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January 10, 2017

FSPH scholar receives a 2017 Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research

Dr. Zeyan Liew, a postdoctoral scholar in the Fielding School's Department of Epidemiology, was one of four winners selected from 1,314 postdoctoral scholars across UCLA's campus.

Source: UCLA Graduate Education

January 6, 2017

CDC guidelines for HIV prevention regimen may not go far enough, study suggests

Risk calculator developed by UCLA and Los Angeles LGBT Center may fill that void.

December 7, 2016

How to improve oral health care capacity at federally qualified health centers

UCLA experts make recommendations based on UCLA-First 5 LA program achievements.

Source: UCLA Newsroom

December 2, 2016

Putting fundamental rights of persons with disabilities on the map

UCLA’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center produces far-reaching assessment of countries’ efforts to address rights of persons with disabilities.

November 18, 2016

Brazil has improved health care for all, but inequalities persist

Journal special edition is guest edited by UCLA FSPH professor of health policy and management, James Macinko.

November 7, 2016

Funding a set of essential medicines for low- and middle-income countries

UCLA public health professor devises a first-of-its-kind model for equitable access.

October 18, 2016

License obtained for age predictor developed by UCLA FSPH Professor

Zymo Research Corp. announced today that it has obtained an exclusive license for a methylation age predictor, also known as Horvath's Clock, so named for Dr. Steve Horvath, professor of biostatistics at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, who is the developer of the epigenetic clock.

October 17, 2016

UCLA public health professor named to National Academy of Medicine

Appointment honors achievements and service in medicine and health care.

Source: UCLA Newsroom

Ceremony of the Chinese Government Friendship Award 2016

September 29, 2016

FSPH Professor Roger Detels to receive 2016 Chinese Government Friendship Award

Detels will be honored for his more than 30 years of service in the role of training workers under the UCLA/Fogarty AIDS International Research and Training Program, housed at the Fielding School of Public Health. As part of the program, Dr. Detels has contributed to the training of more than 100 students at UCLA and more than 3,300 short-term trainees in China over the past 30 years.

September 28, 2016

Epigenetic clock predicts life expectancy, UCLA-led study shows

New research finds 5 percent of population ages faster, faces shorter lifespan.

Source: UCLA Newsroom

August 17, 2016

Dean Emeritus Linda Rosenstock to receive 2016 New York Academy of Medicine Award

Dr. Linda Rosenstock -- professor of health policy and management as well as environmental science at the Fielding School -- will receive the New York Academy of Medicine's 2016 Stephen Smith Award for Distinguished Contributions in Public Health.

Source: The New York Academy of Medicine

August 9, 2016

Plastic manufacturing chemical BPS harms egg cells, study suggests

In a new study, UCLA researchers have found that BPS is just as harmful to the reproductive system as the chemical it replaced. BPS damages a woman’s eggs and at lower doses than BPA.