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Anne Rimoin, associate professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been appointed director of the Fielding School’s Center for Global and Immigrant Health.

In March 2018, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health $9.5 million over five years to continue their work on possible connections between substance abuse and HIV infection. The work, which has officially begun this June, is a continuation of a study that launched in 2013 with a $7 million NIDA grant.

Calls for a far-reaching and verifiable research program on the incidence and mortality of cancer in China’s Jiangsu province have been answered.

UCLA-led study holds promise for development of vaccines and therapeutic drugs to fight the virus.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded $5 million to researchers at UCLA to develop a resource and data center for millions of pieces of research, lab samples, statistics and other data aimed at boosting research into the effects of substance abuse on HIV/AIDS.

University representatives welcome delegates from Beijing to formalize commitment to joint research and training.

Dr. Zeyan Liew, a postdoctoral scholar in the Fielding School's Department of Epidemiology, was one of four winners selected from 1,314 postdoctoral scholars across UCLA's campus.

Appointment honors achievements and service in medicine and health care.

Detels will be honored for his more than 30 years of service in the role of training workers under the UCLA/Fogarty AIDS International Research and Training Program, housed at the Fielding School of Public Health. As part of the program, Dr. Detels has contributed to the training of more than 100 students at UCLA and more than 3,300 short-term trainees in China over the past 30 years.