Department of Family Medicine and Public Health at
UC San Diego

Our mission is to improve public health through prevention research, education, and clinical care.

Exercise and Physical Activity Resource Center (EPARC) - Offers state-of-the-science services, tools, and resources to conduct physical activity and exercise-related research.

Center for Integrative Medicine Natural Healing & Cooking Program. Designed by nutrition researcher and preventive medicine physician Gordon Saxe, MD, PhD, lessons draw from nutrition science, epidemiology and time-tested principles from around the world.

Student Presenters and Participants: 2019 Public Health Research Day Poster Session

Wertheim Family Foundation pledges $25 million for UC San Diego Public Health

UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic at Work
Underserved populations are treated by UC San Diego medical students.

1st Ever FMPH Staff Retreat October 2018

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Faculty, 2018

Chair's Message

Since 1966, our Department of Family Medicine and Public Health has had a rich history of leadership and scholarly activities at the intersection of primary care and public health. Our faculty, staff, students, and alumni are engaged in efforts locally, nationally, and globally that improve public health and health care delivery through research, teaching, and clinical care. Learn more

News

The Wertheim Family Foundation pledges $25 million lead gift towards creating a School of Public Health at UC San Diego. Learn more

Events

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Faculty Recruitments

Lecturer in Public Health

Associate or Full Professor (Ladder Rank/In Residence) - Health: Policy, Economics, or Services Research Faculty

Assistant Professor (Adjunct, In-Residence) - FMPH - Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine and the Design Lab

Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor (HS Clinical) Family Medicine Clinician

Assistant, Associate or Full Professor (HS Clin, Clin X, Adjunct, In-Residence) - Professor in Public Health

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Presentations & Publications

Jose Suarez cited in study linking hypertension in children and flower pesticides. Read more

Photo courtesy of The JPB Environmental Health Fellows Program

Graduate Students on the Move: At the 2018 American Public Health Association annual conference.

Joint Doctoral Program student Lorena Pacheco presented a poster and moderated a Food and Nutrition presentation session. 4th year Medical student Naeemah Munir gave two oral presentations, a poster presentation, and was invited to moderate two other sessions.

Pictured: Lorena Pacheco, Prof. Maria Rosario (Happy) Araneta, and Naeemah Munir

Dr. Araneta (pictured above) also gave a presentation on December 12 at the Boston University School of Public Health, entitled, "The "Skinny" on Health Disparities among Asian Americans: Biological, Behavioral, and Social Determinants."

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Research

Hekler Psychiatry Department working with Dr. William Norcross on pilot test of HEAR Suicide Prevention Initiative, for UC San Diego nurses. Read more

Photo courtesy of Institute for Medical Quality

Hekler Eric Leas Featured in article regarding the harsher regulation of marketing for marijuana. Read more

Photo courtesy of researchgate.net

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Appointments & Recognition

Congratulations to Dr. Margaret Ryan, who received the F. Marian Bishop Educator of the Year Award, from the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research Read more

Caption: Margaret Ryan, MD, MPH accepting her award from the Planning Committee Chair, Billy Oglesby, PhD, MBA, FACHE. Photo credit