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In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding addresses the growing public health challenge posed by e-scooters.

FSPH faculty members Sander Greenland, Ronald Hays, Steve Horvath, Michael Jerrett, André Nel and Dr. Marc Suchard were included on the Web of Science Group annual list.

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding addresses gun suicides. In 2017, 60 percent of the nearly 40,000 gun deaths in the United States were suicides.

An evaluation by UCLA researchers has found that a California program launched in 2016 has been a positive step toward providing better-coordinated health care for people insured by Medicaid.

Dr. Jonathan Fielding, distinguished professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, co-authored an opinion piece published in The Hill about a new bill that would make grants available to states and communities to help people with housing, employment, and other non-medical factors that affect their health.

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding discusses climate change-induced threats to public health and required actions to mitigate and reverse trending health impacts.

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding discusses developments in sunscreen-related research and best practices to protect oneself from the sun.

For the first time, researchers have shown a causal link between print news media coverage of U.S. gun control policy in the wake of mass shooting events and increases in firearm acquisition, particularly in states with the least restrictive gun laws.