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June 24, 2025

Berkeley Public Health’s Filipa Rijo-Ferreira wins prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute award for outstanding early career faculty

UCBPH In the Media

Rolling Stone
He had a mental breakdown talking to ChatGPT. Then police killed him
Features Professor Jodi Halpern
Lake County News
AAA supports bill advocating for expansion of California’s slow down, move over laws
Features UC Berkeley SafeTREC research
STAT News
Childhood vaccination coverage was falling across the globe even before Covid
Features Professor Art Reingold

Topics

Research Highlights

Study finds addictive screen use, not total screen time, linked to youth suicide risk
Researchers consider innovative, inclusive ways to develop and scale computational health
Pharmacies that are left off “preferred networks” are more likely to close

Faculty Highlights

Berkeley Public Health’s Filipa Rijo-Ferreira wins prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute award for outstanding early career faculty
To understand youth experiencing homelessness, this UC Berkeley professor hires them
The Accidental Economist: How Prof. Richard Scheffler skipped med school—and made a profound impact on public health

School News

How UC Berkeley’s Online MPH can prepare you for a digital shift
UC Berkeley School of Public Health welcomes fifth Health Innovation Accelerator cohort
Xavier Becerra to UC Berkeley grads: With public health under attack, ‘It is game time’

Health Policy

Pharmacies that are left off “preferred networks” are more likely to close
How can the US maintain COVID-era reductions in economic and health disparities?
Does helping housing-insecure people pay rental deposits lead to lower healthcare use?

Environmental Health

Doctoral student Laura Díaz wins social activism prize
Electric trains are quieter, more reliable than diesel. New study finds they’re healthier, too.
Researchers and students gather in Sproul Plaza to ‘Stand up for Science’

Social Impact

National Public Health Week: UC Berkeley School of Public Health Chief Social Impact Officer Claudia Williams
Medicaid Innovation Competition asks students how they would improve the nation’s medical safety net
Berkeley Public Health Fellows advocate for rural health in Washington, D.C.

Our Community

Students

This university alliance is training students to strengthen tribal food, energy and water systems
Doctoral student Laura Díaz wins social activism prize
National Public Health Week: MPH/MCP student Laurel Denyer

Alumni

Newly minted PhD Nikolina Walas plans a career fighting infectious diseases
Meet three Black trailblazers in STEM
An interview with Public Health Alumni Association Board Members Kat Sham and Whitney Kennedy

Opinions

Why America needs unmuzzled science
How worried should you be about bird flu?
U.S. withdrawal from WHO could bring tragedy at home and abroad

School Communications

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Media Inquiries

For more information about a particular story or to get in touch with a faculty expert, please contact:

Elise Proulx
Executive Director of Communications, Marketing & Events
eliseproulx@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-4707

Sheila M. Kaplan
Writer / Public Relations Manager, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
sheilakaplan@berkeley.edu

Media and Publications

Explore our multimedia projects focused on public health initiatives and policies, addressing both personal health and community well-being. Features include:

  • The Other 80 Podcast
  • Health and Wellness Publications
  • 75th Anniversary Magazine
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