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October 20, 2022

"They inhaled asbestos for decades on the job. Now, workers break their silence"

NPR interviewed Dr. Rachael Jones, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about environmental health practices

Source: NPR

October 20, 2022

"A single, devastating California fire season wiped out years of efforts to cut emissions"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Miriam Marlier, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health environmental health sciences professors, about the public health impact of wildfires.

Source: The Los Angeles Times

October 20, 2022

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health awarded $1.5 million federal grant to support graduate students

U.S. Health and Human Services program aimed at building up public health workforce

Source: UCLA Newsroom

October 17, 2022

UCLA-led study finds California’s greenhouse gas reductions could be wiped out by 2020 wildfires

Source: Environmental Pollution

October 10, 2022

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor named to National Science Foundation position

Source: UCLA Newsroom

October 3, 2022

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health welcomes 10 new faculty members

The researchers' areas of expertise include health disparities, industrial hygiene, medical care and health economics, statistical genomics, mental health, and more.

September 19, 2022

Graduation ceremony and celebration held for UCLA Fielding Classes of 2020 and 2021

September 13, 2022

These pesticides may increase cancer risk in children

UCLA-led research by a team including Dr. Julia Heck, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology, and Dr. Beate Ritz, professor of epidemiology and environmental health sciences, links prenatal exposure to specific chemicals to higher rates of eye cancer.

Source: UCLA Newsroom

September 13, 2022

‘Glass bubble’ nanocarrier boosts effects of combination therapy for pancreatic cancer

Source: UCLA Newsroom

September 2, 2022

"Extreme heat waves are making firefighters sick, adding new dangers to job"

Source: The Los Angeles Times

September 2, 2022

Are you protected from polio?

Source: UCLA Health

August 4, 2022

In memoriam: Dr. John Froines, visionary UCLA Fielding environmental health researcher and advocate

Dr. John Froines, professor emeritus in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences, died on July 13 from complications related to Parkinson’s disease. He was 83.