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AIAN adults were more likely to delay care, and had higher rates of adverse childhood experiences, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors than California adults overall.

A study led by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the DRC’s National Institute of Biomedical Research, published in The Lancet, provides new human evidence supporting clinical evaluation of an already-licensed Ebola vaccine against the virus driving the ongoing Bundibugyo outbreak.

University team’s leaders include UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty Drs. Wendelin Slusser, Michael Ong, and Burt Cowgill.

Mia Giordano (MPH ’23) has joined the professional staff at UCLA’s Bixby Center to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health Equity, which supports research into issues ranging from maternal mortality to reproductive rights to HIV prevention.

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor in the Department of Health Policy Management, about new research into Latinos' use of social media for health-related information.

The studies will analyze blood samples from thousands of people who have already been vaccinated against Zaire ebolavirus, with first results from the team, led by UCLA Fielding faculty, expected within months.

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Jonathan Jacobs, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology, leading study under UCLA's new Microbiome Vaccine Program (MVP).

The Wall Street Journal interviewed Dr. Kirsten Schwarz, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about how she has raised funds for her work analyzing soil contamination after the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.

Internationally recognized epidemiologist will lead and elevate the school’s global health enterprise.

The New York Times interviewed Dr. Kari Nadeau, dean of the UCLA Fielding School, about the latest research into the impact to human health of exposure to wildfire smoke.

PBS interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the Department of Epidemiology, about the scale and size of the current Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, where at least 2,100 people have died.

Segura (MPH ’91), Los Angeles' first chief heat officer, has been named director of the center, which conducts research and advances policy at the intersection of climate and health