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Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Yifang Zhu, both professors in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and researcher Dr. Yuan Yao were all quoted in U.S. News & World Report about their research into air quality and EV charging stations.

The study found pollutant concentrations were significantly higher closer to the charging facilities than the same pollutants were in urban areas generally in Los Angeles County.

Dr. James Macinko, professor in the UCLA Fielding School departments of Health Policy and Management and Community Health Sciences, was interviewed about his research into the impact of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

USAID funding helped save 91 million lives over the past 20 years—new analysis warns that recent U.S. aid cuts could now put that progress at risk.

Analysis by UCLA team led by UCLA Fielding's Dr. Kristen Choi calls for providing supported decision-making materials tailored for more languages, cultures, employment sectors, and disability types.

Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

Dr. Kristen Choi, associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by the Washington Post.

A team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers has found that both the distribution and reliability of electric vehicle charging stations (EVCSs) are extremely unequal in the U.S.

Dr. Anne Rimoin received the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)'s Roger Detels Distinguished Researcher Award.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health student Grace Chang receives Kim-Farley Family Award for Academic Excellence.

Naomi Hammonds, a first-year student in the master of public health program, received the Abdelmonem A. Afifi Student Fellowship.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate student Kelvin Nguyen received the E. Richard Brown Social Justice Fellowship.