2008
Bay Area residents see global health research as driver of area jobs, salaries
(8 December)
EEGs show brain differences between poor and rich kids
(2 December)
Associate Dean Art Reingold elected president of the Society for Epidemiologic Research
(14 November)
Vitamin C lowers levels of heart disease biomarker, finds study, adds to debate of health benefits
(12 November)
UC Berkeley School of Public Health expands initiatives in global health
(31 October)
Looming Baby Boomer retirements spark creative strategies for Medicare portability
(24 October)
Study links higher risk of adult obesity with extra cash from government program
(20 October)
Kirk Smith and other climate-change researchers to be celebrated for work on Nobel Peace Prize-winning IPCC report
(15 October)
Is There a Doctor in the House? New book by Richard Scheffler looks at market signals and tomorrow's supply of doctors
(7 October)
Bixby Foundation gives $15 million to establish new center for population and sustainability
(3 October 2008)
California Program on Access to Care offers grants for health care research
(2 October 2008)
Art Reingold appointed associate dean for research
(8 September)
California magazine article: "Mr. Clean: Michael Wilson wants the chemical industry to make products safe before they get to the market"
(1 September)
SPH helps create Web's largest collection of health information
(29 August)
New article says action needed to address growing problem of fish contamination
(27 August 2008)
Core competency model for the master of public health degree explained
(18 August)
At Highland Hospital in Oakland, a student in the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program tests the ER's capacity to address an epidemic
(31 July)
New light shed on how intracellular pathogens trigger the immune system
(14 July)
SPH alumnus Sir Michael Marmot receives top honor for health services research
(11 July)
Access to Care partners with UC Berkeley
(9 July)
Adjunct Professor Eric Stover assesses health conditions in Burma before and after Cyclone Nargis
(30 May 2008)
Marcos Espinal Fuentes, expert on tuberculosis and HIV receives 2008 Haas International Award
(23 May)
Fogarty scholar learned to think critically at early age
(23 May)
Guidebook earns Health Research for Action top honor in health literacy
(13 May)
Robert Spear awarded Berkeley Citation, campus's most prestigious honor
(8 May)
New campus-wide alliance for global health launches May 14
(8 May)
New analysis finds day care attendance early in life cuts childhood leukemia risk by about 30 percent
(28 April)
Barbara Staggers, adolescent medicine expert, to speak at School of Public Health Commencement
(24 April)
Low cortisol levels found in kids whose mothers who show signs of depression
(21 April)
New study finds glamorization of drugs in rap music jumped dramatically over two decades
(1 April)
Washington Burns, M.D., B.S. '52, receives campus's Peter E. Haas Public Service Award
(21 March)
Folate intake linked to genetic abnormalities in sperm, says new study
(19 March)
School of Public Health to honor 'heroes' in annual ceremony
(12 March)
SPH enters into partnership with Mexico's National Institute of Public Health
(6 March)
Extra cash from government program linked to better child development, new study says
(6 March)
More public health professionals needed to avert crisis, warns new report
(27 February)
Strong community networks linked to fewer recurring heart problems, new study finds
(26 February)
Schwarzenegger appoints Dean Stephen Shortell to California's Public Health Advisory Committee
(14 February)
Web Feature: UC Berkeley SPH Program Hosts Binational Exchange Program
(8 February)
Web Feature: In Mexico, SPH students learn about migration and health
(24 January)
UC policy report says chemical exposures cost state estimated $2.6 billion
(17 January)