The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has received funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to continue working with organizations improving their data quality and integrity.

The UCLA Data Equity Center (DEC) will continue technical assistance…

Alison Gemmill is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health and a nationally recognized expert in perinatal epidemiology and fertility. Her research leverages large-scale data and natural experiments to understand how structural and…

NBC News interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, professor in the departments of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences, about the safety of flu shots.

“Really, these are extremely safe vaccines,” said Kim-Farley, a professor at the Fielding School…

CBS News interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Daniel Eisenberg, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about the 2025 Healthy Minds Survey.

“We’ve now seen it for a few years in a row. So, I think it’s a real trend that’s happening, and with…

NPR (KPCC-FM) interviewed Dr. Michael Jerrett, professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about the findings of the Aliso Canyon Health Study.

“We don't really have a good scientific understanding about what these mixtures do to someone's health…

The 2025 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo will be from:

November 2, 2025 – November 5, 2025, 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern Time), at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty,…

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Dr. Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, served on a team of experts created to improve how federal, state, and local governments conduct risk assessment during –…

In an effort to support the region’s recovery in the aftermath of the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires, a team of UCLA researchers is joining with community partners to test soil samples from neighborhoods hit hard by the blazes.

“Soil screening is a necessary…

A professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has been honored for his research into how working conditions lead to cardiovascular diseases (CVD), currently the leading cause of death in many countries, in both the West and globally.

“During the past…

NPR interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Gordon–Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, for the "Morning Edition" program, about a new strain of the Mpox virus, after three cases were reported…

KPCC-FM (NPR) interviewed Dr. Daniel Eisenberg, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about the findings of the national Healthy Minds Study, which examines college students' mental health.

For the third year in a row, data shows an…

The Los Angeles Daily News interviewed Dr. Michael Jerrett, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and Dr. Kimberly Paul, with the UCLA Department of Neurology, about the UCLA Aliso Canyon Research Disaster Health…

Dr. Ninez A. Ponce, professor and chair of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy and Management, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.

The National…

Telemundo interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about research that found 1 in 5 U.S. residents identifies as Latino.

"A report by the Latino GDP project of the University of California…

In 2024, approximately 3.1 million Californians 12 and older directly experienced a hate act in the previous year, according to the newest California Health Interview Survey data, which was a half million more than the 2.6 million people in 2023 who said they…

CGIH representatives are hosting a session for new and interested students to learn more about the Center for Global and Immigrant Health: our work, the Global Health Certificate, and how you can get involved.

RSVP Link: https://forms.gle/4kLi7nBiPcZT9dCF8

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UCLA's Dr. Mark Peterson, professor in the Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, has received the American Political Science Association's (APSA) inaugural Career Achievement Award in Health Politics and Policy.

“Receiving this inaugural…

NPR (KPCC-FM) reported on the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's latest findings on health in the aftermath of wildfires, quoting scholar Todd Hughes, director of the California Health Interview Survey. The survey released its annual report for 2024 in October.…

ABC News interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Naomi Zewde, assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about the Affordable Care Act and the current government shutdown. Zewde said working low-income families and adults will be affected if an…

PC Magazine quoted UCLA Fielding's Dr. Joann Elmore, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about a $16 million study of the effectiveness of AI and breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.

"There is a lot of hope that AI will make care better…