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UCLA FSPH professors of epidemiology, Dr. Anne Rimoin and Dr. Zunyou Wu, to serve on an emergency World Health Organization (WHO) panel as part of the WHO’s response to the current monkeypox outbreak.

Dr. Beate Ritz received the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)'s Rothman Career Accomplishment Award for her work as a teacher and researcher.

Research by study lead author, Dr. Roch Nianogo, finds modifiable risks are linked to more than one in three cases of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia in the U.S.

Dr. Anne L. Coleman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and professor of ophthalmology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been named director of the UCLA Stein Eye Institute.

Dr. Zunyou Wu has been honored with the Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion on May 27 by the World Health Organization for his work to prevent HIV/AIDS in China.

Research led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health scholars finds strong associations between drug misuse and employment status.

Dr. Annette Regan and Dr. Onyebuchi A. Arah will study the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.

UCLA-led study, led by Dr. Nicole A. Hoff and Dr. Anne Rimoin, finds crucial evidence that antibody response and persistence after Ebola vaccination is robust, significantly informing the use of vaccination for outbreak control.

UCLA researchers found that conservatorships often result in lengthy psychiatric hospitalizations due to a lack of permanent supportive housing and community-based treatment options.

Dr. Roch Nianogo, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of epidemiology, was honored by the Karen Toffler Charitable Trust with the 2022 Toffler Scholar Award for his ongoing research into preventing Alzheimer’s disease in vulnerable populations.

Researchers found “racial and ethnic minorities have undoubtedly suffered the most, on multiple levels … during COVID-19."