On May 20, 2015, the Fielding School of Public Health celebrated our students in our annual Honors and Awards Reception. FSPH's numerous scholarships, fellowships and recognitions all honor the excellence of outstanding members of our student body in academics, research…

Transgender and gender nonconforming people are at high risk for diseases such as AIDS and are vulnerable to depression and other mental health issues, but may be reluctant to disclose their identities to researchers due to stigma. As a result, very little is known about…

Nearly 1 in 4 Japanese-Americans are 65 and older — nearly twice the proportion of seniors in the overall U.S. population. The facts that they are likelier to live longer than other Americans and are healthier when they age make Japanese-Americans an important subject of…

Four in 10 California adults -- 11.4 million people -- report having at least 1 of 5 top chronic conditions, according to a new "health care almanac" published by the California HealthCare Foundation. In the report, Center Senior Research Scientist Ying-…

Members of the UCLA community are invited to attend UCLA Fielding's National Public Health Week Opening Address delivered by Asya Spears (MS '14), RAND Corporation.

 Students of Color for Public Health (SCPH) at UCLA FSPH presents National…

Members of the UCLA community are invited to attend Community-Based Participatory Research hosted by the UCLA Epidemiology Student Association in recognition of National Public Health Week. 

 Students of Color for Public Health (SCPH) at…

Members of the UCLA community are invited to attend Discovering Your Data Job Families with Asya Spears (MS '14) in recognition of National Public Health Week. 

 Students of Color for Public Health (SCPH) at UCLA FSPH presents…

As part of National Public Health Week 2015 (April 6-April 10), the Fielding School's Students of Color for Public Health (SCPH) student group organized a week of events centered around the theme "Addressing the Roots of Health Inequity."

With a series…

Latinos are the largest ethnic minority group in the United States, and it’s expected that by 2050 they will comprise almost 30 percent of the U.S. population. Yet they are also the most underserved by health care and health insurance providers.

Latinos’ low rates…

Fielding School alumna Nancy Halpern Ibrahim, MPH ’93, has been selected to receive the 2015 UCLA Award for Community Service for her decades of work improving the living conditions and overall health of low-income families…

Tech giants Apple and Sage Bionetworks, together with UCLA cancer pioneer and collaborator Dr. Patricia Ganz, FSPH professor of Health Policy and Management, today announced the launch of Share the Journey: Mind, Body, and Wellness after Breast Cancer…

On March 9, the United Nations will convene to evaluate the global community’s progress on gender equality in the 20 years since 189 countries adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The U.N. session will continue through March 20.

“Closing…

An on-board air filtration system developed specifically for school buses reduces exposure to vehicular pollutants by up to 88 percent, according to a study by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

The high-efficiency cabin air, or HECA,…

“Income inequality” has already become a buzz phrase for the campaigns leading up to the 2016 elections. Likely candidates and pundits on both ends of the political spectrum have begun to talk about how fairness, social justice and — even after the implementation of the…

Dr. Patrick Allard, FSPH Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious 2015 International ToxScholar Grant from the Society of Toxicology (SOT). As part of the honor, Dr. Allard will visit the Gaborone campus of the…

FSPH Environmental Health Sciences Prof. Richard Jackson has been selected to receive the 2015 Henry Hope Reed Award, given by the Notre Dame School of Architecture to "an individual working outside the practice of architecture who has supported the…

Members of the UCLA community are invited to attend Creating an Inclusive Community hosted by UCLA Fielding's Department of Epidemiology in recognition of National Public Health Week. 

Students of Color for Public Health (…

Members of the UCLA community are invited to attend Advocacy for Maternal and Child Health hosted by UCLA Fielding's Maternal and Child Health Student Interest Group in recognition of National Public Health Week. 

Students of Color for…

Members of the UCLA community are invited to attend an Infertility Guest hosted by UCLA Fielding's Maternal and Child Health Student Interest Group and Reproductive Health Interest Group in recognition of National Public Health Week. 

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