While Dr. Beate Ritz, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, was undergoing training in psychiatry in Germany, her 62-year-old department chair developed Parkinson’s disease. It progressed rapidly.

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Dr. David Eisenman, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Community Health Sciences and of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA, co-authored research that found the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit helped prevent energy…

Dr. Joann Elmore, UCLA Fielding School professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and professor of of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA, co-authored new research that found people with COVID-like symptoms returned to optimal…

Dr. Kristen Choi, associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, co-authored research that found children with adverse childhood experiences are more likely to miss school due to illness or injury.

Choi, who also…

Two years after creating a master’s program designed to meet the ever-increasing need of the health industry for data analysis experts, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health celebrated the achievements of the program’s first graduating students. 

The “hands-on experience” element of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s new bachelors’ degrees was in full evidence among the presentations at the program’s capstone event…

What do barbershops, rescue dogs, simulated physical exams, and reimagining a neighborhood park have in common?

In the sharp minds of four UCLA graduate students, they’re key components of their proposals to advance health equity for Black men who have…

A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate student has been recognized for academic excellence and his research work at the school, one of the top public health graduate schools in…

A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate student has been recognized for academic excellence and dedicated service at the school, one of the top public health graduate schools in the…

A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health student has been recognized for academic excellence at the school, one of the top public health graduate schools in the United States. 

The 2025 UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Student Academic Honors & Awards ceremony — a celebration of students' outstanding achievements — was held on Wednesday, June 11, and awards were conferred by Dr. Ron Brookmeyer, dean of UCLA Fielding, as well as…

Sharon Han is a communications and digital strategist who has spent her career helping community leaders, change makers, and marginalized voices tell their stories. With a background in digital media, public affairs, and higher education, she brings heart, strategy, and…

The UCLA Fielding School's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab has launched two free, online data tools that can help empower NHPI communities and advocates. The Center is led by Dr. Ninez Ponce,…

Most universities have tried to be forces for good, helping communities that don’t have the same resources. Researchers have applied their expertise to measure the effects of pollution, provide medical care for people experiencing homelessness, and learn what…

A UCLA Health surgical team has performed the first-in-human bladder transplant. 

The surgery was successfully completed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on May 4, 2025. The team was led by Dr. Nima Nassiri, a urologic transplant…

As a child, UCLA’s Dr. Eric Esrailian listened to his great-grandmother’s stories of how she and his great-grandfather had survived the Armenian Genocide of the early 20th century and ultimately made their way to America. In those reminiscences, he said, one key element…

As temperatures rise, so does the risk of heat-related illness.

Public health officials advise caution, especially for older adults, young children, people with chronic medical conditions and people who work outdoors. If possible, avoid going outside…

Dr. José J. Escarce, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, is a co-author of new research that found self-employed women have fewer risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to non-self-employed women,…

Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by Politico about the demographics of the U.S. healthcare workforce.

“We’ve created fear and distrust of the health care system in the…

For many of us, a personal experience early in life plants the seed for our future. For Dr. Julio Frenk, UCLA’s chancellor and a pioneering public health researcher, that moment occurred when he was 16 and in his last summer of high school. Weighing whether he wanted to…