UCLA Fielding faculty, staff, and students have led the way to understanding the public health impact of the blazes, supporting recovery, and working to prevent future disasters.

Dr. Cozette Lyons-Jones (MPH ’18) has been inducted into UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Hall of Fame.

Teams from across the U.S. competed in the 7th annual “Healthcare Management Case Competition” at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, which brought healthcare management graduate students together to solve a real-world challenge faced by UCLA Health.

Dr. Ninez Ponce, professor and chair in the Department of Health Policy Management, was a featured speaker at an event at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and hosted by Covered California to encourage Californians to choose their plan before the enrollment deadline.

Christina Kenoski, RN, has been recognized for researching the use of artificial intelligence for charting as her capstone project at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Mahenaz Mahida, a student in the Master of Healthcare Administration program at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been awarded the Winter, 2026 New Student Scholarship.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate student Angela Savelli has been recognized for her work on a diabetes capstone project.

The latest report from the Latino GDP Project, co-authored by UCLA Fielding's Dr. David Hayes-Bautista and Dr. Paul Hsu, looks at Latino business creation from 2007 to 2023, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

KPCC-FM (LAIst/The Brief) quoted Dr. Yifang Zhu, professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about her volunteer work supporting the re-opening of Palisades High School in Los Angeles after the 2025 wildfires.

Dr. David Eisenman, with the Department of Community Health Sciences, and Dr. Yifang Zhu, with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, were interviewed by The Atlantic about their research into the health impacts of the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.

Dr. Yifang Zhu, professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, was interviewed for NPR's Science Friday about her research into the aftermath of the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.