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Health Affairs published research led by Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, and doctoral student Joseph Nwadiuko, that found no statistically significant relationship between border entries by visa-holders issued through the Department of Labor’s seasonal guest worker program and COVID-19 rates in 2020-21

Attend presentations by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty, students, staff, and graduates at the 2022 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting

UCLA study predicts increasing need for support, especially as population ages

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have awarded $3 million in funding to the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health to strengthen the public health workforce

Dr. Gilbert Gee, professor and chair of the Department of Community Health Sciences, addresses how stress, racism and discrimination impact biology.

Dr. Alice Kuo, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of health policy and management, addresses improving quality of care and increasing life expectancies for patients with sickle cell disease.

Dr. Carol Mangione, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, addresses the role of the task force in public health and medicine

NPR interviewed Dr. Rachael Jones, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about environmental health practices

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Miriam Marlier, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health environmental health sciences professors, about the public health impact of wildfires.

U.S. Health and Human Services program aimed at building up public health workforce

Dr. Akihiro Nishi, UCLA Fielding School assistant professor of epidemiology, to serve as co-principal investigator on NSF-funded project