By the end of 2018, students in FSPH's UCLA Public Health Training Program on Population Health Advocacy will have cumulatively contributed 25,000+ hours of service at nearly 30 community-based organizations in Los Angeles.
As the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues, researchers from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health are using their expertise to assist in containment of the virus.
In his latest op-ed for The Hill, Dr. Jonathan Fielding, professor-in-residence of health policy and management, shares that the United States needs to increase funding for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services to help those agencies contain the spread of epidemics.
Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, professor-in-residence of epidemiology and community health sciences, was quoted by Univision in an article about the World Health Organization certifying Paraguay as malaria free.
Jeanne Miranda, professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in an article from The Los Angeles Times about a new study reporting that abortions send women to hospital emergency rooms at lower rates than routine procedures such as colonoscopies and wisdom tooth removal.
FSPH places a high value on hands on experience, on learning outside the classroom and developing practical skills, something I was specifically looking for in a program.
Veronica Viceñas, MPH Candidate, Health Policy and Management
