Sijia (Lucy) Li, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Fielding School of Public Health. Previously, she was a postdoctoral research fellow working with Dr. Rui Duan at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She received her Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Washington, advised by Dr. Alex Luedtke.
Education
- PhD, Biostatistics; University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- B.S., Materials Science & Engineering; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Alison Gemmill is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health and a nationally recognized expert in perinatal epidemiology and fertility. Her research leverages large-scale data and natural experiments to understand how structural and political determinants—such as policies, economic shocks, and social stressors—shape maternal, infant, and reproductive health outcomes, including preterm birth, fetal loss, and maternal complications.
Education
- PhD, Demography, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- MA, Demography, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- MPH, Maternal and Child Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- BA, Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
UCLA's Dr. Mark Peterson, professor in the Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, has received the American Political Science Association's (APSA) inaugural Career Achievement Award in Health Politics and Policy.
The Los Angeles Times interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Nadereh Pourat, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about the potential impact of reductions in federal funding for MediCal and Medicaid.
Kathryn Leifheit, PhD MSPH is a social epidemiologist who aims to identify policy levers to improve population health and health equity, with a focus on housing programs and policies. Her research has documented population health impacts of widespread housing insecurity and evictions, as well as health impacts of key housing policies.
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, US
- MSPH, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, US
- BA, Biochemistry and Latin American Studies, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, US
Dr. Naomi Zewde, assistant professor in the UCLA Fielding School Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by NPR about her research into the potential impact of so-called "baby bonds."
While more than 1 in 3 American Indian and Alaska Native adults in California experienced moderate or serious psychological distress in the past year, 61% of the individuals in that group had not seen a medical provider, according to a new study from the UCLA Fielding School's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.