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Welcome to the College of Health and Human Development

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Celebrate the Class of 2020 with Cheers to the Class of 2020, a CSUN Virtual Event and HHD's Class of 2020 Academic Departments Virtual Celebrations. Find out about these virtual events.

We are here to Enhance, Enrich, and Empower the Human Experience. 

Together, HHD students, faculty, staff, and community improve the quality of life through research, education, and action. Our alumni are in professions that enrich health and well-being, fitness and activity, and living environments for individuals, families, and communities.

We are the College of Life.

Meet Dean Farrell J. Webb.

Featured News

Omar Ullah Named CSUN Wolfson Scholar, 2020

May 20, 2020

Omar Ullah

Graduating with his Bachelor's Degree in Environmental and Occupational Health, Omar Ullah is dedicated to a life of service to others. He told us that having grown up amidst the unforgiving landscape of the Mojave Desert, he witnessed his working-class, immigrant parents and members of his rural community struggle to obtain basic healthcare services due to barriers of access and affordability. These formative experiences, coupled with the strong mentorship of CSUN faculty, ignited his fierce spirit of activism and galvanized his life's mission. Read more

Nursing Students Join the Front-Lines to Fight COVID-19

April 27, 2020

CSUN nursing students at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital.

“It’s a tremendous help and a lovely partnership,” said Leah Korkis, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital interim manager of clinical education and nursing excellence, who developed the hospital’s Care Extender program. “The professionalism and the enthusiasm of the [CSUN Nursing] students is greatly appreciated. They are our future and they are demonstrating their commitment to the wellbeing of patients and healthcare professionals by partnering with us during these unprecedented times.” Read more about CSUN Nursing.

CSUN Experts: The Science Behind the Masks

April 10, 2020

dr tracie tung

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently recommended people wear cloth face coverings in public settings. The virus that causes COVID-19 is known to spread from droplets in the air which come from an infected person who sneezes, coughs, breathes or talks. In the days following this recommendation, people have begun making their own masks. Suggestions and styles vary. Wouldn't it be helpful to know what makes some masks work better than others? Family and Consumer Sciences faculty Tracie Tung has the specifics for you. Read more about the Science Behind the Masks.

CSUN Prepared ‘Disease Detective’ for the Fight Against COVID-19

April 3, 2020

Figueroa Valenzuela

In simple terms, CSUN alumnus Raul Figueroa-Valenzuela describes himself as a disease detective. Figueroa-Valenzuela M.P.H. ’18 (Public Health-Applied Epidemiology) is an epidemiology analyst for the LA County Department of Public Health. Beginning in January, with reports of growing cases of a novel coronavirus out of Wuhan, China, Figueroa-Valenzuela and a team of epidemiologists began to track people down who had traveled from the virus hotspots abroad into LA County, tell them to quarantine, and follow their progress. Read more about the Disease Detective

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College of Health and Human Development
Sequoia Hall Room 220
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8215


818-677-3001

About the College

Commencement 2020

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