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Graduates of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health have taken a leading role in research into veterans' health, building on a six-decade-long history with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Los Angeles.

Research co-authored by Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor in the Department of Health Policy and management, examined concerns about housing-related expenses, including electricity and cooling costs during extreme heat.

Research brief uses survey data from registered California voters to examine how Latino registered voters experience financial pressures and how their experiences compare with those of non-Latinos.

The American Association for Aerosol Research recognized Dr. Yifang Zhu, professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, for “outstanding contributions to aerosol science."

Participation by the UCLA Fielding community in the 2026 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo in San Antonio, Texas

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Patricia Ganz, distinguished professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, and Dr. Catherine Crespi, professor in the Department of Biostatistics, among co-authors of study that suggests a nutritional supplement may help ease ‘brain fog’ after breast cancer treatment.

UCLA’s refreshed values — integrity, excellence, and belonging — emerged from two years of conversation, collaboration and candid feedback across campus; UCLA Fielding alum Naomi Hammonds (MPH ’26) served on the project.

Shafir will provide overarching strategic, academic, and administrative leadership for the school-wide Master of Public Health degree.

New York City's The City Reporter interviewed UCLA's Dr. Katherine Chen (UCLA Fielding PhD, '23) about research she led into emergency room visits in New York City. UCLA Fielding's Dr. Frederick Zimmerman and Dr. Kathryn Leifheit, both with the Department of Health Practice and Management, are among the co-authors of the study.

The award will support their work creating a new course to examine the global impact of HIV in Africa, Asia, and South America.

Students, faculty, staff, and alums were out in force for UCLA Fielding’s annual “Fall Welcome,” held Oct. 15 in the UCLA Court of Sciences.

KTLA-TV interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, associate dean for global health and professor in the Department of Epidemiology, about the current outbreak in Central Africa.