Stefano Bertozzi

Researchers from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and UCSF are working to improve COVID-19 response in California state prisons.

Stefano Bertozzi, dean emeritus and a professor at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, has been named the editor in chief of a new COVID-19 journal.

Sunday was World AIDS Day, an important time to reflect on the progress made to combat the disease, according to UC Berkeley professors.

Chancellor Carol Christ and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Paul Alivisatos released a joint statement Tuesday announcing Dow’s appointment as interim dean, calling him a “celebrated scholar of the economic aspects of health insurance, health behaviors, and health and demographic outcomes.”

After five years of service, Stefano Bertozzi, dean of the School of Public Health, will step down from his position. He was appointed as dean in 2013, leaving his job as the HIV director at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Nicholas Jewell, UC Berkeley professor of biostatistics and statistics, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, or NAM, in recognition of his research and contributions to the field of medicine.

President Donald Trump nominated Indiana State Health Commissioner and UC Berkeley alumnus Jerome Adams to be the nation’s surgeon general Thursday.

Community members and students convened Thursday at an open budget forum held by the campus School of Public Health in light of a substantial campus deficit and previous plans to suspend spring admissions to the undergraduate public health major.

UC President Janet Napolitano met with higher education representatives in Mexico last week to discuss potential points of collaboration between Mexico and the university.

Stefano Bertozzi, a distinguished global health scientist specializing in AIDS research, will become dean of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health Sept. 1.