Bernadette Boden-Albala
Director of Program in Public Health and Founding Dean of proposed School of Population Health | UC Irvine
Irvine, CA, UNITED STATES
Bernadette Boden-Albala, Dr.P.H., is a renowned researcher & administrator who researches community-based stroke & heart disease prevention.
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Bernadette Boden-Albala, Dr.P.H., is a renowned researcher and administrator whose efforts to reduce health disparities for America’s disadvantaged became a blueprint for community-based stroke and heart disease prevention. She is the director of the Program in Public Health and and founding dean of the proposed School of Population Health.
Areas of Expertise (4)
Stroke and heart disease prevention
Public Health
Infectious Diseases
COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Education (1)
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health: DrPH, MPH, Sociomedical Science
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Media Appearances (6)
A Scientific, Economic And Ethical Reflection On Women's (Health) History
Forbes online
2025-03-21
Bernadette Boden-Albala, Founding Dean of the UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health, writes: “In honor of this year’s Women’s History Month, it’s important to understand the history of research around women’s health and acknowledge that not only must we not abandon the progress we’ve made but we must also continue to push for research and practice that enhances our knowledge about women’s health issues from pregnancy to menopause and beyond. Continuing to prioritize a robust women’s health agenda is the scientifically, economically and ethically right thing to do.”
5 Years Later: Lessons Learned From The COVID-19 Pandemic
Forbes online
2025-03-10
Bernadette Boden Albala, Director and Founding Dean of UC Irvine Public Health writes, “While the scars of illness and feelings of loss of control linger, this anniversary offers an opportunity for critical reflection: to take stock of what we learned, what worked and how to better protect public health against future pandemics. One fact is certain: The nation’s frontline public health workers — doctors, nurses, social workers and staff up and down the hierarchy of our complex health delivery system — performed their jobs heroically to fight a novel virus, buying critical time until the first vaccines could be developed.”
Lifespan Versus Health Span – How Can We All Stay Healthier Longer?
Forbes online
2025-01-09
Bernadette Boden-Albala, director and founding dean of the Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health, states, “The distinction between lifespan—the number of years we live—and health span—the years we live free from disease or disability—is a critical conversation for public health, especially for disadvantaged communities that face systemic inequities. … As a public health researcher and higher education leader with three decades of experience addressing social determinants of health, I believe focusing on health span goes beyond semantics—it's about prioritizing quality of life over simply extending years. … Here are three strategies we can take, as individuals and as a society, to prioritize healthier lives for everyone.”
OC500 2024: Bernadette Boden-Albala
Orange County Business Journal online
2024-11-17
Tapped as founding dean for the newly created Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health.
A Healthier Generation Starts With Healthier Women
Forbes online
2024-11-12
Bernadette Boden Albala, Director and Founding Dean of UC Irvine Public Health writes, “I have seen firsthand how a woman’s health shapes the future well-being of all the people in their life: children, parents, partners, and friends. Despite advances in public health, we still fail to give women’s health the attention it deserves, especially during the critical stages of adolescence, reproductive years, midlife, and in later years of life. I outline below some of the critical blind spots in women’s health research and offer recommendations for where we need to invest to ensure better outcomes for women who comprise more than half of our country’s population.”
Leaving the Big Apple for UCI: Bernadette Boden-Albala
Irvine Standard online
2024-10-02
We talked with Boden-Albala, the director and founding dean of the new UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health, about what makes the new school unique, why students flock to its door and what she likes to do in her free time. … What distinguishes UCI from other elite schools in California? “Being a new school, we’re nimble and fluid, addressing problems of the future instead of the past. … UCI has one of the largest undergraduate public health programs, and we believe in health equity.”
Articles (5)
Unrecognized implementation science engagement among health researchers in the USA: a national survey
Implementation Science CommunicationsElizabeth R. Stevens, Donna Shelley, and Bernadette Boden-Albala
2020 Implementation science (IS) has the potential to serve an important role in encouraging the successful uptake of evidence-based interventions. The current state of IS awareness and engagement among health researchers, however, is relatively unknown
Abstract WP366: Exploring the Association Between Physician Trust and Recurrent Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
StrokeAnita Venkatesan, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Nina Parikh, Emily Goldmann
2020 More positive health behaviors, fewer symptoms, higher quality of life, and greater treatment satisfaction have been reported among those with greater physician trust. This study assessed the relationship between physician trust and recurrent stroke/TIA within 1 year of discharge among stroke survivors in Northern Manhattan.
Abstract TP430: A Family/Friend Network Approach to Secondary Stroke Prevention: Findings From the FURRThER Pilot
StrokeBernadette Boden Albala, Joyce O'Connor, Noa Appleton, Michael Parides
2020 Despite prevention strategies with proven efficacy, recurrent stroke rates, especially in minority populations, remain high. Mobilizing stroke patients’ social networks on risk reduction goals may optimize secondary prevention efforts. Families/Friends Understanding Risk Reduction Through Educational Reinforcement (FURRThER) is a culturally-tailored, social network-based intervention facilitated by an interactive web portal and targeted at management of vascular risk factors.
A Systematic Review of Environmental Health Outcomes in Selected American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health DisparitiesGabriella Y. Meltzer, Beverly-Xaviera Watkins, Dorice Vieira, Judith T. Zelikoff & Bernadette Boden-Albala
2020 Economic and social marginalization among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) results in higher chronic disease prevalence. Potential causal associations between toxic environmental exposures and adverse health outcomes within AI/AN communities are not well understood.
Barriers to engagement in implementation science research: a national survey
Translational Behavioral MedicineTranslational Behavioral Medicine
2020 Low levels of engagement in implementation science (IS) among health researchers is a multifaceted issue. With the aim of guiding efforts to increase engagement in IS research, we sought to identify barriers to engagement in IS within the health research community. We performed an online survey of health researchers in the United States in 2018. Basic science researchers were excluded from the sample.
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