Associated Resources

Human Health

Description

UC Merced is committed to address scientific questions relating to human health, especially using new computerized and quantitative methods and/or relating to special problems of the San Joaquin Valley. Several scientists and engineers are available to contribute to stories on a broad range of mental and physical health topics.

Associated Faculty

  • David Ojcius (Immunology; infections disease; miscarriage)
  • Henry Jay Forman (Antioxidants; lung health; asthma; environmental health; air quality; effects of smoking)
  • Arnold Kim (Math and biology; biomedical sciences; K-12 and college math education)
  • Evan Heit (Categorization, reasoning and memory)
  • Ajay Gopinathan (Physics applied to cellular biology)
  • Marcos Garcia-Ojeda (Bone marrow stem cells; HIV/AIDS research)
  • William R. Shadish (Effectiveness of psychotherapy)
  • Kara E. McCloskey (Stem cell tissue engineering; heart tissue; blood vessel tissue)
  • Maria Pallavicini (Stem cell research; cancer and leukemia; tissue transplants)
  • David Ardell (Genomics, computational biology, evolution; gene expression related to growth, disease, stress and aging)
  • Jian-Qiao Sun (Devices for physical therapy; Acoustics - vibration control; adaptive controls)
  • Linda S. Hirst (Soft matter physics, biophysics, LCD)
  • Jan Wallander (Childhood development; behavioral psychology for children and adolescents; special needs children; disabilities)
  • Anna V. Song (adolescent and young adult decision-making as it pertains to risk behaviors)