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La June Montgomery Tabron, president and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), will deliver the keynote address for the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health virtual commencement celebration on June 12, 2020.

UCLA receives $1 million for COVID-19 Rapid Response Initiative. The gift from Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation supports research on health care workers and first responders.

A team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is training thousands of individuals across the state in public health techniques and strategies, including contact tracing, case investigation, and administration, in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The training program represents the next stage in California’s state-wide response to the COVID-19 epidemic.

UCLA FSPH research investigates COVID-19 case rates and pandemic protection, providing a metric for decisions to implement, continue, or relax measures.

Will our clean air last after COVID-19? UCLA study says it’s possible. Achieving net-zero emissions in California by 2050 can prevent thousands of deaths annually — in every community — researchers say.

In June 2018, Dr. Jonathan Fielding, distinguished professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, authored an opinion article for The Hill titled, Fighting pandemics abroad is in our own best interest.

In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding addresses the need for pandemic-related public communications to be based on science.