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January 6, 2017

CDC guidelines for HIV prevention regimen may not go far enough, study suggests

Risk calculator developed by UCLA and Los Angeles LGBT Center may fill that void.

October 17, 2016

UCLA public health professor named to National Academy of Medicine

Appointment honors achievements and service in medicine and health care.

Source: UCLA Newsroom

Ceremony of the Chinese Government Friendship Award 2016

September 29, 2016

FSPH Professor Roger Detels to receive 2016 Chinese Government Friendship Award

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.

May 16, 2016

Onyebuchi Arah to receive $10,000 Causality in Statistics Education Award

January 15, 2016

Pre-exposure prophylaxis, used to prevent HIV, found to be as safe as aspirin

Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, adjunct professor in the Department of Epidemiology, co-authored a study that showed a new drug to prevent HIV infection to be as safe as aspirin.

Source: UCLA Newsroom

July 3, 2015

2015 Fielding School of Public Health Faculty Honors

The Spring/Summer 2015 UCLA Public Health Magazine features honors bestowed upon Fielding School faculty for their tremendous contributions to public health.

Dean Okitolonda and Dean Heymann shaking hands

June 4, 2015

Fielding School signs MOU with Kinshasa School of Public Health

FSPH launches a new partnership with the University of Kinshasa School of Public Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

January 9, 2015

UCLA study pinpoints two genes that increase risk for PTSD

FSPH Epidemiology adjunct associate professor Dr. Julia Bailey co-authored a new study on how the risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder may be influenced by certain genetic markers.

December 9, 2014

Use of testosterone therapy linked to heart attacks in men under 65, study shows

A new joint study by UCLA, the National Institutes of Health and Consolidated Research Inc., has shown there is a twofold increase in the risk of a heart attack shortly after beginning testosterone therapy among men under 65 who have a history of heart disease.

October 24, 2014

FSPH launches Alumni-Student Mentorship Program

Kicking off a new school-wide initiative, Fielding School students had the chance to meet their alumni professional mentors on Oct. 23.

October 22, 2014

FSPH faculty to help lead NIH efforts to diversify biomedical workforce

Dr. Pamela Davidson, Dr. Steve Wallace and Dr. Abdelmonem Afifi are among the UCLA faculty who will help the National Institutes of Health develop new ways to engage and recruit biomedical researchers, including those from underrepresented backgrounds.

Source: UCLA Newsroom

September 19, 2014

UCLA FSPH faculty awarded more than $4.3 million to research and combat aids in Southeast Asia

FSPH professors Dr. Roger Detels, Dr. Pamina Gorbach and Dr. Sung-Jae Lee, are helping to implement modern HIV/AIDS training and tracking programs in Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia.