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UCLA Fielding's Dr. Kirsten Schwarz, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about her research into shade at California public schools.

While able to catch what doctors may miss, artificial intelligence can also make mistakes and lead to incorrect diagnoses; it should support clinical judgement, not replace it, according to recommendations from a team co-led by Dr. Joann Elmore, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management.

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Miriam Marlier and Dr. Michael Jerrett, both professors in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, co-authored a study of the 2015-16 Aliso Canyon gas blowout using satellite imagery.

The Los Angeles Daily News quoted Dr. Christina Batteate, a researcher with the UCLA Center for Occupational and Environmental Health and the UCLA Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study, about the team's findings.

Participation by UCLA Fielding School in the 2025 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo.

NBC News interviewed UCLA Fielding's Robert Kim-Farley, professor in the departments of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences, about the safety of flu shots.

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, served on the federal panel that reported this month, using Los Angeles County wildfires as a case study.

CBS News interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Daniel Eisenberg, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about the 2025 Healthy Minds Survey.

The team, led by Dr. Kirsten Schwarz, associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences, is made up of students, staff, and faculty from UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, Samueli School of Engineering, and Luskin School of Public Affairs and screened more than 200 soil samples.

NPR (KPCC-FM) interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Michael Jerrett, professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about the findings of the Aliso Canyon Health Study.

NPR interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Gordon–Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, for the "Morning Edition" program about cases of mpox in southern California.

UCLA Fielding’s Dr. Jian Li, professor in the departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology, was recognized by International Commission on Occupational Health Scientific Committee.