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April 23, 2025

Data brief: Key facts about Medi-Cal beneficiaries

Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, co-authored a data brief published by the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute on the demographics of Medi-Cal enrollees in California.

April 21, 2025

NPR (KPCC-FM) | "U.S. withdrawal from WHO is ‘going in the wrong direction' "

Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor-in-residence in the departments of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences. was interviewed on KPCC-FM on the agreement of the World Health Organization’s member countries on a draft “pandemic treaty” that sets guidelines for how the international community might confront the next global crisis.

April 18, 2025

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health-led team awarded $2.1 million NIH grant for diabetes research

A team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (UCLA Fielding) researchers has received a $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve risk assessment for those suffering from diabetes and related complications.

April 18, 2025

AI could help improve early detection of breast cancers between screenings, UCLA-led study shows

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Dr. Joann Elmore, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, co-authored the research.

April 15, 2025

Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to UCLA Fielding School's Dr. Jingyi Jessica Li

Dr. Li, professor in the Department of Biostatistics, is among a distinguished group of 198 scholars, scientists and creative professionals from the U.S. and Canada - including five UCLA faculty - selected to receive 2025 Guggenheim Fellowships.

April 14, 2025

Clinical outcomes improve when patient’s and surgeon’s ethnicity match, study shows

Data revealed reduced hospital stays and readmissions when Hispanic patients were treated by Hispanic surgeons; Dr. Yusuke Tsugawa, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, is a co-author.

April 12, 2025

The Hill | Opinion: "Unnecessary cuts could destroy public health beyond repair"

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding, professor of epidemiology Dr. Peter Katona, and School of Public Health alum Seth Freeman, MPH, share their perspective on the questions of federal funding for public health research and treatment programs.

Source: The Hill

April 11, 2025

California State Civil Rights Department partners with UCLA Center for Health Policy Research to study extent of hate acts

The findings spotlight the potential prevalence of hate beyond hate crime data reported to law enforcement.

April 11, 2025

KABC-TV | "HIV patients react to DOGE's cutting of research funding grants"

Dr. Pamina Gorbach, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor in the Department of Epidemiology and in the Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was interviewed by KABC-TV about her research.

April 11, 2025

The Washington Post | "RFK Jr. says we’ll know what causes autism by September. Is that realistic?"

Dr. Alice Kuo, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and associate professor of internal medicine, pediatrics, and psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was interviewed by the Washington Post.

April 10, 2025

Majority of eligible Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders didn’t receive mental health care, food assistance during pandemic

New report spotlights how COVID-19 affected NHPIs in California.

US Latino GDP Report_Hayes-Bautista and Hsu

April 10, 2025

U.S. Latino GDP hits high of $4.1 trillion, marking ‘growth spot’ for the nation

Co-authors include UCLA Fielding School's Dr. David Hayes-Bautista and Dr. Paul Hsu.