Moment of Reckoning

Amid a pandemic that has disproportionately hit communities of color and nationwide protests in response to racialized policing, the founding director of FSPH’s Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health weighs in.

FSPH infectious disease expert Anne Rimoin has responded to COVID-19 by actively engaging with the news media and public officials, and launching a study that could produce critical insights.

Fielding School professor Vickie Mays explains how structural racism has played a role in the response to COVID-19 — and in the decisions of many to accept a level of risk in the process of demanding change.

Through the training of COVID-19 contact tracers and case investigators, the Fielding School is helping to prepare thousands of individuals who will meet a critical need in reducing the virus' spread.

The ability of officials to clearly and credibly communicate during a pandemic can go a long way toward determining the success of containment and mitigation efforts, FSPH experts say.

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of investing in public health while shining a harsh light on societal weaknesses. Fielding School faculty experts weigh in on what we have learned so far, and how we can do better.

The new FSPH-based UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions will work with policymakers on strategies for protecting human health against a growing threat.

FSPH Professor Emeritus Virginia C. Li witnessed the results of more than three decades of Fielding School training of scholars who returned home to China to make a difference.

We are pleased to share with you our faculty members' awards and service recognitions from the 2019-20 academic year.

Four philanthropic foundations acted expeditiously to enable a Fielding School-led study that provides a vital service to L.A.’s frontline health workforce and urgently needed data on COVID-19.

Throughout history, racism and xenophobia have spiked during public health emergencies, underscoring the importance of proactive countermeasures.

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the significance of the work of FSPH’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center in spotlighting which countries guarantee key human rights.