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June 14, 2025
2025 UCLA Fielding Commencement

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health celebrated 390 graduating students in a ceremony at Royce Hall.

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June 12, 2025
2025 Student Academic Honors & Awards

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health recognized 16 outstanding students in a ceremony at UCLA attended by family, friends, students, alumni, faculty and staff.

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June 11, 2025
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health student Grace Chang receives Academic Excellence Award

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health student Grace Chang receives Kim-Farley Family Award for Academic Excellence

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June 11, 2025
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate student Naomi Hammonds awarded fellowship

Naomi Hammonds, a first-year student in the master of public health program, received the Abdelmonem A. Afifi Student Fellowship.

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June 11, 2025
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate student Kelvin Nguyen receives fellowship

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate student Kelvin Nguyen received the E. Richard Brown Social Justice Fellowship

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HEC 2025 event
June 9, 2025
Community organizations awarded $200,000 to implement UCLA students’ health equity projects

Four proposals each receive $50,000 to support Black male trauma recovery, foster youth resilience, autism-friendly emergency departments, and accessible playgrounds

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June 4, 2025
Julio Frenk and UCLA: Building a better, more equitable future through public health

The chancellor — who is also a faculty member at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health — discusses how he found his academic calling and why public health matters now more than ever.

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Politico interview of Arturo Vargas Bustamante
May 31, 2025
Politico | "Targeting of legal immigrants threatens health sector"

Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by Politico about the demographics of the U.S. healthcare workforce.

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Escarce co-author, BMC Public Health study
May 30, 2025
Self-employed women may be at significantly lower heart attack risk compared with women employed for salary or wages

Dr. José J. Escarce, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, co-authored the research.

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CNBC story on health insurance
May 22, 2025
CNBC | "How UnitedHealthcare became the face of America's health insurance frustrations"

Dr. Dylan Roby, an associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by CNBC.

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CHPR data tools
May 21, 2025
New visualization tools provide California county-level data on health among NHPI communities

Advocates and communities will have free access to a new dashboard and data profiles that can help narrow gaps in data and research.

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Los Angeles Times story on prostate cancer and President Biden
May 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times | "Cancer diagnosis and a new book fuel questions about Biden’s decision to run in 2024"

Dr. Mark Litwin, UCLA Fielding School professor of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about prostate cancer.

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