Dr. Mark Litwin, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, is a co-author of new research that found stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), a form of high-dose radiation delivered in just five sessions, is as safe as conventional treatment of prostate cancer, with similar side effects and a similar impact on quality of life.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Dr. Donatello Telesca, professor in the Department of Biostatistics, co-authored research that predicts which patients with prostate cancer are most likely to develop long-term side effects from radiation therapy.

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Dr. Jingyi Jessica Li, professor in the Department of Biostatistics, is among a distinguished group of 198 scholars, scientists and creative professionals from the U.S.

A team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (UCLA Fielding) researchers has received a $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve risk assessment for those suffering from diabetes and related complications. 

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Dr. Joann Elmore, professor of Health Policy and Management, co-authored an article in the journal JAMA Insights on new requirements that all women undergoing mammography in the U.S. be informed about their breast density—a factor that affects both cancer detection and risk.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Dr. Andre Nel, professor of Environmental Health Sciences, co-authored research that finds a nanoparticle both inhibited and prevented the growth of pancreatic cancer in the liver.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Dr. Jesus Araujo co-authored research that found significant changes in liver function following exposure to diesel exhaust. Along with serving as an associate professor of environmental health sciences at FSPH, Dr. Araujo also serves with UCLA's Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the UCLA Health system.

NBC News interviewed the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Dr. Jonathan Jacobs, assistant professor-in-residence of epidemiology at FSPH and a gastroenterologist and microbiome researcher, about the results of fecal transplants in cancer treatment trials. 

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Dr. Gang Li co-authored research that finds chronic stress and an unhealthy diet may work together to fuel the early development of pancreatic cancer. Along with serving as a professor of biostatistics, Dr. Li also serves with UCLA's Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the UCLA Health system.

The fires may no longer be raging, but their impact on our health and communities continues.

“This is our Hurricane Katrina — an epochal disaster that’s changing Los Angeles,” said Dr. David Eisenman, whose research focuses on public health and disasters. “The fire transformed everything: our air, soil, landscapes and institutions.”