Research by team co-led by Dr. Alice Kuo, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of health policy and management and of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, finds that autism, poverty and non-white race/ethnicity appear to increase rates of health concerns and care challenges, both individually and in combination.

Dr. Annette Regan and Dr. Onyebuchi A. Arah will study the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.

Two University of California studies - both co-authored by Dr. Gerald Kominski and Dr. Dylan Roby, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health - examine the proposed extension of Medi-Cal to all low-income adults and the risks if enhanced federal subsidies under the American Rescue Plan are not extended.

UCLA studies - co-authored by Dr. May Sudhinaraset, Dr. Michael Rodriguez, and Dr. Nadereh Pourat, all with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health - find those who have been undocumented experience even greater levels of unequal work conditions.

Dr. Carol Mangione, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, has been elected to the Association of American Physicians, an honor given to no more than 70 physicians per year.

A policy report co-authored by Dr. Ninez Ponce, professor of health policy and management and director of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and Dr. Michael Rodriguez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, outlines evidence-based strategies to help address the homelessness crisis in California.

Diverse Issues in Higher Education interviewed Dr. Chandra Ford, founding director of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health and professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, about critical race theory.

A team led by Dr. Joann Elmore, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, found there are 115 injuries per 1 million e-scooter trips, far more than the national rate for motorcylcists and passenger vehicles.

The Bay Area Reporter interviewed Dr. Matthew Mimiaga, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about the achievements of the UCLA Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research & Health (C-LARAH), which opened its doors in December of 2020.

The BBC interviewed Dr. Paula Tavrow, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about the success of Liberia’s paid, professional community health worker program in helping the West African country react quickly to potential infectious disease outbreaks, including COVID-19 and Ebola.