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October 14, 2025

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Mark Peterson receives inaugural APSA Career Achievement Award in Health Politics and Policy

UCLA's Dr. Mark Peterson, professor in the Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, receives inaugural APSA Career Achievement Award in Health Politics and Policy.

October 13, 2025

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health epidemiology professor honored with Harvard “Alumni Award of Merit”

UCLA Fielding’s Dr. Matthew Mimiaga receives highest honor presented to alumni of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

PC Magazine piece on Dr. Joann Elmore's $16 million breast cancer AI study

October 13, 2025

PC Magazine | "Is AI Good at Detecting Breast Cancer? First Major Study Aims to Find Out"

PC Magazine quoted UCLA Fielding's Dr. Joann Elmore about a $16 million study of the effectiveness of AI and breast cancer diagnosis and treatment where she serves as a principal investigator.

ABC News interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Naomi Zewde about the Affordable Care Act

October 11, 2025

ABC News | "How Affordable Care Act subsidies became a sticking point in the government shutdown"

ABC News interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Naomi Zewde, assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about the Affordable Care Act.

NPR (KPCC-FM) reported on the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's latest findings on mental health in the aftermath of wildfires.

October 9, 2025

NPR | “New wildfire health data: UCLA researchers surveyed how blazes hurt”

NPR (KPCC-FM) reported on the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's latest findings on mental health in the aftermath of wildfires, quoting scholar Todd Hughes, director of the California Health Interview Survey.

Hate Acts in California: Using the 2024 California Health Interview Survey

October 9, 2025

Hate acts increased in California in 2024, new data show

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research reports that California Health Interview Survey data helps shed light on who experiences hate acts.

October 8, 2025

Telemundo | “One in five residents of the United States identifies as Latino"

Telemundo interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about research that found 1 in 5 U.S. residents identifies as Latino.

September 23, 2025

UCLA to lead $16 million national study on artificial intelligence in breast cancer screening

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Joann Elmore, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, serves as a principal investigator.

September 22, 2025

UCLA Fielding alum brings a public health focus to her clinical work and research

In three recent and related studies, Dr. Fola May (PhD, ’15), highlighted current challenges in colorectal cancer prevention and demonstrated a simple intervention to ensure early screening.

May 1, 2025

UCLA-led study is the first to establish efficacy of a behavioral intervention to enhance treatment outcomes among youth living with HIV

Dr. Matthew Mimiaga, professor and vice chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, is the study's lead co-author.

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.

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.