Best of Berkeley Public Health 2023

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Stefano Bertozzi, MD, PhD, named editor-in-chief of new journal Rapid Reviews\Infectious Diseases (RR\ID)
Brenda Eskenazi, MA, PhD, received Child Advocate Award
Ziad Obermeyer, MD, named a TIME Top 100 Leader in AI
Filipa Rijo-Ferreira, PhD, MSc, named Searle Scholar
Jingshen Wang, PhD, received an NSF Career Award
Daniel Woolridge, MD, MPH, MS, received Emerging Health-Activist Award

Received $45.6 million in research grants
More than 600 papers published in journals including The Lancet, JAMA, Nature, Science, and more

Received support from > 2,400 donors for research, fellowships, faculty & social impact

UC Berkeley and Kaiser Permanente launched the California Center for Outbreak Readiness
UC Berkeley-led California Alliance of Academics and Communities for Public Health Equity is established. The Alliance is a coalition of public health schools and civic groups working to advance health equity in California
Racism & Health website launched
Rural Health Innovation Program offers support for emerging rural public health leaders
New Berkeley Center for Health Innovations and Entrepreneurship creates solutions for the health problems faced by an aging population
Six new faculty hired with expertise in reproductive health, the health effects of climate change, the impact of health inequities, and more
Social Impact Innovation Grant Program offers students support to establish community-based projects that improve health equity