The world’s most influential scientific researchers in 2018 include 40 UCLA scholars.

In its annual list, Clarivate Analytics names the most highly cited researchers — those whose work was most often referenced by other scientific research papers for the preceding…

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty, students and staff will present at the 2018 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in San Diego.

For a schedule of presentations by members of FSPH's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research click…

Ronald S. Brookmeyer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of biostatistics, has been appointed interim dean of the Fielding School. He will begin his term on November 1, 2018.

“Chancellor Block and I appreciate Ron’s willingness to serve as interim…

A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that daily discipline rates in middle schools change throughout the school year and escalate more rapidly for Black students than for White students. Discipline rates are typically collected and…

Lesbian, gay and bisexual adults in California have rates of health insurance coverage on par with or better than that of straight men and women in the state, but they are more likely to wait to see the doctor when they need medical care, according to a new policy…

A $2 million gift from Jean Balgrosky and Parker Hinshaw will make it possible for more aspiring public health students to pursue their academic goals at UCLA.

Beginning with the 2019–20 academic year, the Jean Balgrosky and Parker Hinshaw Fellowship will provide…

Longtime public health advocates Dr. Jonathan Fielding and Karin Fielding and their sons have established five fellowships for outstanding, newly admitted UCLA Fielding School of Public Health students.

Called the Fielding Fellowships, the awards will provide…

Breast cancer survivors who experienced trauma early in life and depression after their cancer treatments are at increased risk of persistent fatigue, a new UCLA study shows. Some of the key predictors of longer-term fatigue for this group of women include elevated…

Representatives from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (FSPH) and the Shandong University School of Public Health in Shandong Province, China, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on October 8. The MOU is a symbolic agreement between the two schools to…

Anne Rimoin, associate professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been appointed director of the Fielding School’s Center for Global and Immigrant Health.

An internationally recognized expert on global health and emerging…

Across the Americas, there continue to be wide gaps in health and longevity between rich and poor, educated and lesser educated, and people at high or low risk of being the targets of violence.

To address these gaps, the Health Equity Network of the…

Dr. Kenneth Wells, professor-in-residence of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the David Weil Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, is the recipient of the 2018 Rhoda…

As the new school year approaches, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (FSPH) is proud to announce the following new faculty appointments:

Roch A. Nianogo, assistant professor of epidemiology

Dr. Nianogo earned an MPH in community health sciences and…

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health announced that Alina Dorian, adjunct assistant professor of community health sciences, has been named the new associate dean for public health practice.

In this position, Dorian will work to increase professional…

Previous studies have shown that Mexican immigrants living in the United States are less likely to have insurance or to report a usual source of care than Mexican-Americans, other Latinos and non-Latino whites. But the Affordable Care Act may have made it easier for them…

Dr. Yifang Zhu, professor of environmental health sciences and associate dean for academic programs at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been appointed acting dean by UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott L. Waugh, effective September 1.

Dr…

How can public health researchers address racism? That’s the focus of a supplement to the latest issue of the journal Ethnicity & Disease, for which UCLA professor Chandra Ford served as a guest editor.

“Race is a social construct and not a…

Cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes are among the leading causes of death worldwide. A new UCLA study has found that Bangladesh, Haiti, Malawi, Nepal and Tanzania each has fewer than five health facilities that can provide the full suite of…

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (FSPH) recently formed a supplemental agreement with the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine (SAHZU) that symbolizes the collaborative commitment of both institutions to advancing research and…