The MS in Environmental Health Sciences is a research-oriented degree that includes coursework and the preparation of a thesis or completion of a comprehensive examination and a major written report. Students work their faculty advisor to identify a focus for their…

Jennifer oversees fundraising, alumni and donor relations activities for the UCLA Fielding School. Prior to this role, she led the school’s corporate and foundation relations fundraising program since 2013. Jennifer first joined UCLA in 2004 as director of development…

Kristie Allen assists faculty with initiating and responding to opportunities for private grant funding. Through building and stewarding relationships with foundation and corporate officers, and working collaboratively with other units at FSPH, UCLA development, and…

I was trained in mathematics, statistics, and genetics. My work on statistical genomics and biomedical informatics focuses on developing statistically powerful and computationally efficient tools for biobank scale genetic association studies, metagenomics data analysis,…

Naomi Zewde is a scholar of public policy. She studies how public institutions can deliver health, medical care, and economic security across the economic distribution, and how we can directly compress the distribution. This includes comparing the Affordable Care Act’s…

Deborah Freund is a health economist, former President of Claremont Graduate University, Provost at Syracuse University, and Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty at Indiana University. She is now an adjunct professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management…

Dr. Lu is an expert in the biopharmaceutical industry and pharmaceutical economics.  He is the director of the UCLA Seminar on Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy.

The UCLA Seminar, now in its 32nd season, is the longest running seminar of its kind in…

Erik Wexler is chief operating officer for Providence. Responsible for operational oversight and strategy for Providence, he works to ensure access to a portfolio of vital, high-quality and affordable services across the Providence footprint while also leading the…

Tom Weinberger is founder and chief investment officer of Weinberger Asset Management, Inc. Tom has over thirty five years of comprehensive financial experience. Prior to founding the firm he was a Managing Director of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc and headed the West Coast…

Timothy Wahl has more than 40 years’ experience as an attorney specializing in banking and finance, business law and compliance issues in both the private and public sectors.

Tim currently serves as a faculty member at California State University at Northridge…

Arthur M. Southam, MD, is executive vice president of health plan operations and chief growth officer for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Hospitals. In this role, Artie oversees the health plan’s marketing, sales, service, and administration activities with…

Richard Sinaiko has held leadership positions with the UCLA Medical Center, the Academic Medical Center Division of American Medical International and the University of Southern California School of Medicine for Faculty Practice and Ambulatory Care. In 1991, he founded…

Peter Shapiro’s volunteerism at UCLA includes his membership on the Board of Directors of The UCLA Foundation, the Board of Advisors of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and UCLA School of Law, the Executive Board of UCLA Medical Sciences, and the Board of the…