Class of: 2013

Departments: Health Policy and Management

Inductee

Rachel Hornstein, who has devoted her career to public service, is currently a Health Policy Analyst in the National Center for Health Statistics CDC, where her research…

Class of: 1996

Departments: Epidemiology

Inductee

A lifelong Bruin, Dr. Elizabeth Yano is the Director of the VA Health Services Research & Development Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy, and…

Class of: 1990

Departments: Health Policy and Management

Inductee

Elaine Batchlor is CEO of the new Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, a state-of-the-art, private nonprofit safety net hospital which opened in 2015. She previously served…

Class of: 2003

Departments: Epidemiology

Inductee Dr. Vonthanak Saphonn is the Rector of the University of Health Sciences (UHS) in Cambodia where he is helping to educate the next generation of Cambodian health professionals. He is also an…

Departments: Health Policy and Management

Inductee Dr. Myat Htoo Razak is the Director of the Division of Global Programs, Office of Training and Capacity Development, HIV/AIDS Bureau of Health Resources and Services…

Departments: Community Health Sciences

Inductee Dr. Michael Prelip currently serves as professor and chair of the Department of Community Health Sciences (CHS), was the Fielding School’s first associate dean for practice…

Departments: Community Health Sciences

Inductee Emily Feher is committed to improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health globally and locally.  Feher is working with Mississippi First, where she is helping expand…

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Alumni Hall of Fame was established in 2002 to honor alumni 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…

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…

A team of students from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Executive Master in Public Health (EMPH) program won first place in the Cornell University Sloan Program in Health Administration case competition, co-sponsored by SSM Health. The nationwide…

The FSPH stair climbing team's fundraising effort supports YMCA community youth and public health programs in and around downtown Los Angeles, including scholarships for swim lessons and afterschool care.

View photos of team FSPH at the 2015 YMCA Stair Climb for…

Low-income adults and children who are able to see a dentist at the same location as their primary care doctor are more likely to get dental care, yet almost three out of five community health clinics in California either don’t offer oral health services or, if they do,…

LOS ANGELES, CA—The Skirball Cultural Center announces A Path Appears: Actions for a Better World, an exhibition designed to spark a commitment to human rights and underscore the potential of grassroots action. Inspired by the recent bestseller A Path Appears:…

FINDINGS:      

Researchers led by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health examined HIV testing trends among adults ages 50 through 64 both before and after 2006, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that most…

From 2013 to 2014, the number of Californians ages 19 to 64 without health insurance declined by 15.5 percent — more than 655,000 people — after full implementation of the Affordable Care Act, according to new California Health Interview Survey data released…

Dr. Patrick Allard, FSPH assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, has received a 2015 Innovation in Regulatory Science Award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, an independent private foundation dedicated to advancing the biomedical…

FROM THE UCLA KAISER PERMANENTE CENTER FOR HEALTH EQUITY:

"CDC Recommends Food Waste Protocol Developed by Equity Center Researcher"

"Equity Center researcher, Dr. Bill McCarthy was charged with evaluating the impact of new food policies at LAUSD…

Dr. Roshan Bastani, Fielding School professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and director of the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity, will be one of three panel members during the discussion, "Is Healthy Living Only for the…

The following excerpt is from a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) podcast interview with Dr. Michael Jerrett, professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences. The entire interview is available for download on the…