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July 2, 2025
UCLA team finds high levels of particulates in air near electric vehicle fast charging stations

The study found pollutant concentrations were significantly higher closer to the charging facilities than the same pollutants were in urban areas generally in Los Angeles County

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July 1, 2025
NPR | "Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to aid cuts"

Dr. James Macinko, professor in the UCLA Fielding School departments of Health Policy and Management and Community Health Sciences, was interviewed about his research into the impact of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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July 1, 2025
Research finds more than 14 million preventable deaths by 2030 if USAID defunding continues, including more than 4 million children under five

USAID funding helped save 91 million lives over the past 20 years—new analysis warns that recent U.S. aid cuts could now put that progress at risk

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June 26, 2025
More online resources needed for Californians with disabilities requiring help making critical decisions

Analysis by UCLA team led by UCLA Fielding's Dr. Kristen Choi calls for providing supported decision-making materials tailored for more languages, cultures, employment sectors, and disability types.

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June 24, 2025
Los Angeles Times | "The profound environmental health disparities between Latino and white neighborhoods in L.A."

Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

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June 19, 2025
Washington Post | "Administration will shut LGBTQ youth-focused suicide prevention line"

Dr. Kristen Choi, associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by the Washington Post.

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June 12, 2025
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor honored for infectious disease research

Dr. Anne Rimoin received the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)'s Roger Detels Distinguished Researcher Award

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June 11, 2025
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health student Grace Chang receives Academic Excellence Award

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health student Grace Chang receives Kim-Farley Family Award for Academic Excellence

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June 9, 2025
Community organizations awarded $200,000 to implement UCLA students’ health equity projects

Four proposals each receive $50,000 to support Black male trauma recovery, foster youth resilience, autism-friendly emergency departments, and accessible playgrounds

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June 7, 2025
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health recognizes first class of graduates in Master of Data Science Program

The MDSH degree program’s class of 2027 currently has 73 students, the largest group yet.

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June 4, 2025
Julio Frenk and UCLA: Building a better, more equitable future through public health

The chancellor — who is also a faculty member at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health — discusses how he found his academic calling and why public health matters now more than ever.

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June 2, 2025
Science | "Explosive mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone overwhelms health systems"

Dr. Anne Rimoin, an epidemiologist at UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health who has studied mpox for decades, was interviewed by Science about a new outbreak in Sierra Leone.

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