Have you thought about getting involved in local government and serving your community? Join three city managers from across California in this virtual panel discussion to talk about what it is like to work as a city manager and serve the constituents of that community.…

PHSA would like to fund FSPH organizations during Fall Quarter to plan a social FSPH-wide. Organizations can apply for this initiative for $50-100 for any social. This initiative is meant to increase member engagement, organization awareness, and participation to extend…

Empowering Populations Through Research Linh Chuong PhD Candidate, Health Policy and Management

While everyone is born with potential, not everyone is afforded opportunity. I was. My family is part of the largest refugee resettlement in U.S. history — among the…

Addressing Disparities in Prehospital Care Esmeralda Melgoza PhD Candidate, Community Health Science

I study disparities in the prehospital care system, with a focus on Latinx older adults, under the mentorship of Dr. Hiram Beltran-Sanchez. I can trace that…

Dr. Xiaowu Dai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science (primary) and the Department of Biostatistics (secondary) at UCLA. 

Before joining UCLA in 2022, Xiaowu was a postdoc at UC Berkeley from 2019-2022, advised by Prof.…

Dr. Donna Washington is a dedicated Professor of Medicine at VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and UCLA Geffen School of Medicine. Her career has been characterized by her unwavering commitment to addressing the healthcare needs of vulnerable and…

Paul S. Viviano serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). He is a respected healthcare leader and an ardent advocate for child health on regional and national levels. Under his leadership since 2015, CHLA has…

Dr. Ninez A. Ponce is a Professor and the Fred W. and Pamela K. Wasserman Chair of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She is also the Director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and serves as the Principal…

Dr. Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati is an Associate Dean for Community Initiatives and a Distinguished Professor in Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). She holds several key roles,…

Dr. Kavita Patel currently serves as a Senior Policy Advisor at Stanford University, an MSNBC on-air contributor, and a practicing physician in Washington, DC. She is a UCLA-trained physician with an outstanding career marked by her pivotal role in shaping health…

Dr. J. Jack Lee is a distinguished Professor of Biostatistics and the Kenedy Foundation Chair in Cancer Research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He earned his DDS from National Taiwan University in 1982 and his MS and PhD in Biostatistics…

Thinh Toan Vu is a dedicated Research Manager and Data Management Head at the Center for Innovation in Mental Health (CIMH), housed within the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. His research focus centers on implementing science methods to…

Ana Mascareñas serves as the inaugural Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice to Admiral Rachel Levine, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Assistant Secretary for Health. Throughout her career, Ana has been a tireless advocate for equity and…

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Hall of Fame was established in 2002 to honor alums with outstanding career accomplishments in public health, as well as those who have volunteered time and talent in their communities in support of public health activities.…

UCLA Seminar on Health Economics A new UCLA Seminar on Health Economics is beginning in October of 2023 and will continue once a month in all quarters. The time will be the same monthly, 4-5:30 pm, in the Roemer Library at the Fielding School, room 31-262 CHS. It will…

Six decades equates to a blink of an eye in the context of human history. But for the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, which recently celebrated 60 years as a school, it’s been a period of remarkable consequence, characterized by far too many impactful moments to…

Dr. Ronald Andersen developed a conceptual model in 1968 that would transform the understanding of U.S. healthcare access and has influenced numerous researchers in the decades since. His Behavioral Model of Health Services Use became a frame-work for healthcare…

Public health education at UCLA predated the establishment of a school of public health by 15 years. In 1946, UCLA began offering undergraduate public health instruction as part of a University of California systemwide school. The UCLA Department of Public Health was…