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October 9, 2013

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health launches the Global Media Center for Social Impact

This innovative new center will harness the storytelling power of television, film, music and new media to improve the well-being and health of people throughout the world.

September 23, 2013

Pesticide regulation in California is flawed, UCLA report says

A new report shows that in at least one case, the system failed by approving a pesticide called methyl iodide for use on strawberries. Methyl iodide is both a neurotoxicant and a carcinogen.

September 10, 2013

A System in Crisis: Cancer care in America needs an overhaul, national report says

An IOM committee, chaired by Dr. Patricia Ganz, UCLA FSPH professor of health policy and management, says urgent changes are needed to improve cancer care.

August 21, 2013

Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang appointed Associate Dean for Research

July 18, 2013

How well-designed cities keep us healthy

Source: UCLA Newsroom

May 23, 2013

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health gets $1M from Dream Fund to recruit, support outstanding students

Gift provides scholarships, funds internships for future public health leaders.

April 9, 2013

UCLA researchers find potential link between auto pollution, some childhood cancers

February 12, 2013

New report highlights global governments' failure to support family-friendly policies

Calls for new measures to enable world's children to thrive, not merely survive.

January 29, 2013

Mistrust of government often deters older adults from HIV testing

April 10, 2012

In Memoriam: Dr. Lester Breslow, Public Health Visionary

Jean Balgrosky, Jonathan Fielding, Paul Torrens looking at books

May 25, 0015

FSPH Inaugural Book Party

On May 18, 2015, the Fielding School held a celebration of public health books written and edited by members of the FSPH community.

February 22, 0015

Richard Jackson to be awarded prestigious Henry Hope Reed award

Recognition honors Dr. Jackson's contributions to understanding the impact of livable and sustainable urban design on the health of communities.