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.
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.
Dr. Yifang Zhu, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences and senior associate dean for academic programs, will lead a team examining air quality in the City of Los Angeles in a project funded by a $2.6 million award to the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.
NPR (KQED-FM) interviewed Dr. Lara Cushing, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Jonathan and Karin Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity and an assistant professor of environmental health sciences, for the “Morning Edition” program, about the impact of sea level rise on current and former industrial sites in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Dr. Rachael Jones to join the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty and begin service as chair of the Department of Environmental Health Science and director of the Southern California Education and Research Center.
Dr. Yifang Zhu, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences and senior associate dean for academic programs, addresses the health effects of air pollution.
Dr. Beate Ritz received the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)'s Rothman Career Accomplishment Award for her work as a teacher and researcher.
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health celebrated 245 graduating MPH, MS, and PhD students in a ceremony at Royce Hall attended by family, friends, students, alumni, faculty and staff.
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate Dr. Liqiao (Vicky) Li was recognized for academic excellence with Dean's Outstanding Student Award.
