The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Paul Simon, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and chief science officer at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, about the growing dominance of two new ultra-contagious Omicron subvariants among COVID-related infections.

CNN interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and the Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about the need for a vaccine and testing campaign focused on monkeypox.

Dr. Roger Detels, distinguished research professor of epidemiology at the Fielding School receives the Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award in recognition for outstanding research, teaching, and service.

UCLA FSPH professors of epidemiology, Dr. Anne Rimoin and Dr. Zunyou Wu, to serve on an emergency World Health Organization (WHO) panel as part of the WHO’s response to the current monkeypox outbreak.

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about the recent decision by federal health officials to authorize children as young as six months to receive either the Moderna or the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

NBC News interviewed Dr. Roch Nianogo, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of epidemiology, for NBCLX about research that found the top threats to Americans today regarding dementia in old age are obesity, physical inactivity, and lack of a high school diploma.

Dr. Beate Ritz received the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)'s Rothman Career Accomplishment Award for her work as a teacher and researcher.

The Atlantic interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and the Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about the risks of the current monkeypox outbreak.

NPR interviewed Dr. Peter Katona, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, for the “Morning Edition” and “Air Talk” programs about the state of the pandemic response.

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health celebrated 245 graduating MPH, MS, and PhD students in a ceremony at Royce Hall attended by family, friends, students, alumni, faculty and staff.

Research by study lead author, Dr. Roch Nianogo, finds modifiable risks are linked to more than one in three cases of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia in the U.S.