Q. What inspired you to write this book? At what scale can one person’s dietary decisions really help to combat global climate change?

A. The scientific community has unequivocally identified the number one cause of climate change — us — and has been…

The "California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) 2021 Making an Impact" report highlights the exciting work produced by CHIS in 2021 — from timely COVID-19 data on how Californians are continuing to navigate the pandemic’s conditions and challenges, to the many…

COVID-19 is a grave pandemic, the worst we have seen since the 1918 flu pandemic. Its virus is not only harming and killing hundreds of thousands of us, but it is also creating despair and poverty. Its economic and mental health harms are incalculable. As a…

Researchers worldwide are scrambling to develop coronavirus vaccines. More than 140 candidates are being advanced with all possible speed by research teams from small academic labs and big drug companies alike. While the Trump administration is…

FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, AS Dr. Catherine Carpenter (PhD ’96) has traveled to India as part of an international research team focused on nutrition and women’s health, she has seen the transformation of many Indian cities into globalized urban areas. “There’s a…

As a doctor who has devoted my career to public health, I know the intended meaning of “social distancing” as a strategy to reduce transmission of the COVID 19 virus until vaccines and improved treatments are available. But the term “social distancing” mis-…

SARAH FANTA LOVED HER JOB AS A DIETITIAN with the Public Health Foundation Enterprises WIC program, which provides healthy free food, nutrition education, breastfeeding assistance, and family resources to more than 200,000 women, children, and families in Southern…

AS A REGISTERED DIETITIAN who sees patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes (MPH ’07, PhD ’13) is dedicated to improving people’s health by counseling them on the foods they eat. As an environmentalist raising an 8-year-old son…

WITHOUT A SINGLE NEW MENU INGREDIENT, McDonald’s sales surged in September 2020 after rap megastar Travis Scott (pictured at right) teamed with the fast-food behemoth on a digital marketing campaign promoting the $6 “Travis Scott Meal” — a Quarter…

Lilly Nhan, MPH, RD PhD Student, Department of Community Health Sciences

I STARTED MY CAREER as a registered dietitian at a hospital, but became frustrated. Often I was reaching patients too late, long after they had developed chronic…

AFTER SPENDING MUCH OF HER CAREER in the realm of maternal and child nutrition — striving to improve the life trajectory of children by focusing on pregnancy and diet during the first five years of life — Dr. May Wang decided to broaden the scope of her…

DR. JODY HEYMANN has devoted her career to advocating for vulnerable and marginalized populations around the world through her public health and policy expertise and scholarship. As founding director of the Fielding School’s World Policy Analysis Center (WORLD) and a…

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…