The institute, an outgrowth of work by the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center at UCLA, led by Dr. Wendelin Slusser, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of community health sciences, will collaborate with a community of chefs and scholars in pursuit of a healthier population and planet.

Research led by Dr. Nadereh Pourat, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and associate director of the Fielding School's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, found fewer emergency department visits and hospitalizations, and more outpatient telehealth visits in 2020.

A UCLA and UC Berkeley-led study finds 370,000 or more people rely on drinking water that may contain high levels of the contaminants arsenic, nitrate or hexavalent chromium.

Research co-authored by Dr. Jian Li, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences, found that users of smokeless products had significantly lower levels of inflammation and oxidative stress biomarkers than cigarette smokers.

UCLA researchers found that conservatorships often result in lengthy psychiatric hospitalizations due to a lack of permanent supportive housing and community-based treatment options.

Dr. Roch Nianogo, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of epidemiology, was honored by the Karen Toffler Charitable Trust with the 2022 Toffler Scholar Award for his ongoing research into preventing Alzheimer’s disease in vulnerable populations.

The American Journal of Public Health published a study co-authored by Dr. Ninez Ponce, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about how the California Health Interview Survey responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, has been named a senior fellow of the Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Dr. Marc Suchard has been honored for "highly influential and innovative contributions" in the field of computational biology.

Research by a UC team that includes Dr. Lara Cushing, assistant professor of environmental health sceinces and the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity, suggests flooding could hit communities in San Francisco Bay Area and southern California.

Dr. Marc Suchard, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of biostatistics, has been honored for “highly influential and innovative contributions” in the field of computational biology.

The American Public Health Association posthumously honored Dr. Steve Wallace, a longtime UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, by re-naming a lifetime achievement award for him.