Strong social relationships, particularly high-quality marriages, may help protect against obesity by influencing a complex communication system between the brain and gut, according to new research by UCLA Health.

The study, published in the journal Gut Microbes,…

A team of UCLA researchers joined with community partners to test soil samples from neighborhoods hit hard by the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires, including Altadena, Pasadena, and the Crescenta Valley, for lead and other contaminants dispersed by the fires.

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A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor and alumni has been honored by the university’s alumni association for her service in civic positions at the state and local levels.

Dr. Julie Elginer, associate professor in UCLA Fielding’s Department of Health…

A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor and alumni has been named to the board of directors of a foundation that has supported nonprofit, community-based hospitals and health organizations across California for more than two decades.

Prof. Michael Galper…

ABC News interviewed Dr. Lara Cushing, associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about her research that found sea level rise caused by climate change could cause thousands of toxic sites in the U.S.…

KTLA-TV in Los Angeles interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the UCLA Fielding School’s Department of Epidemiology and Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, was interviewed  about the lack of any research that shows a connection…

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…

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The latest edition of a popular text on statistical science and methods makes clear how the use of “big data” techniques can be used by professionals in disciplines across the scientific and economic spectrum, including in public health.

Hierarchical Modeling and…

Seven distinguished graduates of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health have been named as members of the school’s “Hall of Fame” for 2025, recognizing their work since graduation as having a major impact on public health, both in Los Angeles and globally.

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Dr. Ninez Ponce, professor and chair in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the California Health Care Foundation.

Ponce is director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy…

In 2024, the Los Angeles County program that provided free nighttime activities and programs in underserved areas continued its success, drawing more than 350,000 visits from people of all ages, including a 40% increase in adults ages 60 and older, according to a new…

Research co-authored by Dr. Carol Mangione, professor in the UCLA Fielding School’s Department of Health Policy and Management, found fewer than 1 in 4 eligible younger adults completed colorectal cancer screenings after the United States Preventive Services Task Force…

KNX-FM interviewed Dr. Marc Suchard, a physician and professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Biostatistics, about his research into improving techniques to track infectious disease outbreaks.

"Our tools watch and examine how the…

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Randall Kuhn, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, was interviewed on KPCC-FM's "AirTalk" program about homelessness in Los Angeles County.

"What we see consistently, if you look at any outcome that matters - whether it’s…

The 2025 wildfires brought heartbreaking loss and destruction — and became the worst natural disaster in the history of Los Angeles. Yet even as the fires raged, the UCLA community came together, responding with both urgency and unity. Bruins opened their homes,…

Work by UCLA Fielding's Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Yifang Zhu, and by alum Dr. Kristen Ochoa (MPH, '11), was referenced by UCLA Magazine in a summary of how the university has responded to the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.

".... Another abiding issue is air…

The Associated Press interviewed Dr. Lara Cushing, associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about her research into the public health risks of sea level rise.

Researchers identified 5,500 sites that store, emit…