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Prof. Michael Galper, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, named to board of directors of UniHealth Foundation.

Dr. Julie Elginer, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, receives “Bruin Excellence in Civic Engagement” Award.

The research, co-authored by UCLA Fielding's Dr. Gil Gee, Dr. Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, and Dr. May Wang, reveals supportive relationships influence weight through oxytocin pathways linking brain, gut microbiome and eating behaviors.

KTLA-TV (Los Angeles) interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the UCLA Fielding School’s Department of Epidemiology and Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about vaccines and autism.

The third edition of “Hierarchical Modeling and Analysis for Spatial Data,” co-written by UCLA Fielding’s Dr. Sudipto Banerjee, professor in the Department of Biostatistics, is now available.

The Associated Press quoted Dr. Lara Cushing, associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about her research into the public health risks of sea level rise.

ABC News interviewed Dr. Lara Cushing, associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about her research into the public health impact of sea level rise in the U.S.

Peer-reviewed study, co-led by UCLA Fielding's Dr. Lara Cushing, shows hazardous facilities across the U.S. face rising flood risks due to sea level rise, with the worst potential impact in seven coastal states.

Chancellor Dr. Julio Frenk, distinguished professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, authored a commentary for UCLA Magazine on how the university has responded to the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.

Work by UCLA Fielding's Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Yifang Zhu, and by alum Dr. Kristen Ochoa (MPH, '11), was referenced by UCLA Magazine in a summary of how the university has responded to the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.

KNX-FM interviewed Dr. Marc Suchard, a physician and professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Biostatistics, about his research into improving techniques to track infectious disease outbreaks.

Dr. Ninez Ponce, professor and chair in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, has been elected to the board of directors of the California Health Care Foundation.