UC Berkeley Environmental Health Sciences

04/12/2022

EHS Prof. Jay Graham and colleagues examine antibiotic use by backyard food animal producers in Ecuador.

Background Antibiotics are increasingly used throughout the world in food animal production for controlling and preventing disease and for promoting growth. But this trend also has the potential for promoting antibiotic resistance, which represents a threat to human, animal, and environmental health...

04/04/2022

EHS alum Patton Nguyen and Prof. Kathie Hammond examine fine particulate matter exposure from secondhand cannabis b**g smoking

This cohort study quantifies the levels of secondhand cannabis smoke from social b**g smoking in a home environment.

03/30/2022

UC Berkeley graduate schools and programs scored high in the 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report.

03/29/2022

Prof. Jay Graham leads work with doctoral student Heather Amato and colleagues examining risk factors for third-generation cephalosporin-resistant and extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli carriage in domestic animals of semirural parishes east of Quito, Ecuador

Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing and other antimicrobial resistant (AR) Escherichia coli threaten human and animal health worldwide. This study examined risk factors for domestic animal colonization with ceftriaxone-resistant (CR) and ESBL-producing E. coli in semirural parishes east ...

03/28/2022

Prof. Justin Remais awarded grant from the UC Health CDPH COVID-19 modeling consortium to study K-12 public health policies for mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 variant transmission in schools

The UC Health CDPH COVID-19 modeling consortium is pleased to announce the 2022 grant funding award recipients. The areas of focus for the funding were driven by priorities set by CDPH for gaining deeper understanding of COVID-19 matters, such as disease detection and impact, virus transmission and....

03/05/2022

EHS Prof. Carisa Harris Adamson, Athena Nguyen (MPH’21), and colleagues looked at movement patterns during prolonged sitting bouts to determine their association with musculoskeletal pain.

Sedentary behavior has increased steadily over prior decades, primarily due to increased computer use at work and at home. The total sedentary time pe…

03/04/2022

Our staff writer, Eliza Partika, sat down to talk with Dr. de la Rosa about her work and hopes for the semester.

02/23/2022

A recent study, led by a BPH PhD candidate, examined the correlation of biodigester use with child diarrhea rates in Nepal.

02/11/2022

Chancellor Carol Christ sent the following message to the campus community.

02/04/2022

Check out this important report that was just released OEHHA: "Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emission Limits within Disadvantaged Communities: Progress Towards Reducing Inequities." Thank you, Nicolette Zukowski (MPH '21), Johanna Roth (MPH '23), Lauren O’Neal (MPH '20), and Stephanie Ng (MPH '20) for your major contributions to this report!

OEHHA announces the release of its second report on the benefits and impacts of the state’s greenhouse gas emission limits near California’s vulnerable communities “Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emission Limits Within Disadvantaged Communities: Progress Toward Reducing Inequities”. This report h...

02/01/2022

Congratulations to Aaron Maruzzo, EHS MPH student, who was named a "Student who Rocked Public Health" by the Journal of Health Management & Practice! Aaron is recognized for his research and advocacy efforts around environmental justice and mitigating water contaminants, including a class of emerging contaminants called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Students Who Rocked Public Health in 2021 contributed to COVID-19 efforts as well as ongoing public health threats.

01/11/2022

EHS doctoral students, Heather Amato and Anna Smith, along with Prof. Jay Graham and colleagues investigate biodigester cookstove interventions and child diarrhea in semirural Nepal. Their analysis provides new evidence that child diarrhea may be an unintended health risk of biogas cookstove use.

Environmental Health Perspectives is an Open Access journal published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.