Dr. Manuel Roberto Calderon Pinzon, a public health leader with more than 30 years of service across more than 20 countries, has been inducted into the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s “Alumni Hall of Fame” for 2025.
Dr. Patience Afulani, associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has been inducted into the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s “Alumni Hall of Fame” for 2025.
Dr. Ritu Sadana, a global leader in public health who has shaped the World Health Organization’s strategies on ageing and equity for three decades, has been inducted into the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s “Alumni Hall of Fame” for 2025.
Angela Savelli is a student in the Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program at the UCLA Fielding School. The MHA program is led by Dr. Laura Erskine, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management (HPM), and is administered by the Office of the Executive Programs in HPM.
Mary Anne Foo, founding director of the largest non-profit serving Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in Orange County, California, has been inducted into the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s “Alumni Hall of Fame” for 2025.
Dr. Cozzette Lyons-Jones, chief medical officer at Watts Healthcare Corporation in Los Angeles, has been inducted into the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s “Alumni Hall of Fame” for 2025.
Teams from across the U.S. competed in the 7th annual “Healthcare Management Case Competition” at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, which brought healthcare management graduate students together to solve a real-world challenge faced by UCLA Health.
Professor Faghri is an occupational and public health scientist and innovator whose work applies behavioral and occupational health research to redesign systems, including workplaces, technologies, and environments, to improve health across the lifespan. Prior to joining UCLA, Professor Faghri was a tenured Full Professor at the University of Connecticut, with joint appointments in Allied Health Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Public Health.
Education
- MS, Physiology and Biophysics; Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship, National Rehabilitation Center, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
- MD, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
In a new study of the continuing use in California of the pesticide methyl bromide, a known developmental, neurologic, and respiratory toxin, researchers from UCLA and UC Irvine found the compound is still in widespread use across the state, from San Diego and Los Angeles counties north through the Central Valley.