Dr. Jonathan Jacobs, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Epidemiology, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about research into colitis that suggests a common genetic variant may interact with gut bacteria to trigger chronic inflammation in ulcerative colitis.
Dr. Michael Ong, a professor in the UCLA Fielding School Department of Health Policy Management and of medicine at UCLA, was interviewed by CBS News about e-cigarettes and their associated health risks.
Dr. Yifang Zhu, professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times for a report on her work on the public health impacts of the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Yifang Zhu, both professors in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and researcher Dr. Yuan Yao, were all quoted by U.S.
Dr. James Macinko, professor in the UCLA Fielding School departments of Health Policy and Management and Community Health Sciences, was interviewed by NPR about research into the impact of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
A team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers has found the levels of fine particulate matter in the air near electric vehicle fast charging stations across Los Angeles County are significantly higher than those measured at urban sites without the stations.
A study co-authored by a UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researcher finds that recent U.S. foreign aid cuts may lead to more than 14 million additional deaths globally by 2030, including more than 4.5 million children under five.
While Dr. Beate Ritz, professor in the UCLA Fielding SChool's departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, was undergoing training in psychiatry in Germany, her 62-year-old department chair developed Parkinson’s disease. It progressed rapidly.
“When I naively asked what causes Parkinson's,” Ritz recalled, “everybody said, ‘We don't know.’”
That question began more than 25 years of research into the neurodegenerative disorder for Ritz.
Dr. José J. Escarce, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, is a co-author of new research that found self-employed women have fewer risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to non-self-employed women, suggesting that the work environment may play a role in the development of risk factors that can lead to heart attacks.
Dr. Mark Litwin, UCLA Fielding School professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and professor and chair of the Department of Urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about prostate cancer.