Dr. Onyebuchi Arah has been elected by the membership of the Society for Epidemiologic Research to serve as the society’s president-elect (2021-22), president (2022-23), and past president (2023-24).
Kevin Baldwin was named a fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association for 2020.
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health is pleased to honor the donors whose generosity strengthens our school and keeps us at the forefront of public health education, research and service. This Honor Roll gratefully acknowledges gifts and grants of $1,000 and above made to the school from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. Contributions in any amount are of great importance to the school and are deeply appreciated. We are also grateful to those who give of their time and talents to enhance the educational experiences of our students.
MLK Community Healthcare CEO and FSPH Alumnus Delivers Commencement Address
I MET PROFESSOR, Steve Wallace when I was a first-year MPH student in the Department of Community Health Sciences — he was my MPH academic adviser, and later became my PhD mentor. We developed important papers and policy briefs on Latino and immigrant health during the six years we worked together, and he was always generous with his time, providing substantive feedback on my writing and ideas. In addition to his mentorship, Steve helped me secure funding for school.
As a child, Dr. Steve Wallace listened to his grandfather’s stories about coming to the U.S.
When students enter the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health for their MPH education, they choose one of five academic departments: Biostatistics, Community Health Sciences, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, and Health Policy and Management. But the multidisciplinary nature of public health demands that no matter what the area of focus, the successful professional be well versed in all five.
As the population increases and a large portion of the current workforce reaches retirement age, the demand for highly skilled health management professionals in California and nationally is projected to grow substantially.
Gun violence isn't just a criminal justice issue, it’s a public health issue, says Dr. Michael Rodriguez, a professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School and family medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
WHEN DR. DAVID CARLISLE (MPH ’88, PHD ’92) looks out the window of his office at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU), where he serves as president and CEO, he is reminded of the urgency of CDU’s work in bringing more diversity into the health care professions.
Growing up an hour north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Tucson, Arizona, in the 1990s afforded Dr.