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AAAS Fellow Brings Groundbreaking Genetics Research to Campus

December 11, 2017
Professor Chris Amemiya is new to UC Merced, but he’s a veteran scientist with a long list of breakthroughs to his name. Amemiya’s discoveries have changed the way scientists understand vertebrate genomes and their evolution, and he was recently elected a fellow of the American Association for the...

Process That Kills Damaged Cells Hints at New Cancer Therapies

December 4, 2017
Scientists have long known that cells originating from an animal’s anterior — the body’s upper half — tend to grow, divide and survive better than those from the posterior. Studies show this to be true in cancer as well, with anterior cancers metastasizing more aggressively. Now scientists are...

Prestigious Fellowship Furthers Grad Student’s Asthma Research

November 9, 2017
Very few people will admit to an abiding love of statistics. But Emanuel Alcala, a second-year public health doctoral student, believes statistics are key to solving many of the San Joaquin Valley’s public health challenges. “I grew fond of statistics when I started working at the Central Valley...

Campus Efforts Improve Community’s Access to Healthy Foods

November 7, 2017
Hunger is a critical issue facing most of the nation and the world, but it’s even closer to home than some might think. At UC Merced, it's an issue that many students face, and one that researchers are seeking to understand. Helping Students in Need A systemwide survey last year found that four in...

New Center, Conference Focus on Mesoamerican Studies

October 23, 2017
Topics ranging from ethnobotany, public health and feminism to agriculture, urban growth and social movements are among the highlights of the Mesoamerican Studies Center’s upcoming conference at UC Merced. “Mesoamericans in California: Immigrants’ Resistance, Social Movements, Rights, and Memory”...

Another First for Nobile: NIH Outstanding Investigator Award

October 10, 2017
Professor Clarissa Nobile is changing the way we look at microbes. She wants to understand them as they’re found in nature, not as they exist in the laboratory. And she was just awarded a five-year, $1.89 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to bolster her efforts. Nobile...

Growing Public Health Program Launches Standalone Ph.D.

September 21, 2017
UC Merced recently launched a new standalone Ph.D. program in Public Health, further establishing the university’s commitment to educating the next generation of scholars who are addressing the San Joaquin Valley’s unique health concerns. The School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SSHA)...

Announcing the 2017-18 UC Smoke and Tobacco Free Student Fellows

August 8, 2017
A team of Public Health PhD students led by Andrea Lopez were recently selected as UC Merced's 2017-18 UC Smoke and Tobacco Free student fellows.  With guidance from Professor Nancy Burke, Andrea and fellow graduate students Tashelle Wright and Jazmine Kenny will be accessing the...

Genetic Diversity in High Schools a Predictor of Economic Success

August 8, 2017
Does diversity have a positive effect on economic outcomes? According to a new study co-authored by UC Merced economics Professor Justin Cook, the answer is yes, even when the diversity is imperceptible to the casual observer. Cook and his former postdoctoral advisor, Professor Jason Fletcher of...

HSRI member funding announcement: Professor Suzanne Sindi

July 24, 2017
HSRI member and School of Natural Sciences Assistant Professor Suzanne Sindi was recently awarded a multi-year grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Insights from Professor Sindi's project, titled Mathematical Strategies to Uncover the Molecular Basis of Prion...

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