BERNADETTE BODEN-ALBALA
DEAN, JOE C. WEN SCHOOL OF POPULATION & PUBLIC HEALTH, UCI
WHY: Tapped as founding dean for the newly created Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health.
IN THE NEWS: UCI received a $50M gift from Formosa Ltd. Founder Joe Wen to elevate the public health program into a school, which is set to join the Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences.
NOTABLE: Joined task force organized by UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman to track and analyze the looming spread of COVID in Orange County along with the Orange County Health Care Agency.
QUOTABLE: “This gift is providing significant support for the new school to make sure that it’s able to address the highest priorities in public health as a critically important discipline, including optimizing health and wellbeing for everyone.”
