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Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, will speak on “COVID-19 and Beyond: Preventing the Next Pandemic Before it Starts” at the annual LABest 2021 conference, May 25-27.

A UCLA-led study found COVID-19 mortality rates in Los Angeles County are higher in communities with poor air quality.

A UCLA-led study is the first-ever to estimate this risk for a large number of specific pesticides; the team includes Dr. Beate Ritz, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and of environmental health sciences, and Dr. Julia Heck, an associate professor of epidemiology at the Fielding School.

Dr. Yifang Zhu, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences and senior associate dean for academic programs, was interviewed about the state of air quality in southern California and its relationship to the pandemic.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researcher Dr. Lara Cushing, assistant professor of environmental health sciences, has co-authored a nationwide assessment of the U.S. population facing exposure risks from the burning off of excess natural gas at oil and gas production sites.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professors Dr. David Eisenman and Kirsten Schwarz bring public health expertise to team that won a $956,000 award to tackle rising heat in Los Angeles.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researcher Lara Cushing, assistant professor of environmental health sciences, co-authors first nationwide assessment of recent and future risks to affordable housing from sea level rise and coastal flooding in the United States.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health led-research finds that even a simple cloth mask reduces the spread of COVID-19 respiratory droplets by 77 percent.

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health welcomes nine new faculty members, in four different academic departments.

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (FSPH) has joined the Planetary Health Alliance (PHA), a consortium of more than 200 universities, research institutes, and government agencies committed to understanding and addressing global environmental change and its health impacts.

In response to the escalating health emergency that is already inflicting substantial damage on people in Southern California and around the world, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has created the UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions.