Ten new faculty members have joined the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health this year. “Our school has a long tradition of attracting great talent to UCLA, and our latest group of new faculty is no exception,” said Dr. Ron Brookmeyer, dean of the UCLA Fielding School…

You hear that we should get a second opinion a lot, particularly if a test result or medical diagnosis is challenging or unclear. But how independent are second opinions when information is shared between physicians?

Researchers at UCLA examined how pathologists…

Dr. Nina Harawa, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, co-authored research published in the peer-reviewed journal AIDS and Behavior that found a 10% tax credit was associated with a 21% reduction in high-risk HIV behavior among single mothers…

Among adults with disabilities and older adults in California who need assistance caring for themselves and completing routine daily tasks, 40% receive no help at all or get only limited help, according to research by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr…

About 2 in 5 (41%) unvaccinated adults in California said they never wore a mask when leaving their house in May 2022, compared to about 1 in 5 (19%) fully vaccinated adults, according to preliminary data collected from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA…

Dr. Roch Nianogo, an assistant professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been named a 2022 recipient of an Alzheimer’s Association grant for his ongoing research into preventing Alzheimer’s disease in vulnerable populations.

“I am honored, and…

Porchia Toussaint is the Assistant Director for the MPH for Health Professionals program, which allows working professionals to maintain their full-time careers while pursuing a Master of Public Health degree. Porchia earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Administration…

Nataly Soberanes is a Research Administrator for FSPH’s department of Epidemiology. As a Research Administrator, Nataly works closely with Epidemiology’s faculty throughout the proposal submission process and aids in maximizing faculty’s monetary resources via post award…

Over the past 30 years, progress in early detection and treatment of cancer has helped reduce the overall death rate by more than 30%. Pancreatic cancer, however, has remained difficult to treat. Only 1 in 9 people survive five years after diagnosis, in part because this…

Past research has shown that pesticide exposure increases the risk of cancer. Now, UCLA-led research has exposed which specific pesticides increase the risk of retinoblastoma — a rare eye tumor — in children.

The study, published in the August International…

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of access to healthcare, and this access is obtainable when a community has access to health insurance, according to work by UCLA researchers that explores insurance coverage in California's Salvadoran-American…

A UCLA-led research team has found apparent links between pesticides and thyroid cancer risk in three Central California counties.

"The work is unique in identifying specific pesticides of concern for thyroid cancer risk," said Dr. Julia Heck, UCLA Fielding School…

Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has seen an alarming rise in hate incidents targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, prompting the passing of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which was signed by President Biden in May 2021.

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Jack Schlosser, a healthcare management veteran with more than four decades in the field, has been named Executive-in-Residence at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s UCLA Center for Healthcare Management for the 2022-23 academic year.

“Jack has a long…

In spite of being hit harder by COVID-19 than almost any other population in the U.S., Latinos pressed through the pandemic to produce the world’s fifth-largest GDP during 2020, according to research co-authored by Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public…

Susan H. Babey, PhD, is a senior research scientist and a co-director of the Chronic Disease Research Program at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research as well as an Academic Researcher in the Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public…

Ramces Jimenez has been working in research administration for 9 of his 13 years at UCLA. Before joining Epidemiology as a post-award fund manager, Ramces worked for the UCLA School of Education & Information Studies as a pre-and post-award fund manager, handling a…

Gilda Noori, MD MPH is a Medical Director/Clinical Examiner with the MACS/ WISH Combined Cohort Study (MWCCS). She began her studies and research career at UCLA. From 2002-2006 Dr. Noori worked as a Health Science Specialist and later Project Manager for the many joint…