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Dr. Matthew Zawadzki is an Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences at the University of California, Merced. His research examines stress, why it is bad for us, and what we can do about it. In particular, he is interested in ways we can shape our everyday lives to improve our health and well...

Where Will The Study Take Place? All data collection happens at the UC Merced campus in the Stress and Health lab. What If I Don’t Have A Smartphone To Use? No problem! We will give you a device you can use while participating in the study! What if I can't finish the study? Thats okay! You don't...

Our research focuses on the evolution of antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial resistance is a serious problem affecting thousands of lives each year. Recent outbreaks of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have illustrated the severity of the resistance problem. Reports in the popular press (New York Times, Oct 16, 2007) have identified MRSA as a greater health threat than HIV. However, the health threats posed by MRSA are only a small fraction of the antimicrobial resistance problem. The causative agents of deadly diseases such as tuberculosis and pneumonia are also becoming resistant to nearly all existing antibiotics as well. Our lab is investigating several approaches to combat the threat of resistance.

In- vest-ed. Fall 2023 Ramen, Isabel, Lucy, and Courtny Campus colors. Fall 2022. Ramen, Karen, Andie, and Morgan ​ Farewell Graduating Seniors! Fall '23 Farewell to graduating seniors Lucy & Isa! With Karen, Ramen, Morgan, Mariam, Andie, and Courtny (12/06/23). Lucy's poster presentation. Spring...

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1. Characterize vascular differentiation. The word endothelial progenitor cell is used often in the literature, yet this cell is abstractly defined. The word seems to apply to any cell that has differentiated beyond a stem cell, but has not yet become a mature endothelial cell. I would like to...

Yang Lor is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of California, Merced. Previously, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. He completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Sociology at the University of California...