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Changes at the DNA level can accelerate aging by nearly five years, according to research co-authored by Dr. Steven Horvath and Dr. Christina Ramirez, professors in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics.

Dr. Susan Babey, co-director of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, itself led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, addresses barriers to health care access by California's LGBT community.

Dr. Mark Litwin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and chair of the Department of Urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, addresses thinking behind educating medical students in the humanities.

More than half who aren’t vaccinated are still worried about side effects, according to findings by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, professor of health policy and management.

Dr. Roger Detels, distinguished research professor of epidemiology at the Fielding School receives the Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award in recognition for outstanding research, teaching, and service.

Marketplace interviewed Dr. Jessica Gipson, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of community health sciences, for the “Morning Report” program, about the impact of the U. S. Supreme Court’s June 24 ruling to eliminate constitutional rights regarding healthcare.

Dr. Rachael Jones to join the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty and begin service as chair of the Department of Environmental Health Science and director of the Southern California Education and Research Center.

The Los Angeles Daily News interviewed Dr. Vickie Mays, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about the mental health impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 ruling to eliminate constitutional rights regarding healthcare.

The New York Times interviewed Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of community health sciences, about the recall of food products by the Daily Harvest company.

UCLA FSPH professors of epidemiology, Dr. Anne Rimoin and Dr. Zunyou Wu, to serve on an emergency World Health Organization (WHO) panel as part of the WHO’s response to the current monkeypox outbreak.

Data from the California Health Interview Survey, led by principal investigator Dr. Ninez Ponce, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, highlight needs of California’s fastest growing population groups.