Bernadette Boden-Albala, DrPH

Bernadette Boden-Albala, MPH, DrPH, is the Founding Dean of the UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health. A renowned researcher and academic administrator with more than 30 years of experience, she holds several leadership roles within the field of public health, at the UC Irvine campus, and at the UC-system level. Boden-Albala has dedicated her career to promoting health equity for all, defining and intervening on social determinants of disease, and leading community-level health assessments and solutions. She has expertise in cardiovascular disease and stroke, emerging infectious diseases, epidemiology as well as global health.