URAP

Carly Strouse - Professor, Public Health

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

The life course perspective has provided a grounding framework in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) public health research and practice, underscoring the cumulative impacts of social, economic, and environmental influences, alongside the significance of critical and sensitive developmental periods, such as infancy or early childhood. While this framework has transformed...

Jason Su - Associate Researcher, Public Health

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: Off Campus

The purpose of this proposed research is to investigate the impact of air pollution exposure on metabolic outcomes, specifically focusing on Type 2 diabetes patients in California. The study aims to address the existing gaps in the literature by conducting large population-based studies at the state level with high...

Jason Su - Associate Researcher, Public Health

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: Off Campus

The overarching objective of this proposal is to create comprehensive cumulative impact indices that encompass the effects of both chemical and non-chemical stressors at the community level throughout the entire State. These indices will be developed using scientifically rigorous metrics, thereby furnishing robust tools to inform policy formulation including...

Jason Su - Associate Researcher, Public Health

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: Off Campus

The goal of this study is to build upon previous work by examining statewide air pollution exposure and life expectancy disparities across generations and within communities. The specific objectives of the research are as follows: 1. Conduct a systematic literature review, using peer-reviewed journal papers to identify effects of...

Jason Su - Associate Researcher, Public Health

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: Off Campus

This project aims to assess the spatial and temporal distribution of brake and tire wear (BTW) concentrations across the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) and their potential health impacts on vulnerable communities. The research will apply advanced source apportionment algorithms to quantify BTW profiles at both various field sampling sites, using...

Hannah R. Thompson - Professor, Public Health

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: Off Campus

School recess is an evidence-backed approach to increase school-based opportunities for students to play, accrue necessary physical activity, and socialize with peers, to the benefit of their physical, academic, and socioemotional health. As such, the Centers for Disease Control recommend at least 20 min of daily recess in...

Hannah R. Thompson - Professor, Public Health

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: Off Campus

The federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is one of the nation’s most effective public health nutrition programs. It provides free, healthy foods and personalized nutrition education, breastfeeding support and referrals to other services for over 6.8 million low-income pregnant and postpartum women and...

Winston Tseng - Research Scientist, Public Health

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

PROJECT 1. The Central Valley towns of Allensworth is partnering with Gadgil Lab and Health Research for Action at UC Berkeley on a research project funded by the Environmental Protection Agency and National Alliance for Water Innovation. This project is about assessing community perspectives on water safety, community education, and...

Winston Tseng - Research Scientist, Public Health

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

The goal of the project is to conduct an evaluation of the Zoosiab program, a community-based prevention and early intervention program that aims to prevent and/or reduce further mental health problems and social isolation among Hmong elders by strengthening sense of community and social engagement, improving both psychological...

Winston Tseng - Research Scientist, Public Health

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

The purpose of the project is to monitor and increase the visibility of Pacific Islander (PI) health disparities and align local health department efforts in the counties of San Francisco, Alameda, and San Mateo to be more inclusive and effective in serving PI communities. The project activities include conducting a...

Julia Walsh - Professor Emerita, Public Health

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

California’s climate policies are models for many other states and internationally. We will advocate and lobby and for important pending Climate legislation in the CA Assembly and Senate. We will assess pending climate policies for health impact and benefits. The first major bill is Make Polluters Pay CA Climate Superfund...

Ashley Wolf - Professor, Public Health

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

Bacteroidetes is one of the main bacterial groups of the human gut microbiome. Although several reference strains related to species such Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, Bacteroides fragilis and Phocaicola vulgatus have been investigated and even used as model organisms to understand the gut microbiome, strain level diversity is extensive and remains to...

Ashley Wolf - Professor, Public Health

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

The gut microbiome is a complex community of microbes that have unique enzymatic capabilities. Some gut bacteria metabolize sialic acids that are found in the diet and/or produced by host cells. We have identified putative genes that encode enzymes responsible for sialic acid metabolism. This project will use cloning...

Ashley Wolf - Professor, Public Health

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

Dietary ingredients can provide fuel to the gut microbiome and influence the abundance of particular bacterial species in the gut. During heating steps in food processing, Maillard reaction products (MRPs) are formed from non-enzymatic reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars. As one of the MRPs, ε-fructoselysine (FL...

Dan Zeltzer - Professor, Public Health

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

Telehealth use expanded rapidly during and after COVID-19, but the U.S. policy environment remains unstable. A key disruption occurred in September 2025, when a federal government shutdown disrupted reimbursement certainty and, consequently, telehealth delivery across markets and health systems. This project will use data on millions of health care...