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Peer-reviewed study, co-led by UCLA Fielding's Dr. Lara Cushing, shows hazardous facilities across the U.S. face rising flood risks due to sea level rise, with the worst potential impact in seven coastal states.

Chancellor Dr. Julio Frenk, distinguished professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, authored a commentary for UCLA Magazine on how the university has responded to the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.

Work by UCLA Fielding's Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Yifang Zhu, and by alum Dr. Kristen Ochoa (MPH, '11), was referenced by UCLA Magazine in a summary of how the university has responded to the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.

KNX-FM interviewed Dr. Marc Suchard, a physician and professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Biostatistics, about his research into improving techniques to track infectious disease outbreaks.

Dr. Ninez Ponce, professor and chair in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, has been elected to the board of directors of the California Health Care Foundation.

UCLA evaluation, led by Dr. Nadereh Pourat, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, shows that parks can benefit everyone when a variety of recreational options are offered.

Study, co-authored by Dr. Carol Mangione, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, found fewer than 1 in 4 eligible younger adults have been screened since recommendations changed.

Faculty and staff present and take questions on research from undergraduates, parents, and guardians.

Four UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty members are among the "world’s most influential researchers."

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Randall Kuhn, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, was interviewed on KPCC-FM's "AirTalk" program about homelessness in Los Angeles County.

The study - co-authored by UCLA Fielding faculty and staff, including Dr. David Eisenman, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences - calls for inclusion of unseen but real health risks in understanding effects of disasters.

Politico interviewed Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor in the UCLA Fielding Department of Health Policy and Management, about the possible impact of reduced Affordable Care Act subsidies.