More than 90 new students attended the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's 2026 "Admitted Students Day" events, which brought faculty, staff, and both current and admitted students for a series of events on the Westwood campus designed for new students to meet their potential classmates and the rest of the UCLA community.
Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, professor in UCLA Fielding's departments of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences, co-authored an editorial in the American Journal of Public Health on creating a "one-stop-shop" for trusted vaccination recommendations.
CNN interviewed Dr. Alison Gemmill, associate professor in UCLA Fielding's Department of Epidemiology, about fertility rates in the United States.
In 2018, UCLA became the first UC campus to join the Age-Friendly University Global Network, a consortium of higher education institutions dedicated to enhancing the lives of older adults through education, research and community engagement.
Since then, university has built a foundation of programs and partnerships based on the network’s 10 guiding principles that help older adults remain active, socially connected and engaged in the university community.
Four recently published studies led by UCLA Fielding researchers highlight the role of climate change and displacement on homeless populations across the United States, and that risks to both those who lose housing because of disasters and those already living without shelter should be the focus of recovery planning.
U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 list of the Best Public Health Schools ranks the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (UCLA Fielding) at number 6 (tied) in the country.
Dr. John Clemens, a physician and professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, has been named a laureate of the John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award for outstanding achievements in global health research.
A new study of suicides in the U.S. has found that current national reporting on these deaths underestimates the extent of “emotional dysregulation,” meaning the emotional distress that occurs before suicide, possibly providing a method to prevent future deaths.
NPR interviewed Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about infant and maternal health for the "Morning Edition" program.
The Associated Press interviewed Dr. Lara Cushing, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about federal Superfund sites that are vulnerable to flooding and wildfires.