Our Planet is Sick

Climate change is already jeopardizing health and well-being in the U.S. and abroad, and is projected to become a greater public health threat in the decades to come.

Heat waves cause more deaths and hospitalizations in the U.S. than any other weather-related disaster. As temperatures rise, FSPH’s Dr. David Eisenman is among the experts studying solutions.

FSPH’s Jisung Park has found that rising temperatures interfere with the ability of students to learn and the productivity of workers.

With wildfires expected to increase in frequency and intensity in California and elsewhere in the U.S., FSPH faculty address emerging public health concerns.

L.A. County’s move toward renewable energy, critical to slowing climate change, would bring an added benefit — cleaner air. FSPH researchers are calculating the potential public health gains.

Higher sea levels pose a long-term threat to coastal wetlands and the populations of their adjacent communities. FSPH’s Richard Ambrose is studying potential responses.

Few nations are as vulnerable to the health effects of climate change as Bangladesh, where a research institute headed by FSPH’s Dr. John Clemens is helping to define the challenges and develop solutions.

These FSPH doctoral students are using research to better understand how they can promote health in the face of climate change.

Fielding School faculty member Dr. Richard Jackson, who has held state and national public health leadership positions, says climate change demands new approaches.

Amid deportation threats, exclusionary policies and inflammatory rhetoric, an FSPH study examines how immigrants’ lived experiences affect their access to care.

An FSPH team is leading a key national resource in the fight against the U.S. opioid epidemic for populations affected by HIV/AIDS, and bringing together Southern California leaders for combined prevention efforts.

After leading pioneering research on the unfolding HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S., Dr. Roger Detels went on to train scores of HIV/AIDS leaders in Asia who remain in close contact with one another and their mentor.

Throughout his career, Ron Brookmeyer has used biostatistics to address some of the most pressing public health concerns of our time. Now he’s making an impact as FSPH’s interim dean.

We are pleased to share with you our faculty members' awards and service recognitions from the 2018-19 academic year.

By Dr. Jonathan Fielding | What scientists have warned about for decades is now unfolding for all to see, on a global scale — extreme heat, severe droughts, intense storms, rising sea levels, and an expanding geographic range for vectors that spread deadly infectious diseases such as malaria, yellow fever and Ebola, to name a few.