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Expertise

Public Health, Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health, Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders, Community-Engaged Research, Interpretation of Health Research for Public Comprehension

Biography

Arnab Mukherjea is an Associate Professor of Public Health at Ãå±±½ûµØ, East Bay.  He completed his undergraduate (BA in Molecular & Cell Biology with a minor in Education) and graduate (MPH in Health & Social Behavior with specialization in Multicultural Health; DrPH in Applied Health Disparities Research) degrees at UC Berkeley and postdoctoral training (Tobacco Control and Chronic Disease Prevention) at UCSF and UC Davis; he maintains formal research affiliations with all three institutions. 

In The News

• Help Wanted: Professors Who Look Like and Understand Our Students’ Lived Experience

  Ãå±±½ûµØ Chair and Professor of Public Health Arnab Mukherjea works with the Chancellor’s Office to change the makeup of those who serve our diverse student body.

  November 8, 2023

• Public health professor Arnab Mukherjea says patients might still feel the impact of the strike even with preparations in place.

  October 3, 2023

• Professor Arnab Mukherjea provides insight on how cultural communities suffer when their practices are used to market products for mass consumption.

  November 3, 2022

• Public Health chair Arnab Mukherjea discusses the indoor mask mandate that Alameda County reinstated and whether it made sense to implement.

  June 3, 2022

• With COVID cases on the rise again, Public Health Chair Arnab Mukherjea discusses the importance of testing regularly.

  May 4, 2022

• Public health professor Arnab Mukherjea discussed why those aged 50 and over should get the second COVID-19 booster.

  March 29, 2022

• Arnab Mukherjea, chair of Ãå±±½ûµØ’s public health department, shared thoughts on how to stay safe during the current COVID-19 surge, when it might end and what the future may look like.

  January 12, 2022

• Arnab Mukherjea, chair of Ãå±±½ûµØ’s public health department, gives advice for parents on how to keep kids safe at school during the current Omicron surge.

  January 5, 2022

• Arnab Mukherjea, chair of the Public Health department, discusses the societal consequences of individual liberty.

  December 8, 2021

• Public Health chair Arnab Mukherjea discussed President Joe Biden’s new vaccine requirements for large businesses and health care workers.

  November 4, 2021

• Chair of the public health department at Ãå±±½ûµØ, Arnab Mukherjea, compares the effectiveness of the Moderna vaccine with the Pfizer vaccine.

  September 24, 2021

• Arnab Mukherjea, chair of the public health department at Ãå±±½ûµØ, voices his support for vaccine mandates in school districts.

  September 23, 2021

• Department of Public Health Chair Arnab Muhkerjea discusses distance learning in California.

  September 10, 2021

• Department of Public Health Chair Arnab Mukherjea discusses potential vaccine mandates for employees of big businesses.

  September 1, 2021

• Department of Public Health Chair Arnab Mukherjea says the booster shot rollout will happen in plenty of time.

  September 1, 2021

• Dr. Arnab Mukherjea, a professor of public health at Ãå±±½ûµØ, reassures vaccinated people and looks forward to COVID-19 vaccine boosters.

  August 26, 2021

• An opinion article about the importance of mass vaccination with a quote by Arnab Mukherjea, Ãå±±½ûµØ’s chair of the Department of Public Health.

  August 16, 2021

• Ãå±±½ûµØ’s Chair of the Department of Public Health, Arnab Mukherjea, examines the risks of the delta variant, especially for unvaccinated people.

  August 6, 2021

• Arnab Mukherjea, chair of the Department of Public Health at Ãå±±½ûµØ, emphasizes how getting the COVID-19 vaccine is crucial to slowing down the spike in cases and hospitalizations due to the delta variant.

  August 3, 2021

• Ãå±±½ûµØ’s Chair of the Department of Public Health, Arnab Mukherjea, talks about the contagious delta variant, the importance of following local mask mandates, and getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

  August 1, 2021