Dr. Daniel Eisenberg was named mental health program director at FSPH’s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Dr. Roger Detels delivered the 47th Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture at UCLA FSPH.

Dr. Susan Cochran was honored by the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute with the 2022 Impact Award.

Dr. Kristen Choi was named a 2021 Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante was named a senior fellow at FSPH’s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Dr. Onyebuchi Arah received the 2021 Outstanding Contributions to Epidemiology award from the American College of Epidemiology.

Dr. Thomas Belin was recognized with the Gold Eagle Award from Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 Predictive Modeling Team.

Kevin Baldwin named a fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association for 2020.

Dr. Onyebuchi Arah has been elected by the membership of the Society for Epidemiologic Research to serve as the society's president-elect (2021-22), president (2022-23), and past president (2023-24).

Dr. William McCarthy has devoted most of his 30+ year career to intervention studies designed to encourage members of special populations to adhere to federal nutrition and physical activity guidelines (African American adult women, low-income middle school students…

About Dr. Shafir

Dr. Shira Shafir graduated with an MPH in Infectious Diseases from UC Berkeley and a PhD in Epidemiology from UCLA.  After completing a post-doctoral fellowship in Global Health at UCLA, she joined the faculty of the department of epidemiology in…

Dr. Samuel Sessions is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and at the Department Health Policy and Management in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. He has interests in health policy, with a focus on health care finance,…

Dr. Teresa Seeman, PhD, is Professor of Epidemiology at the Fielding School of Public Health and of Medicine in the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Trained as an epidemiologist, with post-doctoral training in neuroendocrinology, her research interests are…

Dr. Marissa Seamans, PhD, MSPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology. Dr. Seamans’ research focuses on the intersection of social epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology to address substance use and mental health. Her work explores the use of large…

Vickie Mays is a Professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Letters and Sciences, as well as a Professor in the Department of Health Services. Professor Mays is also the Director of the UCLA Center on Research, Education, Training and Strategic…

Dr. Kirsten Schwarz is an urban ecologist working at the interface of environment, equity, and health. Her research focuses on environmental hazards and amenities in cities and how their distribution impacts minoritized communities. Her work on lead contaminated soils…

Anthony Hunter Schiff, JD, MPH, is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, teaching the Legal Environment of Health Services Management course in the EMPH Program.   Professor Schiff was…

Dr. Schiestl received his Ph.D. in Biology and Genetics from the University of Vienna, Austria, in 1983. He is currently a Professor Emeriti of Pathology, Environmental Health and Radiation Oncology. Previously, he served as Assistant and Associate Professor in the…