Bernadette Boden-Albala MPH, Dr. PH., Director and founding Dean of the future School of Population and Public Health at the University of California, Irvine, speaks to Pavan Lohia about emergency preparedness and the challenges that American hospitals, clinics and health centers face with the novel coronavirus responsible for COVID-19. In this episode, she will also be sharing details of her role as Dean of the UC Irvine School of Public Health and her efforts to reduce exposure to the students and community. Pavan and her discuss a new interventional test she designed to reduce Covid-19 hypertension risk among underserved populations as well as how her public health experience and expertise helped shape the UC Irvine & City of Irvine response to Covid-19.