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New Field of Ecological Medicine Emphasizes Health Benefits of Connectedness

Andy Fell — November 25, 2025 - 10:48am

Ecological medicine is a new approach to health science that draws on a very old idea: connecting with each other, with animals and plants, and with the natural world fosters health and well-being for people and the planet.

�鶹��ý Chancellor May Appoints Mark I. Rosenblatt as Vice Chancellor of Human Health Sciences

James Michael Nash — October 22, 2025 - 10:00am

�鶹��ý Chancellor Gary S. May has appointed Mark I. Rosenblatt to the position of vice chancellor of human health sciences, overseeing �鶹��ý Health, which includes three hospitals: the nationally ranked �鶹��ý Medical Center and �鶹��ý Children’s Hospital, as well as the �鶹��ý Rehabilitation Hospital. It also includes oversight for two nationally ranked schools of health — the �鶹��ý School of Medicine and Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing — and 17 primary care clinics serving communities across Northern California. He will begin Jan. 19, 2026.

How Does Immigration Affect the United States?

Russell L Thebaud — August 19, 2024 - 2:52pm

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, immigrants made up 13.9% of the total population in 2022. Among them are highly skilled workers who fill critical gaps in high tech industries as well those who construct the buildings in which we live and who plant and harvest the foods we eat. Some arrive seeking greater opportunity while others bring hope simply for a life free from persecution and poverty.

Meet the Undergraduates Who Won Big Bang!

Jocelyn C Anderson — August 19, 2024 - 10:05am

This year, a team of �鶹��ý undergraduates took home the first prize in the annual Big Bang! Business Competition. The EpiSense team won the $25,000 award with their pitch for a wearable device that could significantly improve quality of life for patients with epilepsy.

Understanding the Threat of Bird Flu

Russell L Thebaud — August 19, 2024 - 9:50am

Since 2022, a new, highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 influenza or “bird flu” has spread worldwide. In the U.S. it has affected over 100 million birds and for the first time, spread into dairy cows and a small, but growing, number of people. At �鶹��ý, experts in One Health — an approach that considers the health of people, animals and the environment together — are on high alert.

Nothing but death

Dead silence met Marcela Uhart and her team when they arrived at the elephant seal colony at Punta Delgada, Patagonia on Oct. 10, 2023.

Lower Grades, More Absences for High Schoolers Who Use Both Tobacco and Cannabis

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — March 14, 2024 - 12:25pm

More states in the U.S. are legalizing recreational cannabis, leading to concerns that teen use will increase. Tobacco consumption among high school students, including vaping and e-cigarettes, is a concerning 12.6%, although trending downward.

10 New Faculty Books

Jocelyn C Anderson — February 20, 2024 - 2:21am

�鶹��ý experts weigh in on a variety of topics including abortion, mass incarceration and wildfire.

Male Hormonal Birth Control? It May Be Closer Than You Think

Jocelyn C Anderson — February 20, 2024 - 2:19am

A �鶹��ý clinical trial advances contraceptive options.

�鶹��ý Initiates Contact Tracing After Case of Contagious Tuberculosis Identified

Julia Ann Easley — December 20, 2023 - 12:06pm

Out of an abundance of caution and consistent with recommendations from the California Department of Public Health, �鶹��ý offers the following public health information: