The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr.
“Science Friday,” which is broadcast widely by NPR, interviewed Dr. Beate Ritz, a physician and professor in the departments of epidemiology and environmental health sciences, about her research into connections between pesticides and herbicides and Parkinson’s disease.
The new issue of UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Magazine is now available. This edition — Protecting Tomorrow Today — focuses on taking collective action to ensure healthier days lie ahead.
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Dr. May Sudhinaraset figures there are at least four generations of immigrants in her family. They started out in Indonesia and migrated to China, then moved to Thailand before eventually landing in the United States. Sudhinaraset was born and raised in Long Beach, California, surrounded by families with roots in Cambodia, Laos and other parts of Southeast Asia.
A professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics has received the 2026 Outstanding Impact Award and Lectureship from one of the leading international societies for scientists in the discipline.
A carcinogen with potentially serious impacts on human health was found in neighborhoods in the months after the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires and may have spread to communities as far as six to nine miles downwind from the fire zones, according to newly published work by University of California researchers.
The Chicago Tribune interviewed Dr. Dana Rose Garfin, associate professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, about the mental health impact of public health crises, including infectious disease outbreaks.
The Washington Post interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Gordon–Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about how public health experts are responding to the current Ebola outbreak in Central Africa.
The BBC interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Gordon–Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about how international public health agencies are responding to the current Ebola outbreak in Central Africa.
UCLA Fielding's Dr. Kristen Choi, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, will lead research into children's access to mental healthcare.