Touro University California Public Health Program

You’re Invited! Climate Justice Film Week: Watch, Reflect, Take Action, hosted by the Touro Public Health Club. The event is in recognition of Earth Day on April 22. Register to receive the film links, watch them on your own time, then join a live Zoom discussion on April 22 from 12:00–1:00 PM.

-Register to receive the film links
-Watch some or all before 4/22
-Join 4/22 at 12 noon for dialogue on Zoom

Participants Needed!

Help inform research on the influence of intergenerational female relationships on PCOS diagnosis and care-seeking behaviors.
Those interested can complete the intake form here:
https://forms.gle/CF37CFNnSn7fTT347

(This message is being shared on behalf of Public Health Program’s IMPH student, Prabhjot Bhangu. Please share with others who may be interested.)

👏 Congrats to TUC Dual-Degree DO/MPH student Amardeep Kaur for presenting her research on dengue fever at the American Public Health Association 2025 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC!

This work was completed in collaboration with Touro University California Public Health Program Associate Professor Dr. Trina Mackie.

💡 Working on an interesting research project? Share it in the comments, we’d love to hear about it!

Celebrating our amazing faculty, alumni, and students who represented the Touro University California Public Health Program at the 2025 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo this month in Washington, D.C.

From presenting impactful public health research to staffing our exhibition booth and sharing the strengths of our program, our team showcased the powerful work happening within the TUC public health community!

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who dedicated their time, expertise, and passion! Your commitment to shaping healthier futures is nothing short of inspiring. 💙🌍

The Public Health Program's MPH Capstone Presentations represent the culmination of a student’s research to produce a substantial, original, independently written manuscript concerning a significant public health question.

Please join us for next week's presentation - All Are Welcome!

Adelin Ansari, MPHc: Assessing the Impacts of Dispatcher-Assisted CPR on ROSC, Morbidity and Mortality in Solano County EMS Responses

Thursday, December 4, 2025, 12 pm

https://zoom.us/j/6255698256?pwd=Zng2Z0h1c0V3cW5KdWwyb1NlTGowZz09&omn=96922050487&from=addon

Meeting ID: 625 569 8256, Passcode: 540691

This year's Touro Public Health Speakers Series focuses on Navigating Uncertainty: Public Health in the Face of Misinformation and Transition, Thursdays from 5-6:30 PM (PT)

Don't miss this week's session!
Session 3: 11/6, Belonging and Barriers: How Policy Environments Shape the Health of Newcomers

Speakers:
Dr. Tina Sacks, Associate Professor at UC Berkeley's School of Social Welfare and Dr. Maria-Elena Young, Assistant Professor of Public Health at UC Merced

Sessions are free and open to the public with advance registration. Continuing credits are available.

Register today!
https://tourouniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DFH20eZWTzKIHZTse5Emsg #/registration

Have you registered for our Public Health Speakers Series? This year's Touro Public Health Speakers Series focuses on Navigating Uncertainty: Public Health in the Face of Misinformation and Transition, Thursdays from 5-6:30 PM (PT)

Don't miss today's session!

Session 2: 10/16, From Clicks to Consequences: How Online Misinformation Shapes Public Health - Leticia Bode, PhD, Communication, Culture, & Technology Program, Georgetown University; Director, Knight-Georgetown Institute

https://tu.edu/programs/public-health/about/public-health-speaker-series/

Sessions are free and open to the public with advance registration. Continuing credits are available.

TODAY!
Don’t miss this year's TUC Public Health Speaker Series, Navigating Uncertainty: Public Health in the Face of Misinformation and Transition

The series kicks off today, 9/25 at 5:00 PM! ** Free & open to the public (prior registration required) **

Keynote Speaker:
Joseph Pierre, MD
Unit Chief, Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital | Professor, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, UCSF

Session 1 Topic:
"When false beliefs undermine healthcare: Medical mistrust, disinformation, and motivated reasoning in 2025 and beyond"

Learn more about the full series & register here:
https://tu.edu/programs/public-health/about/public-health-speaker-series/

This year's Public Health Speaker Series launches 9/25!

Navigating Uncertainty: Public Health in the Face of Misinformation and Transition. Register today! https://tu.edu/programs/public-health/about/public-health-speaker-series/

(Free and open to the public. Prior registration required.)

Session 1: 9/25/2025, 5:00 – 6:30 pm
When false beliefs undermine healthcare: Medical mistrust, disinformation, and motivated reasoning in 2025 and beyond - Joseph Pierre, MD, Unit Chief, Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital Inpatient Program; Professor, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, UCSF

Session 2: 10/16/2025, 5:00 – 6:30 pm
From Clicks to Consequences: How Online Misinformation Shapes Public Health - Leticia Bode, PhD, Communication, Culture, &Technology Program, Georgetown University; Director, Knight-Georgetown Institute

Session 3: 11/6/2025, 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Children in the Crossfire: The Hidden Costs of Policy on Young Minds - Luis Zayas, PhD, Provost & Executive Vice President, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

Session 4: 12/11/2025, 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Caring for Children Transition: Building Health and Belonging in Newcomer Communities - Kimberly Mukerjee, MD AAP Council

https://tu.edu/programs/public-health/about/public-health-speaker-series/

We are thrilled to celebrate second-year TUC MPH student, Kenna Williams, on receiving the To***co-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) Cornelius Hopper Diversity Supplement Award for 2025-2026!

As a TRDRP trainee, Kenna will work with the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) on Life After To***co: Pilot Intervention with Black Men Returning to Community. This pilot project aims to reduce and prevent commercial to***co use among African Americans reentering San Francisco Bay Area communities post-incarceration.

This joint collaboration brings expertise in to***co research and intervention together with community expertise from Life After Next, a local community-based organization dedicated to supporting African Americans and Men of Color returning from incarceration.

This fall, Kenna will represent TUC at the 2025 TRDRP Trainee Research Symposium: An Interactive Forum for Future Commercial To***co Control Leaders, and over the next year, she will complete an annual report on the pilot study with PIRE.

Kenna is currently enrolled in the TUC CHS Public Health Program's Criminal Justice and Health Concentration and is also a 2024–2025 recipient of the Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) and Social Justice Fellowship awards.

We are incredibly proud of Kenna for using her skills, experience, and passion to contribute meaningfully to TRDRP’s statewide efforts to end commercial to***co use and eliminate to***co-related health disparities by 2035.