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The Lancet quoted UCLA Fielding's Dr. Onyebuchi Arah and Dr. Ralph Frerichs in a feature obituary about the late Dr. Roger Detels, former dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and a pioneering HIV/AIDS researcher, who died July 25 in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Daily News quoted Dr. Ninez A. Ponce, professor and chair in the Department of Health Policy and Management and principal investigator of the California Health Interview Survey.

The latest annual California Health Interview Survey also provides data-driven insights into immigrants’ health and young adult vaping, among other topics.

UCLA Fielding’s Dr. Erika Crable, assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, recognized for her work.

Miller Finkelstein, a student in the Executive Master of Public Health program, has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the UCLA Health Policy and Management Alumni Association (HPMAA) for his exceptional record in health services research; he is currently a research data scientist in the Women’s and Children’s Institute at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Charlie Caballero, a student in the Master of Healthcare Administration program, has been awarded the Fall 2026 New Student Scholarship.

Karla Tovar Aguilar, a student in the Master of Healthcare Administration program, has been awarded the Fall 2026 New Student Scholarship.

KTLA-TV interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, associate dean for global health and professor in the Department of Epidemiology, about the current outbreak in Central Africa.

Don’t be surprised if Dr. Kenneth Wells trades research papers for sheet music after hours - the psychiatrist and public health professor is also an opera composer whose work explores mental health, recovery and resilience.

Don’t be surprised if Dr. Wendelin Slusser is as comfortable in a vineyard as she is on campus — she is a fifth-generation rancher whose family has worked the land in California’s Russian River Valley for generations.