Patricia Buffler, a world-class researcher and dean emerita of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, died from a stroke in her office on Thursday. She was 75 years old. Read More…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service determined Thursday evening that plans put forth by Foster Farms to immediately change their slaughtering and processing practices were sufficient to avoid shuttering the facilities. Read More…
Stefano Bertozzi, a distinguished global health scientist specializing in AIDS research, will become dean of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health Sept. 1. Read More…
Stephen Shortell, dean of UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health for more than 10 years, will be stepping down in July to devote more time to research and teaching, officials announced last week. Although deans typically only serve five-year terms, the 2012-13 school year is Shortell’s 11th year in the Read More…
Gary Taubes whose 2002 New York Times Magazine article on what he calls “the myth of the low-fat diet” became the talk of the nutrition community has launched a new initiative to compel scientists and health officials to re-examine nutrition guidelines. Read More…
A 25-year-old UC Berkeley alumnus died in an apparent suicide on May 18. According to UCPD Lt. Eric Tejada, police responded to a call at 2 a.m. from a passerby who reported suspicious behavior. Officers found Andrew J. Maxwell with a gunshot wound to the head at the vista point Read More…
Next semester, the UC Berkeley School of Public Health will launch the first online degree program ever to be offered on campus. Beginning in spring 2012, students enrolled in the new program — the On-Campus/Online Professional Master of Public Health Degree Program — will be able to take a majority Read More…