UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Dr. Joann Elmore, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, co-authored an article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) could help detect breast cancers that develop between routine screenings before they become more advanced and harder to treat.

Latinos have once again powered major growth for the U.S. economy, according to a new report from researchers at UCLA and Cal Lutheran. The annual U.S. Latino GDP report found that the total economic output, or gross domestic product, of Latinos in the United States hit a record high, reaching $4.1 trillion in 2023, up from $3.7 trillion in 2022.

An estimated 2.6 million Californians directly experienced at least one act of hate over the course of a year between 2022 and 2023, according to new findings released by the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) in partnership with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s California Health Interview Survey.

The CRD sponsored a series of questions that were added to the annual California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) to gain a clearer understanding of the overall prevalence of hate acts across California.

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.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Dr. Yusuke Tsugawa, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, co-authored research that found clinical outcomes improve when patients and surgeon's ethnicity match.

The study found improved metrics in a subset of patients; when Hispanic surgeons operated on Hispanic patients, for example, it led to reduced length of stay, by half a day, and fewer readmissions to the hospital. 

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.