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Numerous studies from countries around the globe have shown that education before primary school is associated with success in school. Despite this, few governments make pre-primary education available on a tuition-free basis for two or more years, according to a new study from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center (WORLD).

The six-year-long study about endocrine treatment was co-authored by FSPH professors Dr. Patricia Ganz and Catherine Crespi.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty members Ronald Hays, Steve Horvath, Michael Jerrett, André Nel, Beate Ritz and Marc Suchard have been named to Clarivate Analytics' annual list of highly cited researchers.

Ronald S. Brookmeyer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of biostatistics, has been appointed interim dean of the Fielding School. He will begin his term on November 1, 2018.

A new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research analyzes rates of insurance coverage in California, access to health care and healthy behaviors.

The study, led by Dr. Patricia Ganz, director of prevention and control research at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and a distinguished professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, followed women with early-stage breast cancer for up to six years after they had completed their primary cancer treatments.

The Jean Balgrosky and Parker Hinshaw Fellowship will provide assistance with tuition and living expenses for incoming UCLA Fielding School of Public Health students with financial need.

Anne Rimoin, associate professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been appointed director of the Fielding School’s Center for Global and Immigrant Health.

A related report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health finds adults are walking more than they did a decade ago.