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…