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Dr. Catherine Sugar, professor in the Department of Biostatistics, has been elected to serve as vice chair for 2026-27 and is expected to serve as chair in 2027-28.

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Yifang Zhu about research into the presence of carcinogenic hexavalent chromium in the air after the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. David Eisenman, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences and director of the UCLA Fielding School's UCLA’s Center for Public Health and Disasters, about a Los Angeles County project to track the impact of heat-related emergency room visits and deaths.

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Julie Elginer, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, honored as "Distinguished Alumni" by alma mater, Carthage College in Wisconsin.

The new issue of UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Magazine is now available. This edition — Protecting Tomorrow Today — focuses on taking collective action to ensure healthier days lie ahead.

UCLA's Blueprint profiles Dr. May Sudhinaraset, who led a $3 million study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that is the first to assess the health status and healthcare use of undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander young adults.

New peer-reviewed study, co-authored by faculty from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, suggests particles settled as far as nine miles from the fire zones, affecting some 3.3 million people.

Dr. Marc Suchard, a physician and professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, is being honored by the International Biometric Society.

“Science Friday,” which is broadcast widely by NPR, interviewed Dr. Beate Ritz, a physician and professor in the departments of epidemiology and environmental health sciences, about her research into connections between pesticides and herbicides and Parkinson’s disease.

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Jesus Araujo and Dr. Beate Ritz on team awarded $9 million to study possible link between Parkinson's disease and pesticide use in California.

The BBC interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor of epidemiology and Gordon–Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about how public health agencies are responding to the current Ebola outbreak in Central Africa.

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Kristen Choi, associate professor in Department of Health Policy and Management, to lead research into children's access to mental healthcare.