Dr. Matthew Mimiaga, professor and vice chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, is the study's lead co-author.

Dr. Annette Regan, assistant professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Epidemiology, was interviewed for a Q&A by The Conversation about why pertussis, also known as whooping cough, has become so prevalent and how families can protect themselves from the disease.

Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Epidemiology, was interviewed by KTLA-TV in Los Angeles about measles outbreaks across the United States.

Dr. Pamina Gorbach, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor in the Department of Epidemiology and in the Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was interviewed by KABC-TV about her research.

UCLA Fielding also ranked top ten in all specialty areas

KPCC-FM interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, professor of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and of Medicine, and a member of the Division of Infectious Diseases, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School professor of epidemiology and director of UCLA's Center of Global and Immigrant Health, was interviewed by KTLA-TV in Los Angeles about impact of the pandemic and the risks of infectious disease.

NBC News interviewed Dr. Jonathan Jacobs, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor-in-residence of epidemiology and a gastroenterologist and microbiome researcher, about the results of fecal transplants in cancer treatment trials.

The Los Angeles Daily News interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and a professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, about the outbreak of measles in the United States.