A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate student has been recognized for academic excellence and dedicated service at the school, one of the top public health graduate schools in the…

A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health student has been recognized for academic excellence at the school, one of the top public health graduate schools in the United States. 

The 2025 UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Student Academic Honors & Awards ceremony — a celebration of students' outstanding achievements — was held on Wednesday, June 11, and awards were conferred by Dr. Ron Brookmeyer, dean of UCLA Fielding, as well as…

Sharon Han is a communications and digital strategist who has spent her career helping community leaders, change makers, and marginalized voices tell their stories. With a background in digital media, public affairs, and higher education, she brings heart, strategy, and…

The UCLA Fielding School's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab has launched two free, online data tools that can help empower NHPI communities and advocates. The Center is led by Dr. Ninez Ponce,…

Most universities have tried to be forces for good, helping communities that don’t have the same resources. Researchers have applied their expertise to measure the effects of pollution, provide medical care for people experiencing homelessness, and learn what…

A UCLA Health surgical team has performed the first-in-human bladder transplant. 

The surgery was successfully completed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on May 4, 2025. The team was led by Dr. Nima Nassiri, a urologic transplant…

As a child, UCLA’s Dr. Eric Esrailian listened to his great-grandmother’s stories of how she and his great-grandfather had survived the Armenian Genocide of the early 20th century and ultimately made their way to America. In those reminiscences, he said, one key element…

As temperatures rise, so does the risk of heat-related illness.

Public health officials advise caution, especially for older adults, young children, people with chronic medical conditions and people who work outdoors. If possible, avoid going outside…

Dr. José J. Escarce, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, is a co-author of new research that found self-employed women have fewer risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to non-self-employed women,…

Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by Politico about the demographics of the U.S. healthcare workforce.

“We’ve created fear and distrust of the health care system in the…

For many of us, a personal experience early in life plants the seed for our future. For Dr. Julio Frenk, UCLA’s chancellor and a pioneering public health researcher, that moment occurred when he was 16 and in his last summer of high school. Weighing whether he wanted to…

Dr. Mark Litwin, UCLA Fielding School professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and professor and chair of the Department of Urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about prostate cancer.

Dr. Dylan Roby, an associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by CNBC about the U.S. health insurance industry.

" ... insurers use tools such as deductibles, co-pays, and prior authorization…

The UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health's Dr. Anne Rimoin, Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health and professor in the Department of Epidemiology, was interviewed by Science about a new mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone.

Some…

About the UCLA-CSU Hispanic Serving Institution Pathways to Doctoral Diversity Initiative (UC-HSI-DDI) - Student Track

Through the UC-HSI-DDI, UCLA is offering a pipeline MPH/MS to doctoral program for students from partner Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs): CSU…

When patients and friends ask about the long-term health effects of the Los Angeles wildfires that killed 29 people and destroyed more than 16,000 structures in January, Dr. David Eisenman, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Community Health Sciences,…

Dr. Mark Litwin, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, is a co-author of new research that found stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), a form of high-dose radiation delivered in just five sessions, is as safe as conventional…

The Washington Post quoted Dr. Yifang Zhu, professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about research into the costs of using air purifiers and insulation to stave off the hazards of indoor wildfire smoke…

The New York Times interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding professor of epidemiology and of medicine at the David Geffen…