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Dr. Michele Guindani, professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, will serve as interim chair of the department beginning on July 1, 2026.

UCLA Fielding graduate student Dr. Damaris Arriola Zarate among those pursuing a Master of Public Health alongside dental clinical training at UCLA's School of Dentistry, in an integrated medical/dental approach that has repeatedly earned national recognition.

The UCLA Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research & Health (C-LARAH), led by Dr. Matthew Mimiaga, professor and vice chair in UCLA Fielding’s Department of Epidemiology, held its annual research symposium at UCLA in April.

PBS interviewed Dr. Ninez Ponce, professor and chair in the Department of Health Policy and Management and director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, about food insecurity and climate change in California.

UCLA Magazine profiled the work of UCLA faculty and staff overseas, including the work of UCLA Fielding's Dr. Anne Rimoin and Dr. Nicole Hoff, who study the ebola virus in Central Africa.

Dr. Onyebuchi “Onyi” Arah, professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology for more than 15 years, will serve as interim chair of the department beginning July 1, 2026.

ABC News interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the Department of Epidemiology, about the efforts of the World Health Organization's and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to monitor passengers and crew of the cruise ship MV Hondius.

TIME interviewed Dr. Dana Rose Garfin, associate professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, about the mental health impact of public health crises.

Dr. Onyebuchi Arah, professor in the Department of Epidemiology, has received UCLA's 2026 "Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring."

Dr. Julio Frenk, chancellor of UCLA and a distinguished professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at UCLA Fielding, is also a fourth-generation physician.

New peer-reviewed study, co-authored by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Dr. Daniel Eisenberg, also suggests possibility of use of similar techniques for non-student populations.