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The UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has appointed new leadership to several of its programs, bringing together a team of experts poised to advance cancer discoveries, education and patient care. These leaders will guide key research initiatives, mentor…
UCLA and UC Davis will co-lead a newly funded, multi-institutional clinical trial to evaluate whether artificial intelligence (AI) can help support radiologists in interpreting mammograms more accurately, with the goal of improving breast cancer screening and reducing…
The daughter of San Joaquin Valley farmworkers has earned the opportunity to study alongside a nationally prominent UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researcher to improve the health of California’s agricultural laborers.
Dr. Fabiola Perez-Lua, who received…
Inside Higher Ed interviewed Dr. Daniel Eisenberg, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, about the 2024-2025 Healthy Minds Survey.
College students continue to report poor mental health, with more than one in three…
Dr. Naomi Zewde, assistant professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by U.S. News & World Report about the importance of health insurance.
"Unlike, say, bananas, you have no idea how much health care…
KPCC-FM (NPR) interviewed Dr. Michael Jerrett, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about research he has led that found that women who were pregnant at the time of the 2015-16 leak had babies with low birth weights at…
As an early-career physician specializing in gastroenterology more than a decade ago, Dr. Folasade (Fola) May found herself fascinated by colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. among men and women combined.
“This is a…
The MPH|HP program invites prospective students to join our Informational Q&A Sessions. Visit our website and review the informational videos at: https://www.mphhp.ph.ucla.edu/information-session. Then complete the form to RSVP. During these sessions, you will have…
The MPH|HP program invites prospective students to join our Informational Q&A Sessions. Visit our website and review the informational videos at: https://www.mphhp.ph.ucla.edu/information-session. Then complete the form to RSVP. During these sessions, you will have…
The MPH|HP program invites prospective students to join our Informational Q&A Sessions. Visit our website and review the informational videos at: https://www.mphhp.ph.ucla.edu/information-session. Then complete the form to RSVP. During these sessions, you will have…
What percentage of Californians …
Experienced or witnessed a hate incident? Said their physical or mental health was harmed by wildfires and wildfire smoke? Had difficulties paying for their own or a household member’s medical bills? Could not afford enough food?…
Join the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health to learn more about the MPH and MS in Epidemiology. You will have an opportunity to hear from admissions and program staff and students and have a chance to get your questions answered.
Women in their final trimester of pregnancy who lived within 6.2 miles of the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Field blowout — the largest uncontrolled release of toxic air pollutants from an underground gas storage facility in U.S. history — had a nearly 50% higher-than…
Join the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (booth #1503) at the 2025 APHA Annual Meeting! The Public Health Expo will be held from Sunday, November 2 until Tuesday, November 4.
The Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health’s This is Public Health (TIPH) Graduate School Fair is headed to Chicago, IL.
The TIPH Graduate School Fair is a pivotal event for those considering a future in public health, a field at the forefront of…
Bloomberg interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the Department of Epidemiology, about the current outbreak of Ebola in Central Africa.
“Global health is perpetually underfunded, and outbreak response is always run on a shoestring,” said Anne…
Canada's Globe and Mail interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Timothy Brewer, professor in the Department of Epidemiology and a physician, about the agreement between U.S. Pacific Coast states to collaborate on public health needs through a new "West Coast Health Alliance"…
Lisa Caplan leads Accenture’s Technology Strategy & Advisory practice for Health and Public Services for the Americas and is based in Los Angeles.
She has over 25 years of experience in healthcare consulting, software vendor, and IT delivery/operations. Lisa…
The struggle for Californians ages 65 and older to pay their day-to-day expenses has only gotten worse in the last decade, in particular for older adults who live alone, according to new data from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR).
From 2015 to…
The UCLA Data Equity Center (DEC) has launched a video series to improve the quality of research by offering training to ensure that overlooked populations and their needs are accurately represented in data.
From questionnaire design to language access to…