Dr. Julie Elginer is an associate professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She teaches master’s and doctoral-level classes in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Her courses on Healthcare Financial Management, Healthcare Marketing, Building…

David P. Eisenman, MD, MSHS is Professor in Residence at the David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, and of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. He is the Director of the UCLA…

As an infectious disease epidemiologist, my research focuses on the syndemics of substance use, mental health, and infectious diseases. I have led and collaborated on diverse projects examining vaccine-preventable diseases, hepatitis C, tuberculosis, and sexually…

Dr. Jacobs is a gastroenterologist and scientist studying the role of intestinal microbes in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other disorders. He graduated magna cum laude with highest honors from Harvard University with an AB in biochemistry. He subsequently…

Dr. Richard Joseph Jackson is Professor emeritus at the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. A pediatrician, he has served in many leadership positions with…

Dr. Moira Inkelas, PhD, MPH is professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management. She has a background in public health and public policy, with specific training and expertise in designing and implementing improvement science research. Her research focuses on…

Dr. Dana Hunnes has worked as a clinical inpatient dietitian at RR-UCLA Medical Center since 2005. She completed her B.S. at Cornell University with a double major in Nutrition and Human Biology, Health, and Society. Dr. Hunnes completed her RD-training (dietetic…

Dr. W. Scott Comulada, DrPH, is Professor-in-residence in the UCLA Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Health Policy and Management, Director of the Semel Institute Center for Community Health, a statistician, and a public health researcher. His…

Dr. William S. Comanor is Professor of Health Policy and Management and also Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. At UCLA, he is Director of the Research Program on Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy and also organizes a Seminar by…

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Sudipto Banerjee, professor and chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the…

Nutritional Oncology: Nutrition in Cancer Prevention, Treatment, and Survivorship presents evidence-based approaches to the study and application of nutrition in all phases of cancer including prevention, treatment, and survivorship.

There is a long…

Vision

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's vision is building healthy futures in greater Los Angeles, California, the nation, and the world.

The mission of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health is to enhance the public’s health by training…

The focus of the research is to determine the mechanisms by which human teratogens induce congenital malformations. The model system that is utilized is the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. The rationale for using this animal model is that it has a…

Dr. Anne L. Coleman, M.D., Ph.D. is the Fran and Ray Stark Professor of Ophthalmology at the Jules Stein Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, and Professor of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She is the Director for the UCLA…

Dr. Brian Cole, Dr.P.H., is program manager and lead analyst for the Health Impact Assessment Group at the UCLA School of Public Health, conducting and providing technical assistance on HIAs on a wide range of public policies and projects, including Living Wage…

By training, I am both a clinical psychologist and an epidemiologist. Reflecting that, my research program seeks to elucidate the mechanisms that moderate relationships among marginalizing social factors, behavior, and disease.  This work has centered on three broad…

Research Interests:

Dr. Cicero-Fernandez is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and the Manager of the Specialty Vehicle and Engine Testing Section at the Haagen-Smit Laboratory of the California Air Resources Board. Research topics include the following:

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Dr. Jingyi Jessica Li is a Professor in the Department of Biostatistics, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Her specific appointments are in the Department of Statistics (primary) and the Departments of Biostatistics, Computational Medicine, and Human Genetics (…

Dr. Li joined UCLA in 2019. He shares a position between the Fielding School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences Department and the School of Nursing, with a joint-appointment in the Fielding School of Public Health, Epidemiology Department. Before his…