UCLA Fielding's Dr. Jennifer Wagman receives UCLA Global Research Award

Dr. Jennifer Wagman, associate professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, has received a UCLA Global Research Award to support her work examining how violence and adversity influence mental health and infectious disease among youth in Uganda.

December 3, 2025

Marriage, emotional support may protect against obesity through brain-gut connection, study finds

The research, co-authored by UCLA Fielding's Dr. Gil Gee, Dr. Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, and Dr. May Wang, reveals supportive relationships influence weight through oxytocin pathways linking brain, gut microbiome and eating behaviors.

November 13, 2025

UCLA Fielding faculty listed among world’s most influential researchers

Four UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty members are among the "world’s most influential researchers."

November 13, 2025

KPCC-FM | "Looking into homelessness ‘campuses’ as some states look to it as a path to serving the unhoused"

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Randall Kuhn, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, was interviewed on KPCC-FM's "AirTalk" program about homelessness in Los Angeles County.

November 12, 2025

An ‘invisible disaster’: Aliso Canyon gas blowout is affecting residents’ long-term mental health

The study - co-authored by UCLA Fielding faculty and staff, including Dr. David Eisenman, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences - calls for inclusion of unseen but real health risks in understanding effects of disasters.

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November 3, 2025

Team awarded $3.4 million NIH grant to research effectiveness of strategies dealing with homelessness in Los Angeles County

Faculty from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work to examine impact of assistance efforts.

October 27, 2025

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health at the 2025 APHA Meeting & Expo: "Making the Public’s Health a National Priority"

Participation by UCLA Fielding School in the 2025 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo.

October 25, 2025

NBC News | “Is it time for your flu shot? What to know about effectiveness and how long it lasts”

NBC News interviewed UCLA Fielding's Robert Kim-Farley, professor in the departments of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences, about the safety of flu shots.

October 10, 2025

Lives and economies at risk from weak primary health care in Latin America and the Caribbean, research shows

Landmark report, co-authored by UCLA Fielding’s Dr. James Macinko, has been released by the World Bank and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Aftermath of LA Fire. Photo shot March 24 2025. (c) Michael Kleeman, UC Davis

August 25, 2025

La Opinion | "The ordeal does not end for the victims of the Eaton fire"

La Opinion interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. David Eisenman, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, about the potential health risks in the aftermath of the 2025 Los Angeles County fires.

August 5, 2025

Los Angeles Daily News | "LA County Supervisors pass ordinance setting 82-degree max for inside rental units"

The Los Angeles Daily News quoted UCLA Fielding's Dr. David Eisenman about the impact of an ordinance that affects nearly 100,000 rental units in unincorporated Los Angeles County.

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July 30, 2025

NPR | "Why certain medications can increase your risk in the heat"

Dr. David Eisenman, professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Community Health Sciences, was interviewed by NPR on how medications can affect the way people's bodies react to, or perceive, heat.