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Professor Stefano Bertozzi (in Cal cap) with a group of Global Health Fellows.

Stefano M. Bertozzi

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Professor Stefano Bertozzi (in Cal cap) with a group of Global Health Fellows.

Research Bio

Dr. Stefano M. Bertozzi is a former dean and professor of health policy and management at UC Berkeley School of Public Health. He has directed HIV and tuberculosis programs at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and held positions with the Mexican National Institute of Public Health (INSP), UNAIDS, the World Bank, and the government of the DRC. He is the founding editor-in-chief of Rapid Reviews\ Infectious Diseases and co-edited the Disease Control Priorities volume on HIV/AIDS, Malaria & Tuberculosis. He serves/served on governance and advisory boards for numerous organizations, including the WHO, UNICEF, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and has advised NGOs and ministries of health and social welfare in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Dr. Bertozzi’s research has covered a diverse range of projects in health economics and policy, focusing on the economic aspects of HIV/AIDS and on the health impact of large social programs, including:

Economic evaluation of preventive and therapeutic interventions, particularly in infectious diseases and reproductive health
Evaluation of the impact of anti-poverty programs on health
Global health policy, especially as regards HIV/AIDS

Research Expertise and Interest

HIV/AIDS, HIV prevention, HIV treatment programs, reproductive health, health economics, anti-poverty programs, impact evaluation

In the News

U.S. Withdrawal From WHO Could Bring Tragedy at Home and Abroad

Trump’s announcement from withdrawing from the WHO was not a surprise, but it was jarring for the public health community.

New Journal Rapid Reviews|Infectious Diseases Fights Against Health Disinformation

UC Berkeley and MIT researchers launch a joint journal for emerging medical and public health topics.

Beyond the bars at an entryway to San Quentin Prison is an antiquated building that increased COVID risks for thousands of inmates and staff

Overcrowding, Old Buildings Fueled COVID in California Prisons, Says New Report

Overcrowding, sometimes in antiquated buildings, compounded by rapidly changing conditions and the need for complex coordination, helped to drive a dramatic surge in COVID-19 in California’s prisons, according to a new report from the University of California, San Francisco, and the University of California, Berkeley.

A photo of Berkeley faculty member Stefano Bertozzi

Berkeley Public Health’s Stefano Bertozzi Is Editor-in-Chief of New Peer-Reviewed COVID-19 Journal

Stefano M. Bertozzi, UC Berkeley School of Public Health Dean Emeritus and professor of Health Policy and Management, has just been named editor-in-chief of a new peer-reviewed journal focused on COVID-19 research published by MIT Press.

Headshots of 6 Berkeley professors who received funding

Six UC Berkeley-led projects win funding to combat COVID-19 with AI

Six UC Berkeley-led projects have won funding from the recently launched C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute to harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to combat the spread of COVID-19 and other emerging diseases.

Featured in the Media

Please note: The views and opinions expressed in these articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or positions of UC Berkeley.

September 28, 2020

Efforts to Keep Virus Out of Prisons Fuel Outbreaks in Jails

US News & World Report

Alex Sakariassen

Overcrowded jails in states such as Montana and Missouri are experiencing COVID outbreaks. One reason for the high COVID count in jails and the low count in prisons is that states for months halted "county intakes," or the transfer of people from county jails to the state prison system after conviction. Sheriffs in charge of the county jails blame their outbreaks on overcrowding partly caused by that state policy. Stefano Bertozzi, dean emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, visited California's San Quentin prison before the outbreak, and afterward helped pen an urgent memo outlining immediate actions needed to avert disaster. He recommended halting all intakes at the prison and slashing its population of 3,547 inmates in half. At that point, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was already more than two months into an intake freeze. Overcrowding has long been an issue for criminal justice reform advocates. But for Bertozzi, the term "overcrowding" needs to be redefined in the context of COVID-19, with an emphasis on exposure risk. Three inmates sharing a cell designed for two is a bad way to live, he said, "especially for the guy who's on the floor." But if those cells are enclosed, they offer far better protection from COVID-19 than 20 inmates sharing a congregate dorm designed for 20. "It's how many people are breathing the same air," Bertozzi said.

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Teaching

Courses taught during the three most recent terms

2026 Spring

Senior Honors Thesis [ECON H195B]
Special Topics in Public Health [PBHLTH 196A]
Special Topics in Public Health [PBHLTH 196A]
Special Topics in Public Health [PBHLTH 196A]
Special Topics in Public Health [PBHLTH 196A]
Supervised Independent Study and Research [PBHLTH 199]
Introduction to Applied Implementation Science [PBHLTH 225AW]
Introduction to Applied Implementation Science [PBHLTH 225AW]
Implementation Science: Applied Case Studies [PBHLTH 225BW]
Implementation Science: Applied Case Studies [PBHLTH 225BW]
Group Study [PBHLTH 298]
Independent Research [PBHLTH 299]
Supervised Research: Biological Sciences [UGIS 192C]

2025 Fall

Supervised Independent Study and Research [PBHLTH 199]
Health Policy and Management Breadth Course [PBHLTH 200J]
Global Health Policy [PBHLTH 220E]
Group Study [PBHLTH 298]
Independent Research [PBHLTH 299]
Supervised Research: Biological Sciences [UGIS 192C]

2025 Summer

Supervised Independent Study and Research [PBHLTH 199]
Independent Research [PBHLTH 299]

2025 Spring

Senior Honors Thesis [ECON H195B]
Special Topics in Public Health [PBHLTH 196A]
Special Topics in Public Health [PBHLTH 196A]
Special Topics in Public Health [PBHLTH 196A]
Special Topics in Public Health [PBHLTH 196A]
Field Study in Public Health [PBHLTH 197]
Supervised Independent Study and Research [PBHLTH 199]
Group Study [PBHLTH 298]
Independent Research [PBHLTH 299]
Introduction to Applied Implementation Science [PBHLTH W225A]
Introduction to Applied Implementation Science [PBHLTH W225A]
Implementation Science: Applied Case Studies [PBHLTH W225B]
Implementation Science: Applied Case Studies [PBHLTH W225B]
Supervised Research: Biological Sciences [UGIS 192C]