The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health celebrated 245 graduating MPH, MS, and PhD students in a ceremony at Royce Hall attended by family, friends, students, alumni, faculty and staff.
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate student Anika Washington (MPH, '22) was named a Public Health Impact Fellow.
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health recognized 15 outstanding students in a ceremony at UCLA attended by family, friends, students, alumni, faculty and staff.
Dr. Vickie Mays, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, addresses discrepancies in COVID-19 mortality records.
Dr. Kristen Choi, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of health policy and management and assistant professor of nursing in the UCLA School of Nursing, to lead study of access to mental health care for LGBTQ adolescents.
The New York Times interviewed Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about higher COVID-19 transmission rates, hospitalizations, and deaths in Black and Hispanic communities in the United States.
Dr. Katherine Chen, in the UCLA Fielding School’s Department of Health Policy and Management, Recognized for Research into Impact of Housing Costs and Residential Moves on Renters’ Health.
Study by Dr. Jack Needleman, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Fred W. and Pamela K. Wasserman professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, finds cap imposed in 1975 may be costing the state Medi-Cal program $245 million a year.
KNX-AM interviewed Dr. Jack Needleman, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Fred W. and Pamela K. Wasserman professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, about the impact of labor costs on the healthcare system for the “In Depth” program.
An evaluation led by Dr. Nadereh Pourat, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, found a decreased use of emergency department visits and hospitalizations and slower growth in estimated Medi-Cal payments found in public hospitals compared with other hospitals.
Finalists - who include four UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate or doctoral students - will develop proposals to address a health equity issue in California and two organizations will be awarded $50,000.
USA Today interviewed Dr. Linda Rosenstock, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and environmental health sciences, about why the number of abortions in the United States have dropped by more than 60% since 1981.
