Kayla de la Haye, Ph.D., is a Professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health who works to promote health and prevent disease by studying how social relationships and everyday environments shape public health. Her research examines how family and community networks, built environments, and public policies work together to influence eating habits, nutrition security, and lifestyle behaviors linked to chronic disease. Her work shows that health behaviors are not simply individual choices—they are shaped by the social and economic conditions in which people live.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, Health Psychology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
- Bachelor of Health Science (Hons), Psychology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
- Bachelor of Arts, Psychology & Anthropology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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.
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.
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
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
A professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has been honored for his research into how working conditions lead to cardiovascular diseases (CVD), currently the leading cause of death in many countries, in both the West and globally.
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. Ron Andersen is the Wasserman Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Departments of Health Policy and Management.
Dr. Crable is an Assistant Professor with expertise in health policy, health services research, and implementation science. Her research investigates the roles of policy and politics in achieving health equity outcomes. Dr. Crable tests dissemination and implementation strategies aimed at improving how research is communicated to policy actors, and increasing access to evidence-based substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, harm reduction, and HIV prevention services for safety-net and criminal/legal-involved populations.
Education
- PhD, Health Services Research, Boston University, Boston, USA
- MPH, Global Health, Boston University, Boston, USA
- BA, Journalism & Anthropology, American University, Washington DC, USA