Informatics and technology will be a critical part of addressing public health issues and inequities more than ever before. UC Irvine’s Public Health Informatics & Technology (PHIT) Workforce Development Program is recruiting and training the next generation of diverse public health professionals in informatics and technology skills. Funded by the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
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Expanding horizons: Wen Public Health in Mexico
This year, the UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health began exploring new opportunities for students to engage with organizations in Mexico through community-based public health practice. What started as outreach from Wen Public Health faculty — making connections and identifying shared goals — quickly grew into a collaborative effort supported by the UC Irvine Office of Educational & Community Partnerships, which organized a visit to Centro Fox and Vamos México, a center and foundation led by former president of Mexico Vicente Fox Quesada and Doña Martha Sahagún de Fox.
Many of the students who traveled as part of this opportunity were UCI PHIT Summer 2025 student interns, Janeth Cabanas, Lorena Diaz Maya, Vilma Hernandez, Ana Anjelica Alcaraz, and Miriam Ojeda.
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Transitioning to the UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health will expand its role in the region’s public health system.
Partnerships with state and community agencies and organizations, combined with expert faculty, committed students and a mission for community engagement through a health equity lens, means the new UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health is well suited to help address some of Southern California’s most pressing public health challenges.
This project is supported by the Assistant Secretary of Technology Policy ( ASTP) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under award number 90PH0010/01-04 titled PHIT Workforce Development Program as part of a four-year project totaling $7. 232 million. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by ASTP, HHS or the U.S. Government.