AS THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS pandemic took hold early this year, it sparked another type of contagion — one that, Fielding School experts note, is not at all novel in the context of public health emergencies.

In this case, because of COVID-19’s origins in Wuhan, China…

AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION (AHF) President Michael Weinstein was watching HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” on Feb. 28 when he saw an interview that compelled him to act.

Anne Rimoin, professor of epidemiology at the Fielding School, was sharing her insights on…

In March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged people to stay away from crowded emergency rooms and put-off elective surgery, including heart procedures, to reduce potential coronavirus exposure. As early as April, doctors worried that people…

Onyebuchi A. Arah received the 2019 Academic Council Chairs Award for Mid-Career Leadership in the Academic Senate from the UCLA Systemwide Academic Senate.

Sudipto Banerjee received the 2019 George W. Snedecor Award from the Committee of Presidents…

DURING HER VISIT to China in fall 2019, Virginia C. Li was reminded of a biblical phrase: “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you shall move mountains.”

Li, a professor emeritus at the Fielding School, estimates that she has made 100 trips to her native…

CLIMATE CHANGE CONTINUES to wreak havoc on the health of the planet and its inhabitants. “This is an escalating health emergency,” says Dr. Jonathan Fielding, distinguished professor-in-residence in FSPH’s Department of Health Policy and Management. “And every bad…

DR. DAVID EISENMAN, Fielding School professor-in-residence of community health sciences and director of FSPH’s UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters, says the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed critical areas in which the U.S. has fallen short. “Disasters shine harsh…

IN ANY PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, conveying clear, accurate, and timely information to the affected population is important. But that information, along with the trustworthiness and credibility of the officials delivering it, is crucial during an emerging infectious…

AS CALIFORNIA PREPARED TO EASE RESTRICTIONS and emerge as safely as possible from shelter-in-place orders imposed early in the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the major unmet needs was for more personnel trained to perform the tasks fundamental to infectious disease control,…

SO FAR, THE YEAR 2020 has seen two major historic events — the public health crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the massive nationwide protests against structural racism following the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd and inaction in…

This is the year everything changed. A novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, made its way to every corner of the planet, bringing an ever-mounting toll of illness and death as it transformed everyday life in ways previously unthinkable. And beginning in May, people in every…

IN LATE DECEMBER of last year, Fielding School epidemiology professor Anne Rimoin was planning one of her regular trips to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). An internationally recognized expert in emerging infectious diseases, Rimoin founded the UCLA-DRC Health…

Dr. Jonathan Fielding, professor-in-residence in FSPH's Department of Health Policy and Management, writes opinion articles on a wide range of topical public health issues, from childhood obesity, gun violence, and the opioid crisis to dietary supplements,…

BEFORE THE CURRENT NATIONAL RECKONING with structural racism, Chandra Ford had been making the case that public health professionals and academics must do more to confront an issue that fuels health disparities and acts as a formidable barrier to optimal health. Ford,…

Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, professor of epidemiology and community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has spent his career working domestically and internationally in public health with the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control…

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Muhammad Naushad joined as a Senior Data Analyst in Deans office of UCLA Fielding School of Public Health in 2018. He supports school leaderships, departments and offices providing student information through analytical dashboards and customized reports. Prior to UCLA…