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Don’t be surprised if Dr. Kenneth Wells trades research papers for sheet music after hours - the psychiatrist and public health professor is also an opera composer whose work explores mental health, recovery and resilience.

Don’t be surprised if Dr. Wendelin Slusser is as comfortable in a vineyard as she is on campus — she is a fifth-generation rancher whose family has worked the land in California’s Russian River Valley for generations.

Don’t be surprised if Dr. Robert Kim-Farley looks familiar from somewhere other than the classroom - he has also taken the stage as a singer and guitarist under the name “Gage.”

Don’t be surprised if you can’t book an early morning meeting with Dr. David Eisenman (M.S. ‘02) — he likes to leave his calendar open in case the swells are good. If they are, he’ll grab his surfboard, open his garage door and walk the block and a half from his home to the ocean.

Analysis co-authored by UCLA Fielding's Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante shows how immigration-related fears, eligibility restrictions, and administrative requirements create multiple paths to losing health coverage and food assistance.

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health is welcoming almost 500 new undergraduate and graduate students this fall.

A 2026 UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate has been selected as a John R. Lewis Fellow by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

Research led by UCLA Fielding’s Dr. Tina Shih found patients paid less out of pocket, and their insurers paid far less, than those on brand-name biologics.

Mia Giordano (MPH ’23) has joined the professional staff at UCLA’s Bixby Center to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health Equity, which supports research into issues ranging from maternal mortality to reproductive rights to HIV prevention.

Seven distinguished graduates of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health have been named as members of the school’s “Hall of Fame” for 2026, recognizing their work since graduation as having a major impact on public health, both in Los Angeles and globally.

The New York Times interviewed Dr. Chelsea Shover, associate professor in the UCLA Fielding Department of Health Policy and Management, about her research into fentanyl abuse.