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Dr. Anne Rimoin received the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)'s Roger Detels Distinguished Researcher Award.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health student Grace Chang receives Kim-Farley Family Award for Academic Excellence.

Naomi Hammonds, a first-year student in the master of public health program, received the Abdelmonem A. Afifi Student Fellowship.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate student Kelvin Nguyen received the E. Richard Brown Social Justice Fellowship.

Four proposals each receive $50,000 to support Black male trauma recovery, foster youth resilience, autism-friendly emergency departments, and accessible playgrounds.

The MDSH degree program’s class of 2027 currently has 73 students, the largest group yet.

Fifteen student teams presented their data-driven research projects in areas ranging from improving oral health for school-age children in Los Angeles to providing better support to caregivers in Long Beach.

Dr. Anne Rimoin, an epidemiologist at UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health who has studied mpox for decades, was interviewed by Science about a new outbreak in Sierra Leone.

Dr. Beate Ritz’s research in California’s Central Valley highlights the role of the environment in the neurodegenerative disorder.

UCLA Researchers could use the public's help finding the answers.

The New York Times interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding professor of epidemiology and of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, about an outbreak of Hepatitis A in Los Angeles County.

NPR interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and of Medicine and a member of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, for the "All Things Considered" program, about an outbreak of Hepatitis A in Los Angeles County.