to support the Dean's Opportunity Fund.
