More than 5,500 hazardous sites across the U.S. are projected to be at risk of coastal flooding by 2100, according to new research published today and led by University of California scientists.

The peer-reviewed study - Sea level rise and flooding of hazardous…

Dr. Yifang Zhu, professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, will deliver the 51st Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture on February 24, 2026. The lecture will be held virtually from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm and…

In a testament to UCLA research that transforms lives across the globe, 39 faculty members - including four with UCLA Fielding - have been named among the world’s most influential scholars in the sciences and social sciences. The distinction reserved for only one out of…

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty brought the importance of academic research to an audience of more than 3,000, made up of new UCLA students and their families, at the annual Bruin Family Weekend events last week on the Westwood campus.

UCLA…

A decade after the largest methane leak in U.S. history, a new study by UCLA and NYU researchers sheds light on the mental health impacts of the 2015–2016 Aliso Canyon natural gas disaster on residents of Porter Ranch and surrounding communities.

Drawing on a…

Sijia (Lucy) Li, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Fielding School of Public Health. Previously, she was a postdoctoral research fellow working with Dr. Rui Duan at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She received her Ph.D…

As breast cancer survival rates continue to climb — 4.3 million women in the U.S. are currently living with a history of the disease and in the next 10 years that number is expected to rise by another million — heart health has become an increasingly important part of…

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a powerful tool that physicians can use to help diagnose their patients and has great potential to improve accuracy, efficiency and patient safety, it has its drawbacks. It may distract doctors, give them too much confidence in…

Healio interviewed Dr. Joann Elmore, professor in the UCLA Fielding Department,ent of Health Policy and Management and of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, about her research into the use of AI in breast cancer treatment.

“AI is being…

Politico interviewed Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor in the UCLA Fielding Department of Health Policy and Management, about the possible impact of reduced Affordable Care Act subsidies, including limits for legal immigrants.

The policy could also raise…

In a commentary published in FEDSCOOP, UCLA Chancellor Dr. Julio Frenk, distinguished professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, shared his perspective on the question of federal funding for scientific research in the United…

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, through a decades-long relationship with the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System in Los Angeles, has a long history of successful collaboration with VA researchers and healthcare providers dating to the school’s creation in…

KGTV-TV, the ABC News affiliate in San Diego, interviewed Dr. Naomi Zewde, assistant professor in the UCLA Fielding Department of Health Policy and Management, about health insurance and open enrollment season.

“It's happening really across the board. Employer…

A team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers has received a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand their study of Los Angeles County’s unhoused population.

The project - “Health and Housing Impacts of…

The Los Angeles Daily News quoted Dr. Christina Batteate, a researcher with the UCLA Center for Occupational and Environmental Health and the UCLA Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study, about the team's findings.

“When we have community meetings, we make…

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Kirsten Schwarz, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about her research into shade at California public schools.

“Extreme heat is becoming a major public health…

At a time of unprecedented challenges for public health professionals, educators from across the U.S. met in Los Angeles to consider how best to strengthen public health as a discipline at the university level, especially for undergraduates.

The event, held on…

Two related and recently published studies by international teams - including researchers with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health - have identified methods to improve how infectious diseases, including COVID-19, mpox, and Ebola, can be tracked and better…

Using a mix of airborne and satellite images as well as data from ground sensors, a UCLA-led research team has reconstructed how the shape and reach of the methane plumes from the 2015–16 Aliso Canyon gas blowout evolved during the 112-day disaster.

Starting from…

Access brand new data from the nation's largest population-based state health survey.

The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) will release the full 2024 survey data on October 9, 2025. But how do you access and use the data?

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