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Dr. Kekoa Taparra, a physician and assistant professor at UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, served on a research team examining cancer in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities that found Native Hawaiian women in the U.S. have highest breast cancer incidence of any group.

Sukrity Ojha, a UCLA Fielding international student from Nepal in the MPH program and a “student ambassador” is working to support flood relief projects in the South Asian nation.

Postdoctoral scholar Dr. Yuan Yao been recognized by the ISES as a "2026 Young Investigator," in part because of her research into the impact on human health of the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.

Governing interviewed Dr. Rachael Jones, chair and professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about how lessons learned in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks can help guard against health risks in future disasters.

Study co-led by UCLA Fielding's Dr. James Macinko, professor in the departments of Health Policy and Management and Community Health Sciences, found that income, partnership, and chronic disease separate those who die from preventable causes. Dr. Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, is a co-author.

The New York Times Magazine interviewed Dr. Kathyrn Leifheit, assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about homelessness on Maui after the 2023 wildfires.

Funding from Kao Family Foundation will advance long-term research on the fires’ physical and mental health impacts and identify ways to strengthen community resilience.

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. David Eisenman, a physician and professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, about how individuals can deal with excess heat and humidity.

Le Monde (France) interviewed Dr. Kathyrn Leifheit, assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about homelessness and climate change in the United States.

NPR (KCRW-FM) interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, associate dean of global health and professor in the Department of Epidemiology, about her research into Ebola vaccines, including newly-published work that suggests an existing vaccine could benefit patients in the current outbreak, the worst in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s history.

KPCC-FM (LAIst) interviewed Dr. Randall Kuhn, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, about how the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will impact those living in Los Angeles without shelter.

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