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.
UCLA Fielding's Dr. Nadereh Pourat, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times about the impact of federal Medicaid reductions over the next decade in California, especially in rural counties.
Reuters interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Lara Cushing about the public health impact of so-called "peaker" electrical generating plants in residential communities.
A 2022 study of formerly “redlined” U.S. communities, which were cut off from financial services like mortgages for being predominantly Black or immigrant, found that residents were 53% more likely to have had a peaker plant built nearby since the year 2000 than in non-redlined areas.
Dr. Cody Ramin is a cancer epidemiologist with expertise in cancer prevention and survivorship. Her research seeks to use real world data to identify targeted approaches and early detection strategies to optimize health outcomes in cancer patients from the time of diagnosis through survivorship. Her current research program is focused on cardio-oncology, the late effects of cancer treatment, and health inequities in cancer survivors. Dr. Ramin received her PhD in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and MS in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H.
Education
- PhD, Biostatistics; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- SM, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
For Americans who felt 2025 was a ceaseless storm of norm-challenging change, there may be balm in the celebrations of the republic’s 250th birthday on July 4. Bruin experts, including UCLA Fielding's Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, a physician and professor in the departments of Community Health Sciences and Epidemiology, cast a light on the path ahead.
Dr. Ninez Ponce, professor and chair in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the California Health Care Foundation.
The Associated Press interviewed Dr. Lara Cushing, associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about her research into the public health risks of sea level rise.